Alabama Administrative Code - Relevant Sections
 Teacher Certification Standards 
 Teacher Education Standards 
 Subject and Personnel Codes 
 Current Related Memoranda 
 Alabama Educator Code of Ethics 

 Highly Qualified Teacher (HQT)
 Alabama Model 
 Current Related Memoranda 
 LEAs 
 Self Request for Highly Qualified 
 Special Education 

 Teacher Certification
 General Information, Options, and Procedures 
 Traditional Approaches to Certification 
 Alternative Approaches to Certification 
 Teacher Testing Requirements 
 Forms 
 Current Related Memoranda 
 Professional Development 

 Teacher Education
 Approved Programs In Alabama Colleges and Universities 
 AL/NCATE Partnership 
 Program Review Documents 
 Report Card for Colleges and Universities 
 Verification of Higher Degrees 
 Current Related Memoranda 
 Scholarships 
 Class A Sport Management 

 Teacher Recruitment and Placement
 Job Openings 
 Job Fair Schedule 
 Salary Information 
 Current Related Memoranda 
 Troops to Teachers 

 Teacher Testing
 Alabama Prospective Teacher Testing Program (APTTP) 
 Current Related Memoranda 

 Memoranda
 All Memoranda 
 Teacher Certification Memoranda 
 Teacher Education Memoranda 
 Teacher Testing Memoranda 
 Teacher Recruitment and Placement Memoranda 

Teacher Education & Certification FAQs

Where and when may individuals take the basic skills assessments required in the Alabama Prospective Teacher Testing Program? The basic skills assessments (i.e., Applied Mathematics, Reading for Information, and Writing assessments from the ACT WorkKeys System) required in the Alabama Prospective Teacher Testing Program are administered on certain test dates and at certain test centers. Individuals who wish to take the assessments must preregister with ACT for the desired test date before the registration deadline. Test administrations for the APTTP basic skills assessments are scheduled for the following dates: May 16, 2009 (registration deadline: April 17, 2009) August 1, 2009 (registration deadline: July 6, 2009) October 10, 2009 (registration deadline: September 18, 2009) December 19, 2009 (registration deadline: November 20, 2009) March 6, 2010 (registration deadline: February 12, 2010) May 15, 2010 (registration deadline: April 23, 2010) July 31, 2010 (registration deadline: July 2, 2010) Refer to ACT's Web site at www.act.org/alabamapttp for score receipt dates (approximately 5-6 weeks after the test date). Absolutely no registration requests will be accepted after the registration deadline. Registration requests must be accompanied by the fee payment. The APTTP basic skills assessments are administered at the following test centers: Alabama A & M University, Huntsville, Alabama Alabama State University, Montgomery, Alabama Athens State University, Athens, Alabama Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama Faulkner University, Montgomery, Alabama Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama Oakwood College, Huntsville, Alabama (Friday test administrations only for examinees whose religious convictions prohibit testing on Saturday) Troy University, Troy, Alabama The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama Every effort will be made to assign examinees to the desired test center but test center choices cannot be guaranteed. If the desired test center is closed or filled, the examinee will be assigned to the nearest open center. Assignment will be made with an attempt to minimize inconvenience to the examinee. Registrants are advised to submit materials early. Individuals may register online at www.act.org/alabamapttp. Individuals who are unable to register online may telephone ACT at (800) 294-2105 or (319) 341-2500. Printed registration bulletins are also available at colleges and universities in the schools of education and also in the testing offices of the designated test centers.

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