Nebraska State Requirements

• The Application form and non-refundable application fee online at www.education.ne.gov/tcert OR Print, complete, sign and date the Application form from the Supporting Forms link at www.education.ne.gov/tcert and your payment by check or money order AND
• You must have recent teaching experience or college credit hours for renewal of the teaching certificate. Nebraska teaching experience is verified on the NSSRS system so you do not need to report.

• Submit the Verification of Experience Form indicating teaching for one (1) year within the immediate past five (5) years half time (50%) or more in a legally operated school system while holding or qualifying to hold a regular teaching certificate OR
• Have completed six (6) graduate semester hours in education or your content area, within the immediate past five (5) years while holding or qualified to hold a teaching certificate that has not expired or has expired for less than five (5) years OR
• If your teaching certificate has expired more than five (5) years, fifteen (15) specific graduate semester hours in education are required within the immediate past five (5) years. 

The hours must be recommended for issuance of the teaching certificate by the certification officer of your approved teacher education institution. 

• A course in instructional techniques
  • Course 704: Instructional Strategies that Work
• A practicum consisting of one hundred or more clock hours of contact with students in the classroom setting, fifty percent of which shall consist of performing instructional duties under the supervision of a cooperating teacher.
• A course or courses which address current issues in education, including but not limited to:
  special education, gifted education, and school law.
  • Explore Learners Edge Special Populations Courses
  • Gifted Education - 5066: Growing Gifts: Stories, Supports and Strategies for Teachers in Gifted Education
• The remaining course work be directly related to the applicant's area of endorsement on his or her expired certificate.