Professional Eligibility Certificate (PEC)

•  valid for 5 years issued to an applicant who meets all certification requirements and
•  is not currently employed in a MD local school system.
  
  

Standard Professional Certificate I (SPC I)

• valid for 5 years issued to an applicant who meets all certification requirements and
• is employed by a Maryland local school system or an accredited nonpublic school.
  
  

Standard Professional Certificate II (SPC II)

• valid for 5 years;
• issued to an applicant who completes the SPC I, is employed by a Maryland local school system or an accredited nonpublic school,  and submits the following:
  

1. verification of 3 years of satisfactory professional experience;6 semester hours of acceptable credit; and

2. A professional development plan for the Advanced Professional Certificate (APC).

Advanced Professional Certificate (APC)

• valid for 5 years and
• issued to an applicant who submits the following:
  

1. verification of 3 years of full-time professional school-related experience; 6 semester hours of acceptable credit; and

2. A master's degree, or a minimum of 36 semester hours of post-baccalaureate course work which must include at least 21 semester hours of graduate credit (The remaining 15 semester hours may include graduate or undergraduate course work and/or Maryland State Department of Education Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits, or obtained National Board Certification and earned a minimum of 12 semester hours of approved graduate course work earned after the conferral of the bachelor's or higher degree.

Resident Teacher Certificate (RTC)

• valid for two years  and
• issued to an applicant who has been selected by a local school system to participate in an alternative teacher preparation program.
  

Conditional  Certificate (COND)

• valid for two years and
• issued only at the request of a local school system superintendent to an applicant employed in a local school system who does not meet all certification requirements.