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The mission of the Office of Educator Licensure is to assist all Mississippi public school educators and prospective educators to obtain and maintain standard certification and licensure and to implement licensure guidelines set by the Certification Commission and State Board of Education.Prospective educators in Mississippi can obtain certification through:

  • traditional teacher and administrator education programs
  • alternative teacher and administrator certification programs
  • reciprocity

For more information
teachersupport@mde.k12.ms.us

Copies of the Mississippi Department of Educator Licensure forms have been created in a Portable Document Format (PDF) format. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to read PDF documents. It is available free of charge from Adobe by clicking on the Acrobat logo.

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What's New

The draft teacher evaluation observation rubric for use in Teacher Incentive Fund Grant Schools is currently in the Administrative Procedures Act Process (APA).   
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If you have questions or comments please contact Dr. Daphne Buckley  at 601-359-3631 or e-mail  dbuckley@mde.k12.ms.us.


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