Routes to the ABE Teachers's License

Bachelor's or Master's Degree

Communication & Literacy Skills Test

Subjext Matter Knowledge Test

75-Hour Pre-Practicum

15-Hour Field Survey

150-Hour
Practicum

Professional Standards to Demonstrate

Performance Assessment & Demonstration of Teaching

18-Hour ABE Orientation

Route 1

Prospective or novice ABE teachers

w/in pre- practicum

ALL

Route 2

Prospective or novice teachers w/a preK-12 teachers’ license

N/A*

w/in pre-praticum

ALL

Route 3

ABE teachers w/1 year exp. plus preK-12 teachers’ license

N/A*

N/A

N/A

21
(specified)

N/A

Route 4

Teachers w/5+ years ABE teaching experience

N/A*
*Until Oct. 2006

N/A*

N/A

N/A

N/A

8 (specified)

N/A