Admin Services Checklist for Admins Prepared in Another State: 5 Years of Teaching Experience and 3 Years of Admin Experience

• Scanned copy, image, or screenshot of your full, professional-level teaching credential from another state in the U.S.

Transcripts

• Transcripts must show completion of ALL of the following:

 A bachelor's degree or higher

 A professional teacher preparation program in another state (must include student teaching).

 Completion of an administrator preparation program in another state.

• The colleges or universities must be regionally accredited.
• If you earned any degrees outside of the U.S., you cannot provide the official transcripts. You must obtain a foreign transcript evaluation from an approved agency.
• Submitting paper transcripts or foreign transcript evaluations: 
  • Upload a scan of the original, official paper transcripts or foreign transcript evaluation. Clear photographs will also be accepted. All pages, front and back, must be included in the upload. 
• Submitting electronic transcripts or foreign transcript evaluations.
  • Upload the original file sent to you by the college, transcript service provider, or foreign transcript evaluation agency.
• NOTE: Alternative administrator programs are not acceptable.

• Experience must be at a public school or private school of equivalent status located in another state.
• Experience must be full-time and indicate beginning and ending dates of hire. Full-time teaching experience is defined as a minimum of four hours a day, unless the minimum statutory attendance requirement for the students serviced is less. Experience must be on a daily basis and for at least 75% of the school year. Experience may be accrued in increments of a minimum of one semester. No part-time experience will be accepted.
• Signed by Superintendent, Asst. Superintendent, Director of personnel, or Director of HR.
• The letter must be a scanned copy of an original letter or an electronic PDF. If the letter is a scanned copy, the original letter that was scanned must be signed with a wet ink signature. If the letter is an electronic PDF, it must be signed with an acceptable electronic signature. Screenshots are not acceptable.
• Must be on official school or district letterhead.
• Service record forms will also be accepted in lieu of a letter, as long as they contain all the required information.
• NOTE: Up to two years of successful, full-time experience in an administrative position at a public or regionally accredited private school located in another state may be combined with teaching experience.

• Scanned copy, image, or screenshot of your full, professional-level administrative credential from another state.
  
• If you were not issued an administrative credential but are eligible for one, you may provide a letter of eligibility instead.
  • The letter must be from the institution where you completed your administrator preparation program or the state agency responsible for issuing the credential.
  • The letter must be a scanned copy of an original letter or an electronic PDF. If the letter is a scanned copy, the original letter that was scanned must be signed with a wet ink signature. If the letter is an electronic PDF, it must be signed with an acceptable electronic signature. Screenshots are not acceptable.
  • Must be on official letterhead of the school where you completed the program or the state agency that issues the credential.
• NOTE: Alternative administrator programs based on work experience or administrative services credentials issued on the basis of passing an out-of-state administrator exam are not acceptable.

• Experience must be at a public school or private school of equivalent status located in another state.
• Experience must be full-time and indicate beginning and ending dates of hire. Full-time administrative experience is defined as a minimum of four hours a day, unless the minimum statutory attendance requirement for the students serviced is less. Experience must be on a daily basis and for at least 75% of the school year. Experience may be accrued in increments of a minimum of one semester. No part-time experience will be accepted.
• Signed by Superintendent, Asst. Superintendent, Director of personnel, or Director of HR.
• The letter must be a scanned copy of an original letter or an electronic PDF. If the letter is a scanned copy, the original letter that was scanned must be signed with a wet ink signature. If the letter is an electronic PDF, it must be signed with an acceptable electronic signature. Screenshots are not acceptable.
• Must be on official school or district letterhead.
• Service record forms will also be accepted in lieu of a letter, as long as they contain all the required information.
• NOTE: Administrative experience accepted to satisfy the teaching experience requirement cannot also be counted as administrative experience.

 Option 1: Two performance evaluations.

• Performance must be rated “satisfactory” or better.
• Evaluations must include, but are not limited to, ALL of the following areas:
  1. Demonstration of leadership skills.
  2. Verification of leadership in program implementation and instructional practices.
  3. Implementation of effective procedure for smooth operations of the school.
  4. Evidence of self-motivation and continuous professional development and the updating of skills in administration.
• Evaluations must correspond to the last two years of the verified administrative experience in the letter.
• Scanned copies or an electronic PDF are acceptable but screenshots are not acceptable.
• NOTE: If any of these areas are not included in the evaluations, you may submit a supplemental evaluation letter (for more information, see Option 2 below).

 Option 2: A supplemental evaluation letter.

• The letter must verify you satisfactorily met the same four areas listed above in Option 1.
• The supplemental evaluation letter must be a scanned copy of an original letter or an electronic PDF. If the letter is a scanned copy, the original letter that was scanned must be signed with a wet ink signature. If the letter is an electronic PDF, it must be signed with an acceptable electronic signature. Screenshots are not acceptable.
• Must be on official school or district letterhead.
• Signed by the superintendent or their designee.