KY: Education Professional Standards Board


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Thirty (30) semester hours of approved graduate credit in addition to Rank II;
Sixty (60) semester hours of approved graduate credit including a master's degree;
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification; or the Kentucky Continuing Education Option

Master's degree to: enhance the professional competency of the initial teaching certification; add a certification area not covered by the initial certificate; or advance professionally to a higher position
A thirty two (32) semester-hour non-degree Education Planned Fifth-Year Program (graduate level); or the Kentucky Continuing Education Option

A completed TC-1 application form (.pdf)
A $50 money order or certified check made payable to the "Kentucky State Treasurer" or applicants may also use EPSB "E-Pay" online payment service to pay certification fees once the completed application has been mailed.
OFFICIAL college transcripts of the rank change, and
Section IV of the TC-1 (.pdf) must be signed off by the certification officer at the institution where you completed the rank change
Return the above to the following address:

Division of Certification
Education Professional Standards Board
100 Airport Road, 3rd Floor
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601