Forms and Applications

Note: Under the Oklahoma Open Records Act, the address, telephone number, and email address you provide may be subject to disclosure if the OSDE receives an Open Records Request for this information. Your Social Security Number is not an open record and will never be disclosed.

The following certificate applications must be submitted in the Oklahoma Educator Credentialing System (OECS). Login or create a Single Sign-On account to access OECS.

• Standard Renewal
• Out-of-State Reciprocity
• Out-of-Country Reciprocity
• Career Development Program (provisional and standard)
• Non-Traditional Special Education (Boot Camp) Program (provisional, renewal, and standard)
• Alternative Placement Program (evaluation, provisional, and standard)
• College Recommendations
• District Requests (adjunct, emergency, paraprofessional Tier I and II, severe/profound microcredential, Alternative Early Childhood and Elementary Program)
• Most Add Area applications after passing the subject area test, if that test is the only requirement

• Application for Oklahoma School Certificate (only for applications unavailable in OECS, such as School Nurse, SLP, and SLPA)
• Application for Adding Areas to Existing Certificate (only if the application is unavailable in OECS)
• Oklahoma Application for Certificate to Teach Four-Year-Olds and Younger (May 2022)

• D1 District Verification Form - Career Development Program (March 2025)
• D2 District Verification Form - Alternative Early Childhood and Elementary Program (March 2024)

• C1 College Verification Form - Career Development Program (March 2024)
• C2 College Verification Form - Alternative Early Childhood and Elementary Program (March 2024)
• C3 College Verification Form - Non-Traditional SPED (Boot Camp) Program (March 2024)
• C4 College Verification Form - Alternative Placement Program (March 2024)
• C5 College Verification Form - Alternative Placement Program - School Counseling (March 2024)

• Verification of State-Approved Teacher Education Program from Non-Oklahoma College/University Form
• Certificate Update Request Form
• Request for Test Score Report (August of 1997 and Older)
• Application for National Criminal History Record Check
• Proof of Teaching form for out-of-state school or Oklahoma non-public school
• Out-of-Country Teaching Verification - Requirements and instructions for verifying out-of-country teaching experience.