Whether you’re looking for a flexible schedule or more steady employment, substitute teaching through Edustaff offers competitive pay, access to health and 401(k) benefits, the chance to work at a school you’d consider a future employer, and a great way to be involved in your child’s or grandchild’s school and stay active in your community.
Substitute license application must be completed by individual and submitted by school administrator to the Educator Certification Section. A non-refundable fee is made payable to the Alabama Department of Education.
A fingerprinting background check will be included in the approval of the Substitute License through www.fieldprintalabama.com.
Substitute license application must be completed by individual and submitted to Edustaff.
Create an account at https://www.isbe.net/elis
Official Transcripts must be requested and sent to:
Illinois State Board of Education
Educator Effectiveness E-240
100 North First Street
Springfield, IL62777
A fingerprinting background is required for all new substitutes in all districts in Illinois.
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Foreign Transcripts:
An official "course-by-course" foreign credentials evaluation report, which translates your non-US coursework into US equivalents is required. This evaluation may be obtained from any of the following:
A background check is required to be run on all employees in a public school setting.
Your first emergency substitute license will be valid for the school year in which you apply through June 30th. Each renewal of an emergency substitute teaching license will be valid for two school years. You can apply to renew an emergency at www.ksde.org.
As an applicant for Initial Substitute and Emergency Substitute Licensing, you must undergo a criminal history background check as part of the application process. Fill out the fingerprint card, which will be provided to you by your college’s licensure officer or may be ordered online. Take it to your local police station, where your fingerprints will be taken and where you will sign the card in the presence of a law enforcement officer. You must mail the card along with a check for the necessary fees to the Kansas State Department of Education, Teacher Education and Licensure, 120 SE 10th Avenue, Topeka, Kansas 66612-1182.
You must submit one fingerprint card and a $50 fee for the purpose of a KBI and FBI background clearance if:
*Some school districts may require more than 60 credit hours.
Michigan Department of Education requires the institution to be recognized by either the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or the US Department of Education (USDE).
The State of Michigan, as well as Edustaff, requires all individuals regularly providing instructional, food, custodial, transportation, counseling, or administrative services in a public or private school, or instructional or auxiliary services to special education students to be electronically printed under the SE – MI SCHOOL EMPLOYMENT (MCL 380.1230a) reason code.
For K-12 positions, if previously fingerprinted for MI School Employment, your fingerprint results must meet the following requirements in order to be valid:
If your fingerprints do not meet these requirements, you must use the Edustaff live scan request form to be fingerprinted. For a list of approved live scan vendors, please visit the Michigan State Police LiveScan vendor list at the following link: https://www.michigan.gov/msp/services/Live-Scan-Vendors. Other live scan sites may be available through the sheriff or local police departments. Fees vary depending on choice of location.
All higher education staff must have a Risk Aware criminal background check completed by Edustaff. Edustaff employees requiring a Risk Aware criminal background check will be subjected to a ten dollar processing fee.
Foreign Transcripts:
Foreign credentials must be submitted to a United States credentialing agency that provides a transcript analysis service. The analysis must be translated into English and include the following: specific course titles, credit hours earned, letter grades received, the cumulative grade point average, and a statement verifying the completed program's equivalency to a United States degree. One of the following companies may be used to provide a transcript evaluation:
A fingerprinting background check will be included in the approval of the Substitute Teacher Certificate through Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education (DESE). Please contact Edustaff for your district code before applying for your Substitute Teacher Certificate.
Ancillary employees will need to be fingerprinted
In order to qualify to be a substitute teacher in the state of New Jersey, you must:
Pursuant to P.L. 2018, c. 5, as part of the application process, each applicant shall complete one form for the applicant’s current employer(s) and separate forms for each of the applicant’s former employers for the last 20 years that were school entities or where the applicant was employed in a position having direct contact with children. The applicant must also authorize, by signature, the release of information regarding child abuse and/or sexual misconduct from the current and/or former employers. Edustaff is prohibited from hiring an applicant for a position involving regular contact with students if the applicant does not provide the information and authorization required by law.
