Welcome! This site provides information and resources for all educator licensure programs at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. To review all the programs available, please link to our Be a Teacher page, or use the following interactive Programs at College of Education page to see which program might fit your needs best.
Licensure Program Tabs: All the Educator Licensing Programs and Pathways for Teachers and School Professionals offered at UMASS. Link here for a printed copy of all the programs available. There is a tab for each type of licensure: Initial Teacher Licensure, Professional Teacher Licensure, Initial Specialist and Professional Support Personnel Licenses, and Bilingual Education Endorsement. These individual pages include a list of the licenses that fall within that category and the L-forms associated with that license.
Waiver and Deferral Forms. This tab houses most of the internal licensure, deferral, or waiver forms. Each form has particular instructions as to who should initiate them and what process to follow and in some cases community partners and then returned to our offices for filing in candidate files.
- Course Waiver Form
- Course Substitution Form
- Supervising Practitioner Waiver Form
- MTEL Deferral Form
MTEL: MTEL workshops provided at UMass-Amherst schedules and the most recent MTEL updates and advisories are posted here.
Fingerprinting and CORI Requirements: Instructions on how to obtain these requirements before Candidates can enter schools
ELAC: Meetings, updates and agendas for ELAC meetings are listed on this page. It also includes:
- Resources for Social Justice: Articles, a toolkit and handbook to advance and foster social justice, diversity, inclusivity, and equity in our teaching and classrooms.
- Trainings and Workshops: Types of trainings and workshops we offer to support your process and for continuous development
CAP All Initial Teacher Licensure Candidates are required to successfully complete the Candidate Assessment of Performance Assessment (CAP). This page includes the most up to date forms that are required for the formal observations, the Formative and Summative Assessments. These are templates that can be downloaded by each program.
DESE Updates: All Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Updates are posted on this page, including updates from the Massachusetts Commissioner of Education.
Additional Resources: This tab provides additional supporting documents and information for the categories below
Still have Questions? Please contact us through our central system – so that we assign your request appropriately.
Emailing us is the most efficient way using: EDPREP-HELP@UMASS.EDU
Contact: Contact details of colleagues in the Educator Preparation Office.