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South Carolina Teacher Certification

Average Teacher Salary: $43,242
Average State Salary for All Jobs: $36,050

Coursework and Preparation Programs You'll Need:

You'll need a Bachelor's Degree before you can teach in South Carolina schools. There are no special undergraduate coursework requirements in individual subject areas for South Carolina teacher certification. You will, however, need to complete a South Carolina-approved teacher preparation program. A list of approved programs is available here:
Approved Educator Preparation Programs:
http://www.scteachers.org

For a list of alternative teacher preparation programs, see the PACE Alternative Certification for Education Web site:
https://scteachers.ed.sc.gov

Tests

For teacher certification in South Carolina, you'll need to take the following test for basic teaching skills:
PPST (Pre Professional Skills Test) Official Site:
http://www.ets.org | Praxis 1 Test
You'll also need to take the Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT) portion of the
Praxis 2 Exams Official Site:
http://www.ets.org | Praxis 2 Test
and one or more of the Praxis II tests in specific subject areas.

Reciprocity Agreements

The State of South Carolina has reciprocity agreements to accept teaching credentials from most other states.

Facts about South Carolina Teacher Certification

Differential pay support is available for teachers in high needs subject areas.
After teaching in South Carolina for two years, a teacher becomes eligible for tenure.

For Further Information

You can contact the South Carolina Office of Educator Certification about teacher certification at this address:
Office of Educator Certification
3700 Forest Drive Suite 500
Columbia, SC 29204

Or you can call the Office of Educator Certification at 803-734-8466 or 877-885-5280 (South Carolina toll free).
In addition, the following official Web sites have information about the South Carolina teacher certification process:

South Carolina Department of Education:
http://ed.sc.gov/

Educator Certification:
http://www.scteachers.org/cert/index.cfm