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The Educator Licensure Office is responsible for enrollment, tracking, and ultimately recommending students for licensure to the state Department of Education. We collaborate and coordinate with the various licensure programs to ensure that students are enrolled in appropriate courses and field experiences (practica), have completed the required MTEL exams, and are ultimately licensed by the MA Department of Education.

All candidates for educator licenses (including any teaching, administrative, counseling, or school psychology license) must complete four forms, which will be filed in the Educator Licensure Office (Room 130 Furcolo). An explanation of when each form should be submitted is described within the link for each form.

Form L1: Program Enrollment Information

Form L2: Practicum Placement Contract (depending on your licensure levels and/or program requirements you may need more than one Practicum Placement Contract -- available from your Program Coordinator or in Room 130 Furcolo)

Form L3: Preservice Performance Assessment (PPA) The new Regulations for Educator Licensure require that all candidates for TEACHING licenses to complete the state-issued PPA.

Form L4: Program Completion Form

Please note that the Educator Licensure Office must have a copy of your MTEL score report on file for licensure purposes. (Yes, in most cases we do receive your scores electronically from the testing company; however, the scores are sent as a long roster of names/scores and cannot be used for individual files or licensure applications.)

All of the above forms (1-4) must be submitted to Room 130 Furcolo so that we can prepare transcripts and support your application for licensure. You can help the process run more efficiently by submitting all of the requested information in a timely fashion as you progress through your program.