Certification Office
The TCNJ Certification Office, a Division of STEP, provides certification-related information and services to current, former, and prospective students. The office serves as a vital link between state certification-issuing agencies and TCNJ departments, programs, and administrative offices.
About Certification
TCNJ State-Approved Programs Leading to Certification
- NJ
Certification Process Through TCNJ's State-Approved Programs

- Undergraduate Degree Programs
- Graduate Degree Programs
- Graduate Certificate Programs
- Graduate Global Programs
About NJ Certification Through State-Approved Programs
Certification Information for Current Students
- General
Process Information for TCNJ Education Students
(Program Completion,
Certificate Issuance, etc.) - Praxis Testing
Additional Types of NJ Certification
- Alternate
Route Teacher Certification in NJ
- Note: In menu, go to "Provisional Teacher Program"
- Additional
Teaching Certificates
(endorsements for individuals
certified in another area) - Obtaining an Additional NJ Teaching Endorsement for Teaching in Middle Schools

- P-3
Specialized Alternate Route Program for Teachers in Abbott
Schools
(More
info. located on Graduate Website) - Substitute Teaching
Certification-Related Policies and Resources
- NJ State Department of Education
- NJ County Superintendents' Offices
- Non-Us Citizens Oath and other NJ Forms
- Equivalency of Studies in Other Countries Note: Go to "Current Rules", Chapter 9
See NJ code 6A, sections 6A:9-5.11 & 6A:9-5.14
- Certification in
Other States/Reciprocity
Note: Go to #6 - Other State Certification Offices
- Interstate Reciprocity Agreement
See Jurisdictions by Educator Category
- Praxis Tests Required by NJ
- Praxis Tests Required by PA
- Praxis Tests Required by Other States
- Praxis Tests
Registration
Note: Praxis registration is now on-line.