Fingerprinting: The Criminal History Review Unit (CHRU) conducts criminal background checks of applicants for positions in New Jersey’s public schools, private schools for students with disabilities, charter schools, and nonpublic schools, as well as for authorized vendors and authorized school bus contractors, by working through the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). This must be completed prior to employment at the expense of the applicant.
An individual shall be permanently disqualified from employment or service under this act if the individual’s criminal history record check reveals a record of conviction for any crime of the first or second degree; or
A. An offense as set forth in chapter 14 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, or as set forth in N.J.S.2C:24-4 and 2C:24-7, or as set forth in R.S.9:6-1 et seq., or as set forth in N.J.S.2C:29-2; or
B. An offense involving the manufacture, transportation, sale, possession, distribution or habitual use of a “controlled dangerous substance” as defined in the “Comprehensive Drug Reform Act of 1987,” N.J.S.2C:35-1 et al. or “drug paraphernalia” as defined pursuant to N.J.S.2C:36-1 et seq.; or
C.
(1) A crime involving the use of force or the threat of force to or upon a person or property including, but not limited to, robbery, aggravated assault, stalking, kidnapping, arson, manslaughter and murder; or
(2) A crime as set forth in chapter 39 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, a third-degree crime as set forth in chapter 20 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, or a crime as listed below:
(3) Any crime of the fourth degree involving a victim who is a minor; or
(4) Conspiracy to commit or an attempt to commit any of the crimes described in this act.
d. For the purposes of this section, a conviction exists if the individual has at any time been convicted under the laws of this State or under any similar statutes of the United States or any other state for a substantially equivalent crime or other offense.
e. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, an individual shall not be disqualified from employment or service under this act on the basis of any conviction disclosed by a criminal record check performed pursuant to this act without an opportunity to challenge the accuracy of the disqualifying criminal history record.
f. When charges are pending for a crime or any other offense enumerated in this section, the employing board of education shall be notified that the candidate shall not be eligible for employment until the commissioner has made a determination regarding qualification or disqualification upon adjudication of the pending charges.
A fingerprinting background check through OSDE.
General Support Staff includes but not limited to: Paraprofessional, Custodial, Food Services, or Secretary - positions vary by districts.
*You are not required to take the Civil Rights exam if you have ever held an Oregon Basic License or Standard License or if you have ever successfully taken and passed the exam.
The Substitute Teaching License is issued to educators who have completed a teacher preparation program but do not hold a regular Oregon teaching license. The Substitute Teaching License permits an educator to substitute teach in prekindergarten through grade 12 Oregon public school districts, education service districts, and charter school assignments to replace a teacher who is temporarily unable to work.
Term of License: Three years
The Restricted Substitute Teaching License is issued to qualified individuals who hold a bachelor’s degree, but have not completed a teacher preparation program. It requires district sponsorship. The Restricted Substitute Teaching License permits a qualified individual to substitute teach in a prekindergarten through grade 12 Oregon public school district, education service districts, and charter school assignments to replace a teacher who is temporarily unable to work.
Term of License: First License: One year.
Subsequent licenses: Three years if you maintain same district sponsor.
FIRST LICENSE: To meet the minimum qualifications for the Restricted Substitute Teaching License, you must:
To begin the application for your license though TSPC, please follow the link: https://oregon.gov/tspc/LIC/Pages/First-Time-License.aspx
(1) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission may suspend or revoke the license or registration of a teacher or administrator, discipline a teacher or administrator, or suspend or revoke the right of any person to apply for a license or registration, if the licensee, registrant or applicant has held a license or registration at any time within five years prior to issuance of the notice of charges under ORS 342.176 based on the following:
(a) Conviction of a crime not listed in ORS 342.143 (3);
(b) Gross neglect of duty;
(c) Any gross unfitness;
(d) Conviction of a crime for violating any law of this state or any state or of the United States involving the illegal use, sale or possession of controlled substances;
(e) Any false statement knowingly made in an application for issuance, renewal or reinstatement of a license or registration; or
(f) Failure to comply with any condition of reinstatement under subsection (4) of this section or any condition of probation under ORS 342.177 (3)(b).
