Licensure Application Process

All students who complete teaching, counseling, or administrative programs at Montana State University will receive their Montana licenses through a recommendation process that originates with the Certification Officer in the Field Placement and Certification Office. The process for teachers begins during the post-student teaching seminars when the Certification Officer appears in their Professional Issues class. The paperwork will be completed during that last week on campus. An administrative or counseling candidate should stop by 217 Reid Hall and talk to the Certification Officer as soon as he/she decides to complete a program.

All students who complete teaching, counseling, or administrative programs and want to be licensed in other states need to contact the certification office in the capital city of that state and request a certification/licensure application or packet. Addresses and telephone numbers of certification offices in other states are available in the Field Placement and Certification Office.