Credential Evaluations
Overview | Out of State Evaluations | Foreign Evaluations | Registration | Evaluation Form
Overview
The ICOE Credentials Office will evaluate the qualifications of applicants against the qualifications required for a variety of teaching credentials. In most cases, you will need to take copies of any credentials currently held and all college and university transcripts for the Credentials Office to review during the evaluation process. No Appointments are scheduled. The Credentials Office assists both current and prospective teachers on a walk in basis only.
Out-of-State Applicants must show copies of any out-of-state credential(s) held and copies of all college and university transcripts to be evaluated for a California teaching credential authorizing service in the California K-12 public school system.
Applicants educated in a foreign country outside the United States must undergo the foreign evaluation process. This process is conducted by an independent evaluation agency, accredited by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, to evaluate program coursework for equivalency to US standards. Foreign Evaluation Applications can be obtained at the ICOE Credentials Office. Further information regarding the foreign evaluation process can also be obtained online at the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC) website.
Teacher candidates who already hold a clear credential and are being hired by a local school district, must register their credential(s) through the ICOE Credentials Office.
In all of the above instances, the local school district hiring the teacher candidate will provide a completed credential evaluation form to the ICOE Credentials Office before an evaluation is conducted. This form indicates that the district has offered the teacher candidate a position and provides the Credentials Office with the teacher candidate's background and the assignment for which they are being hired.
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