(2) If a person is enrolled in an approved educator preparation program under ORS 342.147, the commission may issue a public reprimand or may suspend or revoke the right to apply for a license or registration based on the following:
(a) Conviction of a crime listed in ORS 342.143 (3) or a crime described by the commission by rule;
(b) Conviction of a crime for violating any law of this state or any state or of the United States involving the illegal use, sale or possession of controlled substances; or
(c) Any conduct that may cause the commission to issue a public reprimand for a teacher or to suspend or revoke the license or registration of a teacher.
(3) The commission shall revoke any license or registration and shall revoke the right of any person to apply for a license or registration if the person has been convicted of any crime listed in ORS 342.143 (3).
(4) (a) Except for convictions for crimes listed in ORS 342.143 (3) and subject to subsection (5) of this section, any person whose license or registration has been revoked, or whose right to apply for a license or registration has been revoked, may apply to the commission for reinstatement of the license or registration after one year from the date of the revocation.
(b) Any person whose license or registration has been suspended, or whose right to apply for a license or registration has been suspended, may apply to the commission for reinstatement of the license or registration.
(c) The commission may require an applicant for reinstatement to furnish evidence satisfactory to the commission of good moral character, mental and physical health and such other evidence as the commission may consider necessary to establish the applicant’s fitness. The commission may impose a probationary period and such conditions as the commission considers necessary upon approving an application for reinstatement.
(5) The commission shall reconsider immediately a license or registration suspension or revocation or the situation of a person whose right to apply for a license or registration has been revoked, upon application therefor, when the license or registration suspension or revocation or the right revocation is based on a criminal conviction that is reversed on appeal.
(6) Violation of rules adopted by the commission relating to competent and ethical performance of professional duties shall be admissible as evidence of gross neglect of duty or gross unfitness.
(7) A copy of the record of conviction, certified to by the clerk of the court entering the conviction, shall be conclusive evidence of a conviction described in this section.
A fingerprinting background check through LiveScan Fingerprinting will be included in the approval of the district.
In order to qualify to be a substitute teacher in the state of Wisconsin, you must:
Evidence of a permit or license must be submitted as part of the Edustaff application process.
A three-year substitute permit may be issued (through Wisconsin DPI) to an applicant who holds an associate degree or higher from an accredited college or university but has not completed a state-approved educator preparation program.
The three-year substitute permit allows the permit holder to be in a short-term (no more than 45 days in a specific assignment) substitute assignment. This permit does not allow the holder to be in a long-term substitute assignment. For long-term substitute assignments, the applicant may apply for a License with Stipulations if requested by a school district. A License with Stipulations requires the educator to be enrolled in and complete a state-approved educator preparation program in the subject or grade level of their assignment under the License with Stipulations.
The five-year substitute license may be issued (through Wisconsin DPI) to an applicant who has completed a state-approved educator preparation program through an accredited four-year bachelor degree granting institution and has held, or is eligible to hold, a Wisconsin license or the equivalent license in another state.
A five-year substitute license allows a licensed teacher to be a long-term substitute in the subject and grade level in which the teacher is licensed. It also allows the teacher to be a short-term (no more than 45 days in a specific assignment) substitute in a subject or grade level outside his/her license area. This license is valid for 5 years with an option to renew.
For long-term substitute assignment outside the subject or grade level of the license, the applicant may apply for an emergency license if requested by a school district. An emergency license requires the license holder to be enrolled in and complete a state-approved educator preparation program in the subject or grade level of his/her assignment under the emergency license.
The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is required by law to conduct a background check on each applicant for a Wisconsin educator license/permit regardless of whether it is an initial request or a renewal request. The primary purpose of a background check is to determine if the applicant has engaged in any behavior that endangers the health, welfare, safety or education of pupils.
Because a background check is a required step in processing all license/permit applications, all applicants must:
Failure to submit all necessary information in support of an application will result in a significant delay in processing and may result in denial of an application.
