ARIZONA
STATE RESOURCES

Teacher candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in education from an approved teacher prep program. 

Educators must take the Arizona Educator Proficiency Assessments. The Arizona Educator Proficiency Assessments assess Arizona educator’s professional knowledge and subject knowledge proficiency. Please review the requirement information at http://www.azed.gov/educator-certification/ before registering for exams. 

There are two types of certificates in Arizona: 

• The Standard Professional PreK-12 Teaching Certificates include Early Childhood, Middle Grades, Elementary, Secondary, Special Ed, Administrative, and Non-Teaching Professional.  

• The Standard Professional PreK-12 Teaching Certificates require that you complete an Educator Preparation Program with student teaching, or you have 2 years of full-time teaching with the completion of the identified coursework. 

You can find more information here: https://www.azed.gov/educator-certification/forms-and-information/certificates 

The Alternative Teaching certificate is valid for two years and may be extended yearly for no more than two consecutive years. The certificate entitles the holder to enter into a teaching contract while completing the requirements for an Arizona Standard Professional teaching certificate. 

More information can be found here: https://www.azed.gov/node/27129 

The Arizona Department of Education provides a full list of approved educator preparation programs on its website. Please scroll down to find their interactive Educator Preparation Program slicer.

• Teach In Arizona (Free Job Board):  https://www.teachinaz.com/ 

• • Treasures 4 Teachers (Phoenix): https://treasures4teachers.org/  

  • Treasures 4 Teachers of Tucson:  https://t4teachers.org/ 

  • Million Dollar Teacher Project:  https://www.mdtproject.org/ 

  • Tucson Values Teachers:  https://tucsonvaluesteachers.org/ 

  • Tucson Regional Collaborative:  https://trecarizona.org/  

  • Teachers in Industry:  https://teachersinindustry.arizona.edu/  

  • School Connect:  https://schoolconnectaz.org/  

  • Center of Recruitment and Retention of Mathematics Teachers:  https://crr.math.arizona.edu/  

  • Survival Guide for Teachers:  http://survivalguideforteachers.com/  

  • Arizona Education Association:  https://www.arizonaea.org/  

  • Arizona Department of Education’s Educator Recruitment & Retention Repository:  https://www.azed.gov/teach/educator-recruitment-retention-repository 

  • The New Teacher Project:  https://tntp.org/ 

  • Arizona Council on Economic Education:  https://azecon.org/  

  • Thomas Brown Foundation:  https://www.brownfoundations.com/  

  • Arizona K12 Center:  https://www.azk12.org/

  • Arizona Council for Exceptional Children: www.azcec.org

Arizona Teachers Academy:  https://arizonateachersacademy.com/