Location: Sasscer Administration Building, Room 108

OFFICE HOURS:

   Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

This office maintains certification records for professional instructional and administrative personnel, and reviews and evaluates new hires for Maryland certification. Personnel on contract will contact members of one of the following teams, depending on his/her certification type:

Provisional Team
(for Conditionally teachers: certification.conditional@pgcps.org)

Standard Professional Team
(for teachers with SPC I and SPC II: certification.spc@pgcps.org)

Advanced Professional Team
(for teachers with APC: certification.apc@pgcps.org)

New professional hires are required to attend a new teacher orientation session. This office will provide comprehensive information and materials regarding the Maryland Certification process, recent changes in regulations, and an overview of renewal requirements.

In conjunction with the Office of Professional Development, Teacher Staffing and Certification is available to guide professional staff in seeking advanced degree course work through partnership opportunities with local colleges and universities.  All degrees and coursework taken at a college or university must be from a regionally accredited university. Salary nor certification credit will be given for college coursework that is not taken at a Regionally accredited college or university. Only courses with a grade of 'C' or better will be given consideration for use on salary and/or certification adjustments.
 
HOW CAN I CHECK FOR REGIONAL ACCREDITATION?
There are several methods available. We recommend checking several sources to double-check the reliability:

Ask the college/university to identify whether they are regionally accredited, and if so, by which accrediting body. Then visit the web site for the regional accrediting body, and look up your college/university in their listing of accredited institutions.
Contact information for the regional accrediting bodies can be found at http://www.chea.org/Directories/regional.asp