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DESE Certification Matrix's

If you would like to view the DESE Certification Matrix for a particular Teacher Education program at Missouri State University, please click on the appropriate link below.  The matrix will download as a Microsoft Excel file.  For those programs that have provided previous versions of the Certification Matrix, you will see several tabs on the bottom of the document.  Each tab indicates the year that matrix was in effect. 

Updated DESE Certification Matrix  for all programs are currently under development.  If your program does not have an active link, the matrix is under development and is not currently available.   If you would like to review the Compendium of Missouri Certification Requirements, they are available on the DESE website.

If you do not have Microsoft  Excel you can download a free Excel Viewer here.

Missouri State Faculty:
Instructions for making changes in your DESE Certfication  Matrix:
If you find an error in your program's DESE Certification  Matrix or need to make changes to your matrix to reflect changes in your program, please follow these easy instructions:

  1. Download the Matrix to your desktop as a Microsoft Excel File.
  2. Make the necessary changes to the matrix (all changes should be in RED).
  3. Email the matrix to the teacher certification Office at:  teachercertification@missouristate.edu Once we receive it, we will make the necessary changes to the master document and upload it to the web.  You will be notified when your changes have been made to the document posted on the web.  DO NOT STORE THIS DOCUMENT IN ANOTHER LOCATION FOR NCATE/DESE ACCREDITATION PURPOSES.  The documents on this website are the OFFICIAL DESE Certification Matrix for Missouri State for accreditation purposes.

If you have any questions regarding your program matrix, please contact the Teacher Certification Office at 417-836-8772.

DESE also requires that each program maintain a matrix of Subject-Specific competencies.  For information on the competencies required for each content area, please visit the following DESE website:     Subject-Specific Competencies

Early Childhood (Birth - Grade 3)
    Early Childhood
    Early Childhood with SPE
    Early Childhood with ELE
    Early Childhood with ECSE
   
 Elementary Education (1-6)
    Elementary Education
   
 Middle School (5-9)
 To include the following program options: 
    Language Arts     Social Studies
    Mathematics       Science
 Also included are additional add-on areas of certification:
    Agriculture          Business
    Speech/Theatre  
 
    Middle School Education (5-9)

 Special Education
    Blind & Partially Sighted (Alternative) (B-12)
    Deaf/Hearing Impaired
    Mild Moderate:  Cross Categorical (K-12)
      Severely Developmentally Disabled (B-12)
    Speech/Language Specialist
    Special Education Alternative Certification Tract (K-12)
 
 Advanced Programs
 These programs are offered at the graduate
 level, and can only be offered to students
 who possess a valid teaching certificate
 in another area:
    School Counselor (K-8)
    School Counselor (9-12)
    School Counselor (K-12)
    School Psychological Examiner (K-12)
    Library Media Specialist
    Principal (K-8)
    Principal (5-9)
    Principal (9-12)
    Superintendent (K-12)
    Special Reading (K-12)
 
 Additional Certificate Programs
 These programs are only offered to students who
have earned or are pursuing certification in another area:
 
    Health Education:  (K-12)
      Health Education (K-12)
    Driver's Education (9-12)
     Driver's Education (9-12)
    Journalism (9-12)
      Beginning Fall, 2003
    Early Childhood Special Ed. (B-3)
      ECSE with Early Childhood
      ECSE with Elementary
      ECSE with Special Education
    Teaching English for Speakers of Other
      Languages (K-12) (ESOL)
      Beginning Fall, 2003
   
 
 Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT)
 This analysis is for the core only.  Please refer to the
individual content area matrix's for content