The following applicants are required to submit fingerprints to the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) when applying for a license:
Substitute license application must be completed by individual and submitted by school administrator to the Educator Certification Section. A non-refundable fee is made payable to the Alabama Department of Education.
A fingerprinting background check will be included in the approval of the Substitute License through www.fieldprintalabama.com.
Substitute license application must be completed by individual and submitted to Edustaff.
Create an account at https://www.isbe.net/elis
Official Transcripts must be requested and sent to:
Illinois State Board of Education
Educator Effectiveness E-240
100 North First Street
Springfield, IL62777
A fingerprinting background is required for all new substitutes in all districts in Illinois.
Mandated Reporter Training - https://mr.dcfstraining.org/UserAuth/Login!loginPage.action
Foreign Transcripts:
An official "course-by-course" foreign credentials evaluation report, which translates your non-US coursework into US equivalents is required. This evaluation may be obtained from any of the following:
A background check is required to be run on all employees in a public school setting.
Your first emergency substitute license will be valid for the school year in which you apply through June 30th. Each renewal of an emergency substitute teaching license will be valid for two school years. You can apply to renew an emergency at www.ksde.org.
As an applicant for Initial Substitute and Emergency Substitute Licensing, you must undergo a criminal history background check as part of the application process. Fill out the fingerprint card, which will be provided to you by your college’s licensure officer or may be ordered online. Take it to your local police station, where your fingerprints will be taken and where you will sign the card in the presence of a law enforcement officer. You must mail the card along with a check for the necessary fees to the Kansas State Department of Education, Teacher Education and Licensure, 120 SE 10th Avenue, Topeka, Kansas 66612-1182.
You must submit one fingerprint card and a $50 fee for the purpose of a KBI and FBI background clearance if:
*Some school districts may require more than 60 credit hours.
Michigan Department of Education requires the institution to be recognized by either the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or the US Department of Education (USDE).
The State of Michigan, as well as Edustaff, requires all individuals regularly providing instructional, food, custodial, transportation, counseling, or administrative services in a public or private school, or instructional or auxiliary services to special education students to be electronically printed under the SE – MI SCHOOL EMPLOYMENT (MCL 380.1230a) reason code.
For K-12 positions, if previously fingerprinted for MI School Employment, your fingerprint results must meet the following requirements in order to be valid:
If your fingerprints do not meet these requirements, you must use the Edustaff live scan request form to be fingerprinted. For a list of approved live scan vendors, please visit the Michigan State Police LiveScan vendor list at the following link: https://www.michigan.gov/msp/services/Live-Scan-Vendors. Other live scan sites may be available through the sheriff or local police departments. Fees vary depending on choice of location.
All higher education staff must have a Risk Aware criminal background check completed by Edustaff. Edustaff employees requiring a Risk Aware criminal background check will be subjected to a ten dollar processing fee.
Foreign Transcripts:
Foreign credentials must be submitted to a United States credentialing agency that provides a transcript analysis service. The analysis must be translated into English and include the following: specific course titles, credit hours earned, letter grades received, the cumulative grade point average, and a statement verifying the completed program's equivalency to a United States degree. One of the following companies may be used to provide a transcript evaluation:
A fingerprinting background check will be included in the approval of the Substitute Teacher Certificate through Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education (DESE). Please contact Edustaff for your district code before applying for your Substitute Teacher Certificate.
Ancillary employees will need to be fingerprinted
In order to qualify to be a substitute teacher in the state of New Jersey, you must:
Pursuant to P.L. 2018, c. 5, as part of the application process, each applicant shall complete one form for the applicant’s current employer(s) and separate forms for each of the applicant’s former employers for the last 20 years that were school entities or where the applicant was employed in a position having direct contact with children. The applicant must also authorize, by signature, the release of information regarding child abuse and/or sexual misconduct from the current and/or former employers. Edustaff is prohibited from hiring an applicant for a position involving regular contact with students if the applicant does not provide the information and authorization required by law.
