Alaska
Alaska Department of Education and Early Development
http://www.eed.state.ak.us/TeacherCertification
(907) 465-2831
tcwebmail@alaska.gov

Arizona
Arizona Department of Education
http://www.azed.gov/certification
Phoenix phone: (602) 542-4367; Flagstaff phone: (928) 679-8117; Tucson phone: (520) 628-6326
Certification@ade.az.gov

Arkansas
Arkansas Department of Education
http://arkedu.state.ar.us/teachers/teacher_licensure.html
(501) 682-4342

California
California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
http://www.ctc.ca.gov
(888) 921-2682
credentials@ctc.ca.gov

Colorado
Colorado Department of Education
http://www.cde.state.co.us/index_license.html
(303) 866-6628
Educator.Licensing@cde.state.co.us

Connecticut
Connecticut State Department of Education
http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2613&Q321230
(860) 713-6543

Delaware
Delaware Department of Education
http://www.doe.k12.de.us/info/certification/default.shtml
(302) 735-4000
dedoe@doe.k12.de.us

District of Columbia
State Education Agency — Office of Academic Credentials
http://www.k12.dc.us/dcsea/certification/licensing/licensing.html
(202) 442-5377

Florida
Florida Department of Education
http://www.fldoe.org/edcert/
1-800-445-6739

Georgia
Georgia Professional Standards Commission
http://www.gapsc.com/TeacherCertification.asp
1-800-869-7775

Guam
Guam Public School System - Personnel Services Division
http://www.gdoe.net/employment/index.htm
(671) 475-0495˜8

Hawaii
Hawaii Teacher Standards Board
http://www.htsb.org/
(808) 586-2600

Idaho
Idaho State Department of Education
http://www.sde.state.id.us/TeacherCertification
1-800-432-4601

Illinois
Illinois State Board of Education
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/certification/default.htm
1-866-262-6663

Indiana
Indiana Department of Education
http://www.doe.state.in.us/dps/licensing/welcome.html
1-866-542-3672
dpshelpdesk@doe.state.in.us

Iowa
Iowa Board of Educational Examiners
http://www.state.ia.us/boee/
(515) 281-3245

Kansas
WGU does not currently have any direct licensure or reciprocity agreements with the state of Kansas. An agreement of this kind is currently in negotiations.

Kentucky
Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board
http://www.kyepsb.net/certification/
(502) 564-4606
dcert@ky.gov

Louisiana
Louisiana Department of Education
http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/tsac/home.html
1-877-453-2721

Maine
Maine Department of Education
http://www.maine.gov/education/cert/
(207) 624-6603
cert.doe@maine.gov

Maryland
Maryland State Department of Education
http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/divisions/certification/certification_branch/
1-866-772-8922

Massachusetts
Massachusetts Department of Education
http://www.doe.mass.edu/educators/e_license.html
(781) 338-6600

Michigan
Michigan Department of Education
http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-6530_5683_14795---,00.html
(517) 373-3324
MDEweb@michigan.gov

Minnesota
Minnesota Department of Education
http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Teacher_Support/Educator_Licensing/index.html
(651) 582-8691
mde.educator-licensing@state.mn.us

Mississippi
Mississippi Department of Education
http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/ed_licensure
(601) 359-3483

Missouri
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
http://www.dese.mo.gov/divteachqual/teachcert/
(573) 751-0051 or (573) 751-3847
webreplyteachcert@dese.mo.gov

Montana
Montana Office of Public Instruction
http://www.opi.state.mt.us/cert
1-888-231-9393
cert@mt.gov

Nebraska
Nebraska Department of Education
http://www.nde.state.ne.us/TCERT
(402) 471-2496
tcertweb@nde.ne.gov

Nevada
Nevada Department of Education
http://www.doe.nv.gov/licensing.html
Southern office phone: (702) 486-6455; Northern office phone: (775) 687-9115

New Hampshire
New Hampshire Department of Education
http://www.ed.state.nh.us/education/beEd.htm
(603) 271-3494
lmiller@ed.state.nh.us

New Jersey
New Jersey Department of Education
http://www.state.nj.us/education/educators/license/
(609) 292-2070

New Mexico
New Mexico Public Education Department
http://ped.state.nm.us/div/ais/lic/#
(505) 827-5821
License@ped.state.nm.us

New York
New York State Education Department
http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/
(518) 474-3901

North Carolina
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/licensure/lifaq.htm
(919) 807-3300

North Dakota
North Dakota Education Standards and Practices Board
http://www.nd.gov/espb/
(701) 328-9641
espbinfo@nd.gov

Ohio
Ohio Department of Education
http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEPrimary.aspx?Page=2&TopicID=574&TopicRelationID=513
1-877-644-6338
Educator.License@ode.state.oh.us

Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Department of Education
http://sde.state.osk.us./pro/tcert/profstd.html
(405) 521-3301

Oregon
Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission
http://www.tspc.state.or.us/
(503) 378-3586

Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Department of Education
http://www.teaching.state.pa.us/teaching/site/
(717) 787-3356
ra-teachercert@state.pa.us

Rhode Island
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
http://www.ride.ri.gov/EducatorQuality/Certification/
(401) 222-4600
Shirley.Medeiros@ride.ri.gov

South Carolina
South Carolina Department of Education
http://www.scteachers.org/cert/index.cfm
(803) 734-8466

South Dakota
South Dakota Department of Education
http://doe.sd.gov/oatq
(605) 773-3134
certification@state.sd.us

Tennessee
Tennessee Department of Education
http://www.state.tn.us/education/lic/
(615) 532-4885
Educator.Licensing@state.tn.us

Texas
Texas State Board for Educator Certification
http://www.sbec.state.tx.us/SBECOnline/
1-888-863-5880

Utah
Utah State Office of Education
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/cert/require/reqs.htm
(801) 538-7500

Vermont
Vermont Department of Education
http://education.vermont.gov/new/html/maincert.html
(802) 828-2445
DOE-LicensingInfo@state.vt.us

Virginia
Virginia Department of Education
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/newvdoe/teached.html
(804) 371-2022

Washington
Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
http://www.k12.wa.us/certification
(360) 725-6400
cert@k12.wa.us

West Virginia
West Virginia Department of Education
http://wvde.state.wv.us/certification
1-800-982-2378
mfmiller@access.k12.wv.us

Wyoming
Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board
http://ptbs.state.wy.us/certification/applications.cfm
1-800-675-6893
ptsbtemp@state.wy.us