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Introduction
You may not be employed as a teacher
in Alaska’s public schools unless you have a valid Alaska teacher
certificate. (Alaska Statute 14.20.010)
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In Alaska, responsibility for the certification of teachers and other school professionals is assigned to the Teacher Education and Certification office within the Department of Education & Early Development. Decisions are based on Alaska statutes and regulations, which require the completion of an approved teacher education, administrative, or special services program and the recommendation of a regionally accredited institution of higher education.
Initial applications for teacher certification will only be accepted if
the applicant has approved official passing on
file in the Teacher Certification office.
The date that the complete application packet is received by Teacher Certification,
establishes the effective date of the certificate.
If you completed certification through another state, you may be eligible
for Initial Teacher certification in Alaska.
If your preparation program does not meet the requirements, you may enroll
in an accredited institution that uses either the NCATE standards for teacher
preparation. The institution will inform you of what is required to complete
a baccalaureate degree or higher and the requirements for the approved teacher
education program. After you have fulfilled their requirements, they will
be able to sign off, indicating you completed an approved program meeting
the required standards.
If you have completed an approved teacher and/or administrative program
outside the United States, you must, in addition to the certification requirements,
obtain an evaluation of course work by a recognized international to determine equivalency to U.S. standards and obtain a letter
from the official national, state, or provincial education agency on official
letterhead, attesting to the accreditation of your preparing institution
and stating that your certificate or license is in good standing.
Alaska's Public School System
Public schools in Alaska serve more than 130,000 students in 506 schools,
504 operated by the 53 local school districts and the remaining two by
the Department of Education & Early Development.
About 10,000 full-time equivalent certified personnel staff Alaska’s public
schools.The fifty-three Alaska school districts vary in size from over
49,000 students in the Anchorage School District to 23 students attending
the Pelican
City Schools. Thirty-three of the districts are city or borough entities,
while twenty regional educational attendance area districts serve students
in rural and remote settlements outside the cities and boroughs of the
state.
Hiring in Alaska
The Alaska Department of Education & Early Development does not hire
or provide a placement service.
All hiring in Alaska is done at the local school district level. Click here
for a list of . You may apply directly
to individual school districts for vacancies.
You may wish, instead, to contact , which recruits for all hiring districts.
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