Fingerprinting: The Criminal History Review Unit (CHRU) conducts criminal background checks of applicants for positions in New Jersey’s public schools, private schools for students with disabilities, charter schools, and nonpublic schools, as well as for authorized vendors and authorized school bus contractors, by working through the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). This must be completed prior to employment at the expense of the applicant.
An individual shall be permanently disqualified from employment or service under this act if the individual’s criminal history record check reveals a record of conviction for any crime of the first or second degree; or
A. An offense as set forth in chapter 14 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, or as set forth in N.J.S.2C:24-4 and 2C:24-7, or as set forth in R.S.9:6-1 et seq., or as set forth in N.J.S.2C:29-2; or
B. An offense involving the manufacture, transportation, sale, possession, distribution or habitual use of a “controlled dangerous substance” as defined in the “Comprehensive Drug Reform Act of 1987,” N.J.S.2C:35-1 et al. or “drug paraphernalia” as defined pursuant to N.J.S.2C:36-1 et seq.; or
C.
(1) A crime involving the use of force or the threat of force to or upon a person or property including, but not limited to, robbery, aggravated assault, stalking, kidnapping, arson, manslaughter and murder; or
(2) A crime as set forth in chapter 39 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, a third-degree crime as set forth in chapter 20 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, or a crime as listed below:
(3) Any crime of the fourth degree involving a victim who is a minor; or
(4) Conspiracy to commit or an attempt to commit any of the crimes described in this act.
d. For the purposes of this section, a conviction exists if the individual has at any time been convicted under the laws of this State or under any similar statutes of the United States or any other state for a substantially equivalent crime or other offense.
e. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, an individual shall not be disqualified from employment or service under this act on the basis of any conviction disclosed by a criminal record check performed pursuant to this act without an opportunity to challenge the accuracy of the disqualifying criminal history record.
f. When charges are pending for a crime or any other offense enumerated in this section, the employing board of education shall be notified that the candidate shall not be eligible for employment until the commissioner has made a determination regarding qualification or disqualification upon adjudication of the pending charges.
A fingerprinting background check through OSDE.
General Support Staff includes but not limited to: Paraprofessional, Custodial, Food Services, or Secretary - positions vary by districts.
*You are not required to take the Civil Rights exam if you have ever held an Oregon Basic License or Standard License or if you have ever successfully taken and passed the exam.
The Substitute Teaching License is issued to educators who have completed a teacher preparation program but do not hold a regular Oregon teaching license. The Substitute Teaching License permits an educator to substitute teach in prekindergarten through grade 12 Oregon public school districts, education service districts, and charter school assignments to replace a teacher who is temporarily unable to work.
Term of License: Three years
The Restricted Substitute Teaching License is issued to qualified individuals who hold a bachelor’s degree, but have not completed a teacher preparation program. It requires district sponsorship. The Restricted Substitute Teaching License permits a qualified individual to substitute teach in a prekindergarten through grade 12 Oregon public school district, education service districts, and charter school assignments to replace a teacher who is temporarily unable to work.
Term of License: First License: One year.
Subsequent licenses: Three years if you maintain same district sponsor.
FIRST LICENSE: To meet the minimum qualifications for the Restricted Substitute Teaching License, you must:
To begin the application for your license though TSPC, please follow the link: https://oregon.gov/tspc/LIC/Pages/First-Time-License.aspx
(1) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission may suspend or revoke the license or registration of a teacher or administrator, discipline a teacher or administrator, or suspend or revoke the right of any person to apply for a license or registration, if the licensee, registrant or applicant has held a license or registration at any time within five years prior to issuance of the notice of charges under ORS 342.176 based on the following:
(a) Conviction of a crime not listed in ORS 342.143 (3);
(b) Gross neglect of duty;
(c) Any gross unfitness;
(d) Conviction of a crime for violating any law of this state or any state or of the United States involving the illegal use, sale or possession of controlled substances;
(e) Any false statement knowingly made in an application for issuance, renewal or reinstatement of a license or registration; or
(f) Failure to comply with any condition of reinstatement under subsection (4) of this section or any condition of probation under ORS 342.177 (3)(b).
