Licensure

To be recommended for a teaching license:

To be recommended for a teaching license you must have an exit interview with your advisor in the Education Advisement Center (120 MCKB) at the time you apply for graduation.

Type of certificate you will receive:

The certification will be a Level 1 license valid for 3 years and renewable only once.

Grades that can be taught with teaching certificate:

Early Childhood: K - 3rd

Elementary: 1st - 6th

Secondary: 6th – 12th

Administrative/Supervisory: Preschool Special

Special Education: Special Education Classroom

Communication Disorders: Schools, Hospitals, Private, or Clinic

Time you will receive your license:

You will receive your teaching license 12 to 14 weeks after graduation. If it does not arrive after the prescribed time, please contact the State Office of Education:

Certification and Personnel Development
250 East 500 South
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
(801) 538-7740

www.schools.utah.gov

To certify to teach if you already have a Bachelor's degree:

If you have already graduated and received a bachelor's degree and you want to return to obtain a teaching license, contact the Education Advisement Center (801-422-3426) to find out what options you have.

We also recommend that you contact the State Office of Education (www.schools.utah.gov) to discover alternative routes to licensure.

Other institutions that offer post-graduate certification include:

Southern Utah University (SUU)

435-586-5434 (Elementary)
435-586-7812 (Secondary)

University of Phoenix

801-373-6475
801-905-4256

University of Utah (UofU)

801-581-6064 (Elementary&ECE)
801-585-9436 (Secondary)

Utah State University (USU)

435-797-0385 (Elementary&ECE)
435-797-2222 (Secondary)

Utah Valley State College (UVSC)

863-8527 (Elementary&ECE)
863-7228 / 863-8587 (Secondary)

Weber State University

801-626-6636
801-626-6309

Westminster College

801-832-2473

To renew your certification:

Contact the State Office of Education: Recertification

To obtain a teaching license in another state when you already have a Utah teaching license:

You must contact the State Office of Education for the state you wish to teach in to see what their licensure requirements are.

Usually you will need to complete an Institutional Verification Form, which you get from the state you wish to teach in.

If the state you wish to teach in requires an Institutional Verification Form to be completed, go to our Release of Information page and print the release form. You will need to send this form to the Education Advisement Center along with your Institutional Verification Form. Please be sure to complete the top portion of the Verification Form which requests your information.

Mail to: or Fax to:

Brigham Young University

David O'McKay School of Education

Education Advisement and Certification Office
120 MCKB

Provo, Utah 84602

1-801-422-0195

Attn: Bobbi Redick (Secondary) or
Attn: Linda Parker (all other majors)

Below is a list of State Office Webpages:

Alabama Department of Education

Alaska Department of Education & Early Development; Alaska Teacher Certification

Arizona Department of Education

Arkansas Department of Education