TEACHERS SEEKING NEW JERSEY INITIAL LICENSE                                                                                            OR                                  ADDITIONAL SUBJECT TEACHING ENDORSEMENTS

TEACHERS SEEKING INITIAL NEW JERSEY TEACHING LICENSES

 REQUIREMENTS FOR STANDARD INSTRUCTIONAL LICENSES

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• GPA 2.75 needed as per State Requirements
• Passing score in Praxis II/NTE Programs Specialty Area test(s). 
• Completion of at least thirty (30) credits in a coherent major in the instructional subject teaching field. (See below)
  

• The alternate route Provisional Teacher Program.
• A state approved college teacher preparation program and one year of full time mentored teaching under a New Jersey provisional license.
• A state approved college teacher preparation program and one year of full time teaching under a valid out of state license.

Holders of a standard N.J. instructional license (except teachers of Military Science and non-degree teachers of Vocational Education) will be issued additional standard instructional licenses when the following is completed:

• Completion of at least thirty (30) credits in a coherent major in the instructional subject teaching field. (See Below)
  

• A passing score on the required licensure test.