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Introduction
Providing relevant documentation is a vital part of the licensure/certification
process, both for initial applicants and for Delaware-certified educators
wishing to add an area to their certification.
Candidates who are not employed by a Delaware public or charter school should
forward all documentation related to licensure/certification (with the
exception of test scores, which are forwarded electronically upon request) to
the following mailing address:
Delaware Department of Education
401 Federal Street
Suite #2
Dover DE 19901
ATTN: Certification.
Employed candidates should send all documentation (excepting
test scores, which should be sent directly to the Department (see testing for
guidelines)) to their district personnel office or charter school, which will
forward the information to the Department.
The Department will not process your file until receiving
documentation of all statements (test scores, education, experience,
etc.) you have made in the online application. As a candidate for
licensure/certification, you are responsible for monitoring the receipt of your
documents via the Delaware Educator Data System (DEEDS). (To do so, simply log
in to the system using your username/password and follow the prompts.)
Please keep in mind that documents will not appear on your documentation
checklist as received until they are manually logged in to the system, a
process which can take several weeks (allowing for third party processing,
postal service, and data entry). Once received by the Department, all documents
become part of your permanent file. Please do not contact the Department asking
for any of the documents (in original or copied form). The Department
cannot dismantle your file and does not have the manpower to serve as a source
of documentation for other organizations. (Delaware public and charter schools
have access to their employees’ information via DEEDS.)
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Defining Official
All documents, with the exception of copies of out-of-state and/or national
certificates (if applicable), must be official, meaning that they must be sent directly
from the appropriate third party (e.g., the college/university, testing
organization, former employer, independent credentialing agency) to the
Department, or forwarded unopened to the Department by the candidate.
(Candidates submitting test scores should be sure to see
testing for test-specific submission procedures.) As a candidate, you may
choose to have all necessary documents sent to your home address so that you
can forward them to the Department as a single package provided that the
documents remain unopened until their arrival at the Department. Employed
candidates should forward their documents to the Department via
their district office or charter school. Documents submitted by districts and
charters must have met the standard of official documents when received at the
district- or school-level.
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Certification-Related Documents (With Explanation of Use)
*For forms related to license maintenance or salary increases, please see
forms.
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Document |
Required of Whom? |
Additional Instructions |
| Official College
Transcript(s) |
All candidates for Delaware
licensure/certification. Candidates with non-U.S.
credentials will substitute their sealed independent evaluation reports (see
below) for official transcripts |
Candidates should send verification of ALL
college-level coursework. All transcripts must meet the standard of an
official document. Graduates of a non-Delaware education program must
use the Form T (see below) to request the transcript. |
| Independent Evaluation of Non-U.S. Coursework |
All candidates with non-U.S.
coursework and/or degrees. |
This evaluation substitutes for the transcript
and must meet the standard of an official document. |
| Praxis I Scores |
All candidates except for out-of-state educators
with a full and current license/certificate (see reciprocity). |
For information on registering for Praxis I
and/or sending scores to the Department, please see
testing. |
| Praxis II Scores |
All ARTC candidates
except those who wish to teach in an area where a test has not yet been
approved by the State of Delaware (see Praxis
II chart). Other individuals may choose to take Praxis II for
certification and other purposes (see Praxis II
uses). |
For information on registering for Praxis II
and/or sending scores to the Department, please see
testing. |
| Request for Transcript Form
(Form T) |
All graduates of a non-Delaware education
program. |
In addition to serving as a transcript request
form, this form also serves as a means of verifying the accreditation of one’s
education program. The form typically accompanies the sealed transcript and
therefore meets the standard of an official document.
If sent separately from the transcript, the form must also meet the official
standard. |
| Verification of Teaching
Experience Form (Form E) |
Applicants who have held a full-time
(non-substitute) K-12 teaching position in a school other than a
Delaware public or charter school. Teaching experience in a Delaware public or
charter school is documented in DEEDS and thus does not need to be
documented via the Form E. |
The Form E must be completed by the school or
the personnel office of the school or district where the experience was
obtained and must meet the standard of an official document. |
| Verification of
Non-Teaching Experience Form (Form E/NT) |
Applicants who have held a full-time position as a school administrator,
guidance counselor, library/media specialist, nurse, psychologist, or social
worker in a school other than a Delaware public or charter
school. (Non-teaching experience obtained in a Delaware public or charter
school is documented via DEEDS and thus does not need to be documented
via the Form E/NT.) Trade and industry, school nurse, and social worker
applicants should also use the form to document full-time experience in a non-school
setting. School guidance counselor, psychologist, and social worker applicants
should use the form to document relevant internship experience. |
The Form E/NT must be completed by the candidate's former employer (in the case
of administrators and specialists, the school or personnel office of the school
or district where the experience was obtained) and must meet the standard of an
official document. |
| Photocopies of All Full and Current Out-of-State
Licenses/Certificates |
All holders of full and current out-of-state
licensure/certification (see reciprocity). |
n/a |
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Photocopies of All Current National Certificates |
n/a |
| Photocopy of Licensure by the Delaware Division
of Professional Regulation |
All candidates for school nurse
licensure/certification. Candidates for school psychology
licensure/certification who are electing to use this option to fulfill
certification requirements must also provide a copy of the license. For more
information, see professional licensees.
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n/a |
| Photocopy of Verification of (Current) CPR
Training
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All candidates for school nurse
licensure/certification. |
n/a |
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Submission Guidelines for Previously Evaluated Candidates (Including
Holders of Emergency, Limited Standard, & Temporary Certificates)
If you are submitting documentation to fulfill the requirements of an evaluation
letter, either for your first license/certificate, for an additional
certificate, or for a standard certificate in an area where you currently hold
an emergency or
limited standard certificate, you should follow the instructions
given to you in your letter. A candidate who has been told to complete
coursework or meet a testing requirement should submit documentation of having
done so using the above documentation guidelines. Forms should also be
submitted according to these guidelines. Upon receiving documentation from a
previously evaluated candidate, the Department will pull that candidate’s file automatically
and make the necessary adjustments to his or her licensure/certification
(should a change be warranted). A candidate does not need to submit an
additional online application/evaluation request.
Holders of expired limited standard or temporary certificates should see
limited standard or temporary.
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