Certification Applications

Use this form if you are employed, but do not meet the requirements for a professional certificate, and are enrolled in a state-approved educator preparation program.

Form 11 is used to issue a permit to someone that serves students or may have unsupervised contact with students as a contractor, volunteer, or service personnel.

Use this form in place of Form 1 for Autism if you hold a Special Education endorsement and are taking six (6) hours of coursework at a college or university that does not offer a full Autism endorsement program.

This permit may be issued to an individual who does not meet the requirements for the Professional Student Certificate issued for school counseling, speech-language pathologist, school psychologist, or attendance director but is enrolled in a state-approved educator preparation program and has been determined by the county superintendent to be the most qualified applicant for the position.

Use this form to apply for a teaching certificate if you have completed an approved West Virginia Board of Education program as part of the Option 3 pathway (non-college/university).

Convert a Provisional Teaching Certificate to a Professional Teaching Certificate.

Form 20M allows you to be issued a Professional Teaching Certificate if you are a qualifying veteran and meet requirements as per HB 3125 and SB 765. 

The Provisional Teaching Certificate is issued to individuals who complete an alternative certification program or hold a West Virginia Statement of Eligibility.

Renew a Provisional Teaching Certificate if you have not met the requirements for a Professional Teaching Certificate.

Renew a permit to participate in a clinical experience within the West Virginia public school system.

Apply to teach in an area of critical need and shortage in a West Virginia public school district by enrolling in an approved West Virginia Board of Education county-based alternative certification program.

Use form 25R to renew your Alternative Teaching Certificate. The Alternative Teaching Certificate allows individuals to teach in an area of critical