Professional Education Courses for Maryland Certification/Recertification

(only for individuals who already have a bachelor's degree)

These courses are for persons who already have a bachelors degree and wish to become a certified teacher in Maryland. Teachers who are already certified also may complete these courses for recertification requirements. Four areas are required to become certified in Maryland for any certification area.

• All certification areas require Maryland passing scores on the appropriate basic skills tests. Check with www.ets.org or www.marylandpublicschools.org for required basic skills tests and scores. Check with www.ets.org for registration information. Basic skills tests are taken early in a students academic career and must be passed (along with Praxis II Content Knowledge Test) prior to transcript submission to Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE).
• Certification courses: Students may enroll in these courses, prior to, concurrently with, or after submission of all college transcripts to MSDE, Division of Certification for transcript evaluation. Students must contact MSDE by logging on to www.marylandpublicschools.org or by calling the MSDE Certification Assistance Line at 410-767-0412 to learn about the transcript evaluation process. The courses listed below will satisfy most, if not all, of the coursework requirements on the MSDE Evaluation Form for Certification. However, there may be additional Professional Development Education courses required for some certifications and/or for some students. Using the MSDE transcript evaluation and the charts below, students can determine what courses Prince George's Community College offers that meet the MSDE Professional Development course requirements. Fifty percent of the required Professional Development Education courses must be taken at the same institution.
• Content Area Coursework: Each area of certification requires 30 credit hours of course work in, or related to, the certification area, in addition to the Professional Development Education courses discussed above. These requirements generally include 12 credits of math and 12 credits of science for early childhood and elementary certification. Academic Subjects (N-12), Middle School, and Secondary certifications all generally require 30 credits within the content area for certification with a minimum of 12 credits of these 30 credits required at the upper levels. MSDE will determine what courses may still be needed as part of the MSDE evaluation discussed above. Fifty percent of this content areas coursework must be taken at the same institution.
• All certification areas require documented teaching experience before an initial certificate is awarded. Prince George's Community College does not provide this documented teaching experience or offer a student teaching course which meets the requirement for Teacher Certificate Candidates. Students should contact Prince George's County Public Schools or MSDE for additional information regarding this requirement.

The options below alone do not provide a complete certificate program.

Early Childhood Certification (Pre-K-Grade 3)

PGCC Course Equivalent | MSDE Course Requirement

Choose one of the following:

• TED-1200 Child Growth and Development Credits: 3 | Child Development
• PSY-2030 Child Psychology Credits: 3 | Child Development
• PSY-2060 Educational Psychology Credits: 3 | Human Learning
• TED-1300 Methods and Materials in Early Childhood Education Credits: 3 | Teaching Methodology

Choose one of the following:

• TED-2300 Introduction to Special Education Credits: 3 | Inclusion of Special Needs Student Populations
• TED-2350 Early Childhood Special Education Credits: 3 | Inclusion of Special Needs Student Populations
• TED-2830 Assessment of Students Credits: 3 | Assessment of Students
• TED-2100 Processes and Acquisition of Reading Credits: 3 | Reading
• TED-2800 Materials for Teaching Reading Credits: 3 | Reading
• TED-2801 Instruction of Reading Credits: 3 | Reading
• TED-2802 Assessment of Reading Credits: 3 | Reading

Elementary Certification (Grades 1-6)

PGCC Course Equivalent | MSDE Course Requirement

Choose one of the following:

• TED-1200 Child Growth and Development Credits: 3 | Child Development
• PSY-2030 Child Psychology Credits: 3 | Child Development
• PSY-2060 Educational Psychology Credits: 3 | Human Learning
• TED-2840 Elementary Methods Credits: 3 | Teaching Methods
• TED-2300 Introduction to Special Education Credits: 3 | Inclusion of Special Needs Student Populations
• TED-2830 Assessment of Students Credits: 3 | Assessment of Students
• TED-2100 Processes and Acquisition of Reading Credits: 3 | Reading
• TED-2800 Materials for Teaching Reading Credits: 3 | Reading
• TED-2801 Instruction of Reading Credits: 3 | Reading
• TED-2802 Assessment of Reading Credits: 3 | Reading

Academic Subjects (N-12), Middle School (Grades 4-9), Secondary (Grades 7-12) Certification

PGCC Course Equivalent | MSDE Course Requirement

• PSY-2040 Adolescent Psychology Credits: 3 | Adolescent Development
• PSY-2060 Educational Psychology Credits: 3 | Human Learning
• TED-2850 Secondary Methods Credits: 3 | Teaching Methods
• TED-2300 Introduction to Special Education Credits: 3 | Inclusion of Special Needs Student Populations
• TED-2830 Assessment of Students Credits: 3 | Assessment of Students
• TED-2820 Teaching Literacy in the Content Area Part I Credits: 3 | Reading
• TED-2821 Teaching Literacy in the Content Area Part II Credits: 3 | Reading

Generic Special Education Elementary/Middle School Certification (Grades 1-8)

PGCC Course Equivalent | MSDE Course Requirement

• TED-2300 Introduction to Special Education Credits: 3 | Historical, Philosophical, and Legal Foundations of Special Education

Choose one of the following:

• PSY-2070 Human Growth & Development Credits: 3 | Human Growth and Development and
• TED-1200 Child Growth and Development Credits: 3 | Human Growth and Development or
• PSY-2030 Child Psychology Credits: 3 | Human Growth and Development
• TED-2830 Assessment of Students Credits: 3 | Assessment, Diagnosis, and Prescriptive Techniques
• TED-2950 Special Education Assessment Part I Credits: 3 | Assessment, Diagnosis, and Prescriptive Techniques
• TED-2951 Special Education Assessment Part II Credits: 3 | Assessment, Diagnosis, and Prescriptive Techniques
• TED-2900 Special Education Methods: Birth - 12th Grade Credits: 3 | Curriculum and Methodology of Instruction
• TED-2901 Special Education Methods: Birth - 6th Grade Credits: 3 | Curriculum and Methodology of Instruction
• TED-2100 Processes and Acquisition of Reading Credits: 3 | Reading
• TED-2800 Materials for Teaching Reading Credits: 3 | Reading
• TED-2801 Instruction of Reading Credits: 3 | Reading
• TED-2802 Assessment of Reading Credits: 3 | Reading
• COM-1090 Interpersonal Communication Credits: 3 | Communication Skills

Generic Special Education Secondary/Adult Certification (Grades 6-12 and Adult)

PGCC Course Equivalent | MSDE Course Requirement

• TED-2300 Introduction to Special Education Credits: 3 | Historical, Philosophical, and Legal Foundations of Special Education
• PSY-2070 Human Growth & Development Credits: 3 | Human Growth and Development and PSY-2040 Adolescent Psychology Credits: 3 | Human Growth and Development
• TED-2830 Assessment of Students Credits: 3 | Assessment, Diagnosis, and Prescriptive Techniques TED-2950 Special Education Assessment Part I Credits: 3 | Assessment, Diagnosis, and Prescriptive Techniques TED-2951 Special Education Assessment Part II Credits: 3 | Assessment, Diagnosis, and Prescriptive Techniques TED-2900 Special Education Methods: Birth - 12th Grade Credits: 3 | Curriculum and Methodology of Instruction TED-2902 Special Education Methods: Grade 6 - Age 21 Credits: 3 | Curriculum and Methodology of Instruction TED-2820 Teaching Literacy in the Content Area Part I Credits: 3 | Essentials of the Reading Process TED-2821 Teaching Literacy in the Content Area Part II Credits: 3 | Teaching Students to Learn From Text COM-1090 Interpersonal Communication Credits: 3 | Communication Skills