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 evaluate Arizona educators’ professional and subject-matter 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 the interactive Educator Preparation Program slicer.

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

• Teach In Arizona:  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://education.arizona.edu/news/teachers-industry 

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