Streamlined Certification Pathways

Each state has different pathways to licensure, with state and national requirements that can be quite complicated. Some understanding of how these systems work can allow physics departments to engage with their colleagues in the licensure-granting unit on campus to provide the most efficient path to licensure possible for their students who choose to become teachers. The presenters have engaged in this process reasonably successfully in two states. Participants should come prepared with what they can find on the requirements in their state and at their institution (not always the same thing) or bring an internet connected device if they would like to leave with a start on their campus conversations.