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Michigan requires that teachers and school administrators be certificated. School guidance counselors must hold the proper license. Oakland University is authorized to recommend candidates for teaching certification at several levels:
- Elementary: Able to teach all subjects K-5, and all subjects K-8 in a self-contained classroom.
- Secondary: Able to teach subject area endorsements listed on the teaching certificate in grades 6-12.
- K-12: Able to teach a particular subject or subjects listed on the teaching certificate (usually secondary) in grades K-12. These include art, music, several modern languages, and English as a Second Language.
(See Facts on Educator Certification at www.michigan.gov/teachercert.)
At the graduate level, Oakland offers two programs leading to recommendations for initial teacher certification:
- Master of Arts in Teaching in Elementary Education
- Master of Arts in Teaching in Secondary Education
Oakland also provides four types of “planned programs” for renewing provisional certification or for applying for professional certification. These can be found on the Continuing Certification page on the Education Advising Web site. The Approved Planned Program Options document will direct you to the programs and their advisers.
Endorsements are subjects a teacher is authorized to teach at specific grade levels based upon completion of appropriate coursework and passage of the specific state test for that subject area. See the Michigan Certification 2011 Reference Manual, p. 30. They are attached to the original teacher certification.
The list of endorsements is included in the Approved Planned Program Options document. The Continuing Certification site gives details as to how to add an endorsement to your certificate, as well as information about each of the endorsements.
For more information, please call the School of Education and Human Services Advising at (248) 370.4182, visit www.oakland.edu/sehs/certrenewal, or email edadvise@oakland.edu.
PLEASE NOTE: Recent legislative acts will create changes in certification and how they will be obtained and maintained. Please check the Continuing Certification Web site often. You may also want to check www.michigan.gov/teachercert to keep up-to-date.
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