Professional Licensure - Teaching and Learning

Contact Information

While UCMs curriculum is not designed to meet other state requirements, below is a listing of each states contact information if you choose to study at UCM and seek initial certification in other state.  It is your responsibility to determine if there are additional requirements or courses needed to receive your certification.  

Alabama

Agency Name: Alabama State Department of Education

Address: 50 North Ripley Street, PO Box 302101, Montgomery, AL 36104

Phone: (334) 694-4900, Website: https://www.alsde.edu/

 

Alaska 

Agency Name:  Alaska Dept. of Education and Early Development, Teacher Certification

Address: PO Box 110500 Juneau AK 99801

Phone: (907) 465-2831, Fax: (907) 465-2441, Website:  https://education.alaska.gov/TeacherCertification

 

Arizona

Agency Name:  Arizona State Board for Private Postsecondary Education

Address: 1740 W. Adams, Suite 3008, Phoenix AZ 85007

Phone:  (602) 542-5709, Fax: (602) 542-1253, Website:  https://ppse.az.gov/

 

Arkansas

Agency Name: Arkansas Department of Education

Address: 4 Capitol Mall, Little Rock, AR 72201

Phone: (501) 682-4342, Fax: (501) 682-4898. Website: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/educator-effectiveness/educator-licensure

 

California 

Agency Name: California Department of Education

Address: 1430 N Street, Sacramento CA, 95814-5901

Phone: (916)-319-0800, Website: https://www.cde.ca.gov/

 

Colorado

Agency Name: Colorado Department of Education

Address: 201 E. Colfax Ave, Denver CO, 80203

Phone: (303) 866-6600, Fax: (303) 830-0793, Website:https://www.cde.state.co.us/

 

Connecticut

Agency Name: Connecticut State Department of Education, Bureau of Educator Standards and Certification

Address: 450 Columbus Boulevard, Suite 503, PO Box 150471, Hartford CT 06103

Phone: (860) 713-6969, Fax: 860-713-7017, Website: https://www.cde.state.co.us/

Delaware

Agency Name:  Delaware Department of Education

Address: The Townsend Building 401 Federal Street, Suite 2, Dover DE 19901

Phone: (302) 857-3388, Website: www.doe.k12.de.us

 

District of Columbia

Agency Name: District of Columbia Public Schools

Address: 1200 First Street, NE Washington DC 20002

Phone: (202) 442-5885, Fax: (202) 442-5026, Website: https://dcps.dc.gov

 

Florida

Agency Name:  Florida Department of Education

Address: 325 West Gaines Street, Tallahassee FL 32399

Phone: (800) 445-6739, Website: www.fldoe.org/teaching/certification

 

Georgia

Agency Name:  Georgia Professional Standards Commission

Address: 200 Piedmont Ave, Suite 1702, West Tower, Atlanta GA 30334

Phone: (404) 232-2500, Website: https://www.gapsc.com/

 

Hawaii

Agency Name:  Hawaii Teacher Standards Board

Address: 650 Iwilei Road, Suite 268, Honolulu HI 96817

Phone: (808) 586-2600, Website: https://hawaiiteacherstandardsboard.org/content/contact-us-2/

 

Idaho

Agency Name:  Idaho State Department of Education

Address: 650 West State Street, Boise ID 83702

Phone: (208) 332-6800, Fax: (208) 334-2228, Website: https://www.sde.idaho.gov/

 

Illinois

Agency Name: Illinois State Board of Education

Address: 100 W. Randolph, Suite 14-300, Chicago IL 60601

Phone: (217) 557-4723, Website: https://www.isbe.net/licensure

Indiana

Agency Name: Indiana Department of Education Office of Educator Licensing

Address: South Tower, Suite 600, 115 W. Washington Street, Indianapolis IN 46204

Phone: (317) 232-9010, Fax: 317-232-9023, Website: https://www.doe.in.gov/licensing

 

Iowa

Agency Name: Iowa Department of Education

Address: 400 E 14th Street, Des Moines IA 50319

Phone: (515) 281-5294, Fax: (515) 242-5988, Website: https://educateiowa.gov/

Kansas

Agency Name: Kansas State Department of Education

Address:  900 SW Jackson St., Topeka KS 66612

Phone: (785) 296-2288, Website: https://www.ksde.org/Agency/Division-of-Learning-Services/Teacher-Licensure-and-Accreditation

