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KnowledgeBases > Teacher Qualifications

The No Child Left Behind Act establishes qualification requirements for teachers of core academic subjects. The Act required by the end of 2005-2006 school year, districts receiving Title I funds have a plan ensuring all the public elementary and secondary school teachers they employ fulfill the definition of being "highly qualified."

The core academic subjects are defined as English, reading or language arts, mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, arts, history, and geography.

A highly qualified teacher is one who has fulfilled the state's certification and licensure requirements. New teachers must meet the following requirements:

  • Possess at least a bachelor's degree.
  • At the elementary level, they must pass a state test demonstrating their subject knowledge and teaching skills in reading/language arts, writing, mathematics, and other areas of basic elementary school curriculum.
  • At the middle and high school levels, they must pass a state test in each academic subject area they teach plus having either an undergraduate major, a graduate degree, coursework equivalent to an undergraduate major or an advanced certification or credentialing.

Teachers not new to the profession must hold a bachelor's degree and have passed a state test demonstrating the subject knowledge and teaching skills if an elementary teacher, or at the middle/high school level, pass a state test and also fulfill subject matter knowledge requirements.

The links below are intended to offer information on each state's requirements on teacher qualifications. Where possible, the number of clicks to the information has been minimized.

State Specific Information
Select the desired state in the table below for additional state specific information.
Alabama Hawaii Massachusetts New Mexico South Dakota
Alaska Idaho Michigan New York Tennessee
Arizona Illinois Minnesota North Carolina Texas
Arkansas Indiana Mississippi North Dakota Utah
California Iowa Missouri Ohio Vermont
Colorado Kansas Montana Oklahoma Virginia
Connecticut Kentucky Nebraska Oregon Washington
Delaware Louisiana Nevada Pennsylvania West Virginia
Florida Maine New Hampshire Rhode Island Wisconsin
Georgia Maryland New Jersey South Carolina Wyoming
District of Columbia

Source:

34 CFR Part 200.55 & 200.56 Title I - Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged, U.S. Department of Education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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