Occupational Competency Examination and Science Endorsement

Professional licenses/certificates are accepted in lieu of the National Occupational Competency Testing Institute’s (NOCTI) series of Skilled Worker exams.

Adding Area to Standard Teaching Certificate:

1. To register for the exam go to: https://www.ceoe.nesinc.com/App/SignInForm.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fApp%2fRegister%2fIdentityConfirmation.aspx. Exams are only offered 4-5 times per year so be sure to register in plenty of time. For test dates go to:  https://www.ceoe.nesinc.com/PageView.aspx?f=GEN_Tests.html
2. The actual study guide for Biological Sciences can be printed from this website: https://study.com/ceoe/ceoe-courses.html
3. Information that has been sent to the field from our agency regarding science credit include the following letters:
4. Science Credit is only transcripted by a students’ sending high school. An agreement with the Technology Center must be board approved by the local high school in order for transcription to occur.
5. Objectives for the Anatomy and Physiology course that must be taught to grant credit

Study assistance:

1. Great synopsis of photosynthesis, cell respiration, etc.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (Search by term)
2. Great glossary of terms for review, broken down into subject (botany, ecology, zoology, etc.) http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/glossary.html
3. Online resource materials from MIT. This is specifically for high school teachers (not MIT students!) https://ocw.mit.edu. It covers Chemistry of Life, Cells, Cellular Energetics, Heredity, Molecular Genetics, Evolutionary Biology, Diversity of Organisms, Structure and Function of Plants and Animals and Ecology.