 

Kentucky

Agency Name: Kentucky Department of Education

Address: 300 Sower Blvd, Frankfort KY 40601

Phone: (502) 564-5789, Fax: (502) 564-9484, Website: http://www.epsb.ky.gov/course/view.php?id=2

 

Louisiana

Agency Name: Louisiana Department of Education

Address: Division of Educator Licensure, PO Box 94064, Baton Rouge LA 70904

Phone: (877) 453-2721, Website: www.teachlouisiana.net

 

Maine

Agency Name:  Certification Office, Maine Department of Education

Address: 23 State House Station, Augusta  ME 04333

Phone: (207) 624-6603, Fax: (207) 624-6700, Website: https://www.maine.gov/doe/cert

Maryland

Agency Name:  Maryland State Department of Education

Address: 200 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore MD 21201

Phone: (410) 767-0100, Website: www.marylandpublicschools.org

 

Massachusetts

Agency Name:  Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Office of Educator Licensure

Address: 75 Pleasant Street, Malden MA 02148

Phone: (781) 338-3102, Fax: (781) 338-3770, Website: https://www.doe.mass.edu/licensure/

 

Michigan

Agency Name: Michigan Department of Education

Address: 608 W. Allegan Street, POX Box 30008, Lansing MI 48909

Phone: (833)633-5788​, Fax: (517) 355-4565, Website: https://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,4615,7-140-83834---,00.html

 

Minnesota

Agency Name: Minnesota Department of Education

Address: 1500 Highway 36 West, Roseville MN 55113

Phone: (651) 582-8200, Website: https://education.mn.gov/MDE/lic/

 

Mississippi

Agency Name: Mississippi Department of Education

Address: P.O. Box 771, Jackson MS 39205

Phone: (601) 359-3513, Fax: (601) 359-3483, Website: https://www.mdek12.org

 

Montana

Agency Name: Montana Office of Public Instruction

Address: PO Box 202501, Helena MT, 59620-2501

Phone: (406) 444-2580, Fax: (406) 444-6325, Website: https://opi.mt.gov/

 

Nebraska

Agency Name: Nebraska Department of Education

Address: 301 Centennial Mall South, PO Box 94987, Lincoln NE 68509

Phone: (402) 471-2295, Fax: (402) 471-0117, Website: https://www.education.ne.gov/

Nevada

Agency Name: State of Nevada Board of Education, Office of Educator Licensure (Two Locations)

Address: 700 E. Fifth Street or 2020 E. Flamingo Rd. Ste 210, Carson City Las Vegas NV 89701

Phone: (775)687-9115 or (702)486-6458, Fax: (702)486-6450, Website: http://www.doe.nv.gov/Educator_Licensure/

 

New Hampshire 

Agency Name: Division of Educator Support and Higher Education, Bureau of Credentialing

Address: 101 Pleasant Street, Concord, NH 03301

Phone: (603) 271-2409, Website: https://www.education.nh.gov/

 

New Jersey

Agency Name: New Jersey Department of Higher Education

Address: 1 John Fitch Way 10th Floor, PO Box 500, Trenton NJ 08625

Phone: (609) 376-3500, Fax: (609) 633-0160, Website: https://www.nj.gov/education/

 

New Mexico

Agency Name: New Mexico Public Education Department

Address: 300 Don Gaspar, Room 101, Santa Fe NM 87501

Phone: (505) 827-5821, Fax: (505) 827-5800, Website: https://webnew.ped.state.nm.us/bureaus/licensure/

 

New York

Agency Name: Office of Teaching Initiatives

Address: New York State Education Department, 89 Washington Avenue, 5N EB, Albany NY 12234

Phone: (518) 474-3901, Fax: (401) 222-1272, Website: http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/

 

North Carolina

Agency Name: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

Address: 301 N. Wilmington Street, Raleigh NC 27601

Phone: (984) 236-2100, Website: www.dpi.state.nc.us

 

