Rater Qualifications

All raters are individually selected, reviewed, and approved by the Department. While some qualifications may vary for specific subject areas, typically FTCE raters must:

Hold a minimum of a Bachelor's degree
Hold a current professional teaching certificate in the same subject area for which they will be scoring OR hold or have held a position at a college, university, or community college in the same subject area for which they will be scoring
Have at least five (5) years of teaching experience in the same subject area for which they will be scoring

For General Knowledge, which does not directly match to a teacher certification area, raters can hold a professional teaching certificate in Humanities, Journalism, or English or hold/have held a teaching position in one of these areas. These raters must meet all other qualifications.

FELE raters must:

Be either an active school administrator (i.e., principal or assistant principal) or a district-level administrator with at least three years of experience; a school or district-level administrator with at least three (3) years of experience who has retired within the past two years; or a retired faculty member who has had three (3) years of experience as a school administrator or district-level administrator within the last ten years
Hold or have held a certificate in educational leadership
Have content knowledge in English language skills and educational leadership
NOT be involved in teaching for an educational leadership program.