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. The test administrations for the APTTP basic skills assessments are: May 15, 2010  registration deadline: April 23, 2010  score receipt date: June 26, 2010 July 31, 2010  registration deadline: July 2, 2010  score receipt date: September 11, 2010 October 9, 2010  registration deadline: September 17, 2010  score receipt date: November 13, 2010 December 18, 2010  registration deadline: November 19, 2010  score receipt date: January 29, 2011 March 5, 2011  registration deadline: February 4, 2011  score receipt date: April 9, 2011 May 14, 2011  registration deadline: April 15, 2011  score receipt date: June 18, 2011 July 30, 2011  registration deadline: June 24, 2011  score receipt date: September 3, 2011 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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