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Division of Educator Certification and Program Approval
Overview
Educator Certification
Nonpublic School Approval
Teacher Preparation and Program Approval
Professional Standards & Teacher Education Board
Educator Certification Areas
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Maryland issues certificates in the following areas:
Teaching Areas
Early Childhood/Elementary Areas
Early Childhood Education (Pre-K - 3)
Elementary Education (1-6)
Mathematics Instructional Leader (PreK-6) (endorsement only)
Instructional Leader: STEM, PreK-6 (endorsement only)
Middle School Areas (4-9)
English Language Arts
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
Mathematics Instructional Leader (endorsement only)
General Secondary Content Areas (7-12)
Agriculture/Agribusiness and Renewable Natural Resources
Biology
Business Education
Chemistry
Computer Science
Earth/Space Science
Economics
English
Environmental Science
Family and Consumer Sciences
Geography
History
Marketing
Mathematics
Physical Science
Physics
Political Science
Professional and Technical Education
Social Studies
Specialized Professional Areas
Speech Communication
Technology Education
Theater
Work-Based Learning Coordinator (endorsement only)
Special Education
Infant/primary (birth - grade 3)
Elementary/middle (grades 1-8)
Secondary/adult (grades 6-adult)
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Severely and Profoundly Disabled
Blind/Visually Impaired
Specialty Areas (PreK-12)
American Sign Language
Art
Dance
English for Speakers of Other Languages
Environmental Education
Health
Music
Physical Education
World Languages
Administrative or Supervisory Areas
Superintendent
Supervisors of Instruction, Assistant Principals, and Principals
Library Media Administrator
Supervisor of Guidance
Supervisor of School Psychological Services
Supervisor of Pupil Personnel
Supervisor of Special Education
Supervisor of Teachers of Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Specialist Areas
Gifted & Talented Specialist
School Counselor
Library Media Specialist
Pupil Personnel Worker
Reading Specialist
Reading Teacher
Psychometrist
School Psychologist
School Social Worker
Requirements for each of the areas listed above can be found by visiting
Initial Routes to Certification
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Public Librarian Areas
Professional Public Librarian
Professional Public Library Director
Requirements for librarian areas may be found by visiting
Public Librarian Maryland Certification
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