(a) Preliminary
(b) Initial
(c) Professional
(d) Temporary

(a) Preliminary. This is available only for licenses under 603 CMR 7.04 (3) (a)

1. Possession of a bachelor's degree.
2. Passing score on the Communication and Literacy Skills test.
3. Passing score on the subject matter knowledge test(s) appropriate to the license sought, based on the subject matter knowledge requirements set forth in 603 CMR 7.06, where available.
4. Competency Review for candidates seeking the following licenses:
   1. Teacher of students with moderate disabilities, teacher of students with severe disabilities, teacher of the deaf and hard-of-hearing, and teacher of the visually impaired.
   2. Fields for which there is no subject matter knowledge test available.
5. Additional requirements for the early childhood, elementary, teacher of students with moderate disabilities, and teacher of the visually impaired licenses:
   1. Seminars or courses that address teaching these populations:
      1. Reading
      2. English language arts
      3. Mathematics
   2. Seminars or courses on ways to prepare and maintain students with disabilities for general classrooms; for example, use of strategies for learning and of behavioral management principles.
   3. Passing score on the Foundations of Reading test.
6. Additional requirements for the teacher of students with severe disabilities license:
   1. Seminars or courses that address teaching this population:
      1. Reading
      2. English language arts
      3. Mathematics
   2. Seminars or courses on ways to prepare and maintain students with disabilities for general classrooms; for example, use of strategies for learning and of behavioral management principles.
7. Additional requirements for the teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing license:
   1. Seminars or courses that address teaching this population:
      1. Reading
      2. English language arts
      3. Mathematics
   2. Seminars or courses on ways to prepare and maintain students with disabilities for general classrooms; for example, use of strategies for learning and of behavioral management principles.
   3. Passing score on either a test of the teaching of reading to deaf and hard-of-hearing students approved by the Department, when available, or the Foundations of Reading test.
8. Evidence of sound moral character.

(b) Initial

1. Possession of a bachelor's degree.
2. Passing score on the Communication and Literacy Skills test.
3. Passing score on the subject matter knowledge test(s) appropriate to the license sought, based on the subject matter knowledge requirements set forth in 603 CMR 7.06 and 7.07. Where no test has been established, completion of an approved program will satisfy this requirement.
4. Completion of an approved program for the Initial license sought as set forth in 603 CMR 7.03 (2) (a).
5. Evidence of sound moral character.

(c) Professional

1. Possession of an Initial license in the same field as the Professional license sought.
2. Completion of a one-year induction program with a mentor.
3. At least three full years of employment under the Initial license.
4. At least 50 hours of a mentored experience beyond the induction year, which may be fulfilled as part of a program option in 603 CMR 7.04 (2) (c) 5.
5. Completion of one of the following:
   1. Approved district-based program for the Professional license sought as set forth in 603 CMR 7.03 (2) (b) 1. a.
   2. A master's or higher graduate level program in an accredited college or university that is or includes one of the following:
      1. Approved program for the Professional license sought as set forth in 603 CMR 7.03 (2) (b) 1. b.
      2. A master's degree program or other advanced graduate program in the academic discipline appropriate to the license sought in a graduate or professional school other than education.
   3. For those who have completed any master's or higher degree or other advanced graduate program not described in 603 CMR 7.04 (2) (c) 5. b., in an accredited college or university, one of the following:
      1. Approved, non-degree, 12-credit program of which no fewer than nine credits are in the academic discipline appropriate to the instructional field of the Professional license sought as set forth in 603 CMR 7.03 (2) (b) 1.
      2. 12 credits of graduate level courses in the academic discipline appropriate to the instructional field of the Professional license sought; these may include credits earned prior to application for the license.
   4. Programs leading to eligibility for master teacher status, such as those sponsored by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and others accepted by the Commissioner.
   5. A Department-sponsored Performance Assessment Program, when available.

(d) Temporary

1. Possession of a valid educator license or certificate from another state or jurisdiction of a type comparable to at least an Initial license in Massachusetts.
2. At least three years of employment under such valid license or certificate.
3. Has not failed any part of the applicable licensure tests required by 603 CMR 7.04 (2) (a) 2 and 3.
4. Evidence of sound moral character.

(a) Teacher Licenses and Levels

1. Biology	5-8; 8-12
2. Business	5-12
3. Chemistry	5-8; 8-12
4. Dance	All
5. Early Childhood: Teacher of Students With and Without Disabilities	PreK-2
6. Earth Science	5-8; 8-12
7. Elementary	1-6
8. English	5-8; 8-12
9. English as a Second Language (ESL)	PreK-6; 5-12
10. Foreign Language	PreK-6; 5-12
11. General Science	1-6; 5-8
12. Health/Family and Consumer Sciences	All
13. History	1-6; 5-8; 8-12
14. Instructional Technology	All
15. Latin and Classical Humanities	5-12
16. Library	All
17. Mathematics	1-6; 5-8; 8-12
18. Middle School: Humanities	5-8
19. Middle School: Mathematics/Science	5-8
20. Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General	All
21. Physical Education	PreK-8; 5-12
22. Physics	5-8; 8-12
23. Political Science/Political Philosophy	5-8; 8-12
24. Speech	All
25. Teacher of Students with Moderate Disabilities	PreK-8; 5-12
26. Teacher of Students with Severe Disabilities	All
27. Teacher of the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing	All
28. Teacher of the Visually Impaired	All
29. Technology/Engineering	5-12
30. Theater	All
31. Visual Art	PreK-8; 5-12

(b) Specialist Teacher Licenses and Levels

1. Academically Advanced	PreK-8
2. Reading	All
3. Speech, Language, and Hearing Disorders	All

(c) Administrator Licenses and Levels

1. Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent	All
2. School Principal/Assistant School Principal	PreK-6; 5-8; 9-12
3. Supervisor/Director	Dependent on Prerequisite License
4. Special Education Administrator	All
5. School Business Administrator	All

(d) Professional Support Personnel Licenses and Levels

1. School Guidance Counselor	PreK-8; 5-12
2. School Nurse	All
3. School Psychologist	All
4. School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor	All