Make sure your MTTC scores have been officially reported to GVSU. If you’re not sure if the Education programs have this information, please contact the Certification Officer to confirm. Once the Education 学校已经收到了你的MTTC成绩 在测试公司，你可以申请你的标准教学证书 via MOECS Login and Access instructions.

Please contact the Certification Officer to discuss your particular case.

The Michigan Department of Education changed all Provisional Certificates to Standard Certificates as of November 15, 2017. If you previously held a Provisional Certificate, it is now a Standard Certificate. Standard Certificates are valid for 5 years and may be renewed an unlimited number of times. Each renewal adds five years to the certificate’s validity. A renewal can be requested any time after January 1 of the expiration year upon completion of the renewal requirements. Progression to the Professional Certificate is no longer required by the MDE, but please contact the Certification Officer to discuss your options.

Please see MDE's Requirements to Progress to Professional Teacher Certification. This includes taking a Reading Requirement for Professional Certification, which requires you to take a Reading Diagnosis and Remediation course for your Professional certification.

This depends on a number of factors, including which program you completed and if the program’s requirements have changed in recent years. Please contact the Certification Officer to discuss your particular inquiry.

GVSU offers many different endorsement options. Please visit our Graduate Programs page to see a list of endorsements. To inquire about a specific endorsement, please contact the Certification Officer.

Unless you need your teaching certificate for employment purposes, you are advised to let it lapse. You can renew your teaching certificate at any time upon completion of MDE requirements. The Education-Related Professional Learning hours just need to be earned after the issue date of your last certificate. For example: if you received a teaching certificate in 2002 and completed at least 6 2005年的大学学分，但你的证书2007年就过期了，你可以 still renew your certificate now. As long as the MDE requirements have not changed, you have met the renewal requirements.

The ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) is taken by students who are planning to student teach in a language. The test must be completed in order to move forward with student teaching plans. The test can be completed over the phone with a live proctor or on the computer with a pre-recorded proctor.

For more information, visit the OPI Testing page in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.

Michigan has teacher certification reciprocity with most of the United States through the NASDTEC Interstate Agreement. This agreement allows teachers certified in Michigan to teach in most states. Other states may impose certain requirements to transfer and maintain your teacher certification. Note that Michigan has strict requirements for teacher certification, which means that Michigan-certified teachers are well-prepared and can easily move to other states.

If you are interested in transferring your teacher certification to another state, you will need to work with that state's Department of Education. For example, the Michigan Department of Education has information for Out-of-State Applicants on the requirements needed for transferring into Michigan.