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If you didn't like the proposal to increase the 10th grade MCAS scores, you are going to dislike the 11th hour, no-public-comment proposal to increase

The MCAS can was kicked down the road again with the postponement of the July 25, 2022 BESE meeting. The Board of Elementary and Secondary

Public comments are due on August 19 on a proposed regulation which will require schools to assess each student's reading ability from kindergarten through third

Act fast to submit public comment on the "accountability lite" system! A proposal to report the data collected but drop the complicated "targets" is on

The BESE agenda for June 28 is out - an MCAS scores are not on the agenda. Is this a case for Scooby Doo? You

Registration is open for MTA Summer Conference! The MTA is offering seven FULLY FUNDED in-person programs July 31 - August 3. Meals, housing and learning

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If you didn't like the proposal to increase the 10th grade MCAS scores, you are going to dislike the 11th hour, no-public-comment proposal to increase The MCAS can was kicked down the road again with the postponement of the July 25, 2022 BESE meeting.

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Licensure required for employment.

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General Law - Part I, Title XII, Chapter 71, Section 41

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Section 41. For the purposes of this section, a teacher, school librarian, school adjustment counselor, school nurse, school social worker or school psychologist who has served in the public schools of a school district for the three previous consecutive school years shall be considered a teacher, and shall be entitled to professional teacher status as provided in section forty-two. The superintendent of said district, upon the recommendation of the principal, may award such status to any teacher who has served in the principal’s school for not less than one year or to a teacher who has obtained such status in any other public school district in the commonwealth. A teacher without professional teacher status shall be notified in writing on or before June fifteenth whenever such person is not to be employed for the following school year. Unless such notice is given as herein provided, a teacher without such status shall be deemed to be appointed for the following school year.

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Any license counts - Provisional, Initial, Profession, Temporary

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-Substitution for Communications & Literacy MTEL

Hold a Master's degree or higher from English language program

Completed a teacher preparation program

Hold out of state license (including Puerto Rico)

Two years of experience in same district (form TBD by DESE)

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Licensure Test: Communications & Literacy Alternatives

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BESE approved regulations to allow candidates for teacher licensure to waive or substitute the ComLit MTEL test. It was a one month delay, but passed in time for hundreds of teachers to complete li…

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Links to DESE pages

MTA Handouts

DESE resources

PDFs from most recent licensure presentations/workshops

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Under construction!
But please let us know if the comments if you are looking for something specific or find a broken link.

The Center for Education Policy + Practice has curated a variety of documents to support the application process for licenses issued by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Resources available on this page include original materials created by the Massachusetts Teachers Association and documents from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Office of Educator Licensure. CEPP staff make every effort to update the information posted here in a timely manner.

Personal questions or requests for licensure assistance can be sent directly to licensure@massteacher.org.

1. DESE Office of Educator Licensure Links

2. Emergency Licensure

3. Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTELs)

4. Provisional Teacher

5. Initial Teacher Licensure & Educator Preparation

6. Initial License Extension

7. Professional Licensure Application

8. Professional Licensure Renewal

9. Audit of Professional License Renewal

10. Ch 74 Vocational Technical Educator Licensure

11. Endorsements

12. MTA Licensure Workshop Handouts

Emergency Licensure

Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTELs)

All candidates for educators licensure must create an ELAR account before registering for any MTEL test. All license applications, payments and supporting documents are processed through the ELAR account.

Provisional Teacher

Initial Teacher Licensure & Educator Preparation

Initial License Extension

Educators who have completed five years of employment under the Initial license may be eligible for a one time extension to grant an additional five years of employment.

Professional Licensure Application

Professional Licensure Renewal

Audit of Professional License Renewal

Ch 74 Vocational Technical Educator Licensure
Preliminary and Emergency VTE Licenses VTE Professional Licensure Requirements and Application Professional License Renewal for VTE Licenses Administrator VTE Licenses
DESE Chapter 74 Guide for Vocational Technical Administrator & Cooperative Education Coordinator Licensure
Retirement & MTRS for Ch. 74 Vocational Technical Educators
Vocational Education Credit - MTRS
Additional information about MTRS Creditable Service is available here.

Endorsements

MTA Licensure Workshop Handouts

Please note, handouts from MTA licensure workshops are only available for a short time after the workshop session has ended. Please download and save copies of any resources for your own files. If you are looking for a document that is no longer posted online, please send an email to licensure@massteacher.org.

Licensure Basics January 2023

Professional Licensure & Renewal February 2023
Vocational Technical Licensure Basics November 2022

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-Green Sheet

-Review for Options

starting applications

reaching out to DESE

Confirming if this is a real problem

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Active and Valid License

CBA Language on bumping

Experience

Holding active license vs. Eligible for License

Split Assignments

Administrator Assignment Rights

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A Flourish data visualization by Center for Education Policy + Practice

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Doesn't Affect Licenses (not a termination)

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Licensure doesn't match role

Elementary 1-6 vs 5-8 grade levels

Special Education & Subject Area