You must meet the following criteria to receive the Standard License.
Applicants are responsible for submitting all required materials.
All Standard License applicants must submit numbers 1, 2 and 3 below. Additional required documents are then listed according to your preparation and license history.
1. Submit an application.
You may apply online by clicking here. If you have previously created an HTSB account you must use a paper application at this time. Download the paper application Standard Hawaii Teaching License here.
2. If you answer "yes" to a question in the Professional Fitness section on the application, Section 2, you will be contacted to submit additional information.
3. Pay your license fee.
Payment may be made by logging in to your HTSB online record. Or, you may send a cashier's check or money order made payable to the Hawai'i Teacher Standards Board (HTSB) in the amount of $240.
You must also submit the following additional documents. Find the category (A. - F.) that describes your preparation and license background and submit the documents listed for your category:
A. Applicants Who Do Not Yet Hold A Teaching License but who Did Complete a State Approved Teacher Educatio Program Must Also Submit:
1. Submit proof of completion a State Approved Teacher Education Program (SATEP):
Submit the HTSB Institutional Recommendation. Complete the top portion of the form, sign and date it, and send it to your institution. They should return the from to HTSB.
NOTE: Applicants completing a Hawai'i state approved teacher education program since 2002 are NOT required to submit the HTSB Institutional Recommendation because documentation will be submitted directly to HTSB by Hawaii's approved teacher education institutions and agencies no later than 6 weeks following the date of your program completion.
2. Pass Praxis basic skills and content knowledge tests.
NOTE: Praxis requirements have recently changed. Check the Praxis Chart to ensure you take the correct tests.
See Praxis Information Sheet for the Praxis tests required for licensure in Hawai'i. ONLY Praxis tests with the exact code, title, and cut score at or above Hawaii's passing score may be accepted by HTSB. Official score reports from Educational Testing Service (ETS) are required. If you used Code 8620 as a recipient of your score(s) when you registered for a test, HTSB will receive an official copy directly from ETS. However, if you did not list Code 8620 as a recipient, you may request an official copy from ETS for a fee. You may also send a notarized copy of your official passing Praxis score reports.
B. Applicants Who Completed A SATEP and Hold A Teaching License In Another State Must Also Submit:
Download HTSB's Confirmation of Licensure and Certification Tests Taken, send it to your out of state licensing agency, and ask them to return the form to HTSB. If the agency confirms that you completed a State Approved Teacher Education Program and that you passed licensure tests in basic skills and content knowledge, you will not have to submit any other documentation.
If your state does not confirm that you completed a SATEP you will have to submit the Institutional Recommendation to HTSB.
If your state does not confirm that you passed licensure tests in basic skills and content knowledge, you will have to take the Hawaii Praxis tests in the missing category and submit official Praxis score reports to HTSB.
C. Applicants Who Hold A License In Another State But Did NOT Complete A State Approved Teacher Education Program Must Also Submit:
- Submit a notarized copy of your current, valid teaching license from another state with your application;
AND
- The Verification of Qualifying Experience From, showing at least three (3) years of full-time, satisfactory teaching experience within the past seven (7) years. Submit this form to your employer and ask them to send it to HTSB.
AND
Passing scores for Hawaii licensure tests in basic skills and content knowledge in the field of your out of state license. Submit official Praxis score reports to HTSB. Check the Praxis Chart to ensure you take the correct tests.
D. Applicants Who Hold A Valid Teaching License And A Valid National Board For Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) Certificate Must Also Submit:
1. Submit a notarized copy of your current, valid out of state teaching license with your application;
AND
2. Submit a notarized copy of your current, valid NBPTS certificate with your application.
E. Applicants Who Received The Meritorious New Teacher Candidate (MNTC) Designation On Their Valid Teaching License Must Submit :
A current, valid out of state teaching license with the MNTC designation with your application.
F. Applicants Who Completed A Teacher Education Program At A Non-U.S. Degree Granting Institutions Of Higher Education (IHEs):
1. Submit an original or notarized copy of the Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE) Evaluation Report of your transcript evaluation with your application. Information is available from ECE's website, www.ece.org.
2. Submit Hawaii Praxis licensure tests for basic skills and content field of your SATEP/
Forms Required for the Standard License:
Standard License Application (LA 1009)
Institutional Recommendation (LA 3009)
Confirmation of Licensure and Certification Tests Taken (OOS 3009)
Verification of Qualifying Experience Form (LA 4009)
NOTE: Praxis requirements change periodically. Check the Praxis Chart above to ensure you take the correct tests.