Standard License

The proposed changes will facilitate requirements for out-of-state teachers to obtain a Hawaii teaching license.

Under the proposed rules, a teacher holding an out-of-state license can obtain a Hawaii standard license provided that he or she:

- Received the Meritorious New Teacher Candidate (MNTC) designation on his/her valid teaching license from a state that is a signatory to the MNTC program;

OR

- Possesses a valid, unrevoked license from another state;

- Completed a State-approved teacher education program;

- Passed all tests required by the state which issued the valid license being used to apply.

- At a minimum the tests must include a test for content knowledge. For test categories not taken (basic skills, pedagogy, content), the applicant must meet Hawaii test requirements.