MTTC
Teacher/Administrator Certification
Michigan Test for Teacher/Administrator Certification (MTTC)
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Secondary and Elementary Majors/Minors and Corresponding MTTC Test Numbers
Basic Skills Test (#96)
Successful completion of all three sections (reading, writing, math) of the Basic Skills Test is required for admission to WMU's upper professional level courses and for Michigan teacher certification.
Free resources for Basic Skills Test Preparation
Certification Exams
Currently, a Michigan Secondary Provisional
Certificate is valid for teaching in subject areas
(major and minor) grades 6-12, unless the major is designed
for grades K-12; an Elementary Provisional Certificate is
valid for teaching all subjects in grades kindergarten
to fifth grade and kindergarten to eighth grade teaching
all subjects in a self-contained classroom (where the majority
of instruction is provided by one teacher) and grades
6-8 in which the applicant has completed a major or minors(s).
- Public Act 282 (1992) amends PA 267 (1986) and mandates that persons seeking certification for the first time will pass the appropriate subject area test(s) in the major and minor areas of preparation (regardless of areas in which they will intern teach) prior to certification.
- The Elementary Education test is mandatory for all students seeking elementary certification including all Special Education students.
- The Basic Skills Test, consisting of three subject area tests: reading, mathematics and writing, must be passed prior to admission to upper-division professional education classes and is mandatory prior to intern teaching.
Resources for Certification Test Preparation
- MTTC has study guides for each exam.
- Consider borrowing a high school level test book in the subject (history, for instance) from the library.
- Check Barnes and Noble--they have an excellent study guide/test prep area. Sometimes looking at those materials for OTHER tests, such as the MTTC or CBEST, is helpful.
- Search online for "MTTC test prep"