(2) If a person is enrolled in an approved educator preparation program under ORS 342.147, the commission may issue a public reprimand or may suspend or revoke the right to apply for a license or registration based on the following:
(a) Conviction of a crime listed in ORS 342.143 (3) or a crime described by the commission by rule;
(b) Conviction of a crime for violating any law of this state or any state or of the United States involving the illegal use, sale or possession of controlled substances; or
(c) Any conduct that may cause the commission to issue a public reprimand for a teacher or to suspend or revoke the license or registration of a teacher.
(3) The commission shall revoke any license or registration and shall revoke the right of any person to apply for a license or registration if the person has been convicted of any crime listed in ORS 342.143 (3).
(4) (a) Except for convictions for crimes listed in ORS 342.143 (3) and subject to subsection (5) of this section, any person whose license or registration has been revoked, or whose right to apply for a license or registration has been revoked, may apply to the commission for reinstatement of the license or registration after one year from the date of the revocation.
(b) Any person whose license or registration has been suspended, or whose right to apply for a license or registration has been suspended, may apply to the commission for reinstatement of the license or registration.
(c) The commission may require an applicant for reinstatement to furnish evidence satisfactory to the commission of good moral character, mental and physical health and such other evidence as the commission may consider necessary to establish the applicant’s fitness. The commission may impose a probationary period and such conditions as the commission considers necessary upon approving an application for reinstatement.
(5) The commission shall reconsider immediately a license or registration suspension or revocation or the situation of a person whose right to apply for a license or registration has been revoked, upon application therefor, when the license or registration suspension or revocation or the right revocation is based on a criminal conviction that is reversed on appeal.
(6) Violation of rules adopted by the commission relating to competent and ethical performance of professional duties shall be admissible as evidence of gross neglect of duty or gross unfitness.
(7) A copy of the record of conviction, certified to by the clerk of the court entering the conviction, shall be conclusive evidence of a conviction described in this section.
A fingerprinting background check through LiveScan Fingerprinting will be included in the approval of the district.
In order to qualify to be a substitute teacher in the state of Wisconsin, you must:
Evidence of a permit or license must be submitted as part of the Edustaff application process.
A three-year substitute permit may be issued (through Wisconsin DPI) to an applicant who holds an associate degree or higher from an accredited college or university but has not completed a state-approved educator preparation program.
The three-year substitute permit allows the permit holder to be in a short-term (no more than 45 days in a specific assignment) substitute assignment. This permit does not allow the holder to be in a long-term substitute assignment. For long-term substitute assignments, the applicant may apply for a License with Stipulations if requested by a school district. A License with Stipulations requires the educator to be enrolled in and complete a state-approved educator preparation program in the subject or grade level of their assignment under the License with Stipulations.
The five-year substitute license may be issued (through Wisconsin DPI) to an applicant who has completed a state-approved educator preparation program through an accredited four-year bachelor degree granting institution and has held, or is eligible to hold, a Wisconsin license or the equivalent license in another state.
A five-year substitute license allows a licensed teacher to be a long-term substitute in the subject and grade level in which the teacher is licensed. It also allows the teacher to be a short-term (no more than 45 days in a specific assignment) substitute in a subject or grade level outside his/her license area. This license is valid for 5 years with an option to renew.
For long-term substitute assignment outside the subject or grade level of the license, the applicant may apply for an emergency license if requested by a school district. An emergency license requires the license holder to be enrolled in and complete a state-approved educator preparation program in the subject or grade level of his/her assignment under the emergency license.
The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is required by law to conduct a background check on each applicant for a Wisconsin educator license/permit regardless of whether it is an initial request or a renewal request. The primary purpose of a background check is to determine if the applicant has engaged in any behavior that endangers the health, welfare, safety or education of pupils.
Because a background check is a required step in processing all license/permit applications, all applicants must:
Failure to submit all necessary information in support of an application will result in a significant delay in processing and may result in denial of an application.
The following applicants are required to submit fingerprints to the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) when applying for a license:
