Become a Teacher in South Carolina

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• HOW TO EARN TEACHING CERTIFICATE IN SOUTH CAROLINA

By American Board for Certification of Teacher
Excellence
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How It Works

• Candidates will need to complete the following
  steps to become a teacher in South Carolina
• 1. Complete the American Boards required exams.
• 2. Apply for a Statement of Eligibility from
  South Carolina Department of Education (Office of
  Educator Certification).
• 3. Obtain an offer of employment from a South
  Carolina public school, and provide verification
  of the offer to the Office of Educator
  Certification.

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• 4. Complete American Boards year-long clinical
  experience with a coach assigned by the school
  district that employs you.
• 5. Receive an Institutional Recommendation from
  American Board.
• 6. Receive an Alternate Route Teaching
  Certificate. This certificate is temporary and
  will initially be valid for 1 year. After your
  first year of teaching, you will then need to
  renew the Alternate Route Teaching Certificate
  for two additional years.

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• 7. Teach for 3 years while completing
  introductory and formal teacher evaluation
  requirements. These requirements are specific to
  your school district.
• 8. Within your first 3 years of teaching, pass
  the Praxis exam in Principles of Learning and
  Teaching (PLT).
• 9. Apply to upgrade your Alternate Route Teaching
  Certificate to a Professional Teaching
  Certificate. This certificate will need to be
  renewed every 5 years throughout your career.

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The Clinical Experience

• A clinical experience is a year-long program
  where new teachers are monitored and evaluated to
  provide feedback on their teaching skills and
  style while helping them adjust to leading the
  classroom.
• A clinical experience requires the individual to
  be the teacher of record. This program is not an
  unpaid internship, student teaching job, or
  substitute teaching job.

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• American Board for Certification of Teacher
  Excellence1123 Zonolite Road, Suite 29,
  Atlanta, GA 30306info_at_americanboard.org
• www.americanboard.org
• 877-669-2228