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Certification and Testing
The Teach For America • Mississippi Delta staff has worked hard to remove barriers, restrictions, and duplication and to streamline the licensure experience for corps members so that they can become fully certified within their two-year commitment. Initial provisional licensure is primarily dependent upon passing a series of tests.
- All Delta corps members are first required to take and pass the Praxis I (professional assessments for beginning teachers) series in reading, writing, and mathematics.
- All corps members must also take a Praxis II subject-specific test that applies to their specific teaching placement.
- These exams must be taken before or during the summer training institute.
Teach for America • Mississippi Delta’s professional development model, which includes Professional Saturdays and Investment, Community, and Execution Groups, is a required part of the certification process for corps members in both states. These states also require corps members to enroll in and complete the nine graduate course credits offered at the Teach For America summer institute. Delta staff will provide further details about the certification process and testing requirements to corps members at the time of admittance to the corps, and again at orientation, once state and subject placements are finalized.
Additionally, Teach for America • Mississippi Delta corps members have the option to participate in tuition-paid master's programs at Delta State University (DSU) in Cleveland, Mississippi. DSU is able to offer some graduate assistantships which cover part of the cost of tuition and fees for Teach For America corps members. A limited number of assistantships are available. Delta staff are currently in conversations with DSU about what this partnership will look like for the 2010 school year.
At a Glance
| Costs to Begin Teaching |
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| Testing: Praxis I combined test in Reading, Writing, and Math: $130; One or two Praxis II exams: $65-160; yearly registration fee: $50 |
| Processing: $55 Arkansas only |
| Up-Front Certification Costs: $245-340 for Praxis exams; $1,050 for institute credits |
| Costs to Maintain Provisional Credential |
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| Arkansas: $160-350 (additional Praxis tests), up to $1200, dependent on placement for possible additional course work (Teaching Reading II and AR History) |
| Mississippi: $0-500 (dependent on area of placement) |
