MAEA Member Help with Certification

Adult Education Directors, Assistant Directors and Teachers in Literacy, GED and High School Diploma areas must be certified by the Maine Department of Education. As a professional association, MAEA works to assist members with navigating the requirements, which have recently changed for both administrators and teachers.

Directors & Assistant Directors

The Quick Look pamphlet is an overview and is being updated. For the definitive word, contact Maine Department of Education at the link below.

MAEA's Quick Look at Certification & Recertification

Teachers

Initial certification is awarded by the Maine Department of Education based on receipt of the application, college transcript(s) attesting to required credit hours in the subject area in which certification is sought. Compliance with Maine's Fingerprinting law is required.Please visit the Maine Department of Education for the details of the c ertification process which has recently changed.

Maine Department of Education's Certification Office web site.

Recertification is required every 5 years, and is based on a re-certification plan approved by the teacher's local certification committee. In cases where no such formal committee exists, the local adult education director may approve teacher recertification plans. Staff development activities sponsored by the Center for Adult Learning and Literacy at the University of Maine (CALL) and other providers are frequently used by adult education professionals for CEU's. Jump to CALL's web site.

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