North Dakota

Agency Name: North Dakota Education Standards and Practices Board

Address: 2718 Gateway Avenue, Suite 204, Bismarck ND 58503

Phone: (701 )328-9641, Fax: (701) 328-9647, Website: https://www.nd.gov/espb/licensure

 

Ohio

Agency Name: Ohio Department of Education

Address: 25 South Front Street, Columbus OH 43215

Phone: (877) 644-6338, Website: http://education.ohio.gov/

 

Oklahoma

Agency Name: Oklahoma State Department of Education

Address: 2500 North Lincoln Blvd, OKC OK 73105

Phone: (405) 521-3301, Fax: (405) 521-6205, Website: https://sde.ok.gov

 

Oregon

Agency Name: Teacher Standards and Practices Commission

Address: 250 Division St. NE, Salem OR 97301

Phone: (503) 378-3586, Fax: (503) 378-4448, Website: https://www.oregon.gov/tspc/pages/index.aspx

 

Pennsylvania

Agency Name: Pennsylvania Department of Education

Address: 333 Market Street, Harrisburg PA 17126

Phone: (717) 783-6788, Website: www.education.pa.gov

 

Rhode Island

Agency Name: Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Address: 255 Westminster Street, Providence RI 02903

Phone: (401) 222-8893, Fax: (802) 828-2465, Website: https://www.ride.ri.gov/TeachersAdministrators/EducatorCertification.aspx

 

South Carolina

Agency Name: South Carolina Department of Education

Address: 1429 Senate Street, Columbia SC 29201

Phone: (803) 734-8500, Website: https://ed.sc.gov/

 

South Dakota

Agency Name: South Dakota Department of Education

Address: 800 Governors Drive, Pierre SD 57501

Phone: (605) 773-3134, Website: https://doe.sd.gov/

 

Tennessee

Agency Name: Tennessee Department of Education (One of Two Agencies)

Address: 9th Floor, Andrew Johnson Tower 710 James Robertson Parkway, Nashville TN 37243

Phone: (615) 532-4885, Fax: (615) 532-1448, Website: www.tn.gov/education

 

Agency Name: Tennessee State Board of Education (Two of Two Agencies)

Address: 500 James Robertson Pkwy, Nashville TN 37243

Phone: (615) 741-2966, Website: https://www.tn.gov/sbe/

 

Texas

Agency Name: Texas State Board of Education

Address: 1701 N. Congress Avenue, Austin  TX 78701

Phone: (512) 463-9734, Fax: (512) 463-9838, Website: http://tea.texas.gov

 

Utah

Agency Name: Utah State Board of Education

Address: 250 E 500 S, Salt Lake City UT 84114

Phone: (801) 538-7740, Fax: (801) 538-7973, Website: https://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/licensing

 

Vermont

Agency Name: Vermont Agency of Education-Licensing Office

Address: 1 National Life Drive, Davis 5, Montpelier VT 05620

Phone: (802) 828-1130, Fax: (802) 828-6430, Website: https://education.vermont.gov/educator-licensure

 

Virginia

Agency Name: Virginia Department of Education

Address: James Monroe Building 101 N. 14th Street, Richmond VA 23218

Phone: (800) 292-3820, Website: https://www.doe.virginia.gov/index.shtml

Washington

Agency Name: Professional Educator Standards Board

Address: Old Capitol Building, 600 Washington Street SE, Olympia WA 98504

Phone: (360) 725-6275, Website: https://www.pesb.wa.gov/

 

West Virginia

Agency Name: West Virginia Department of Education

Address: 1900 Kanawha Blvd, Suite 700, East Charleston WV 25305

Phone: (304) 558-7010, Fax: (304) 558-7843, Website: https://wvde.us/certification-and-professional-preparation/certIfication/

 

Wisconsin

Agency Name: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Address: 125 S. Webster Street, Madison WI 53703

Phone: (608) 266-3390, Website: https://dpi.wi.gov/licensing

 

Wyoming

Agency Name: Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board

Address: 1920 Thomes Ave. Suite 100, Cheyenne WY 82002

Phone: (307) 777-7291, Fax: (307) 777-8718, Website: https://wyomingptsb.com/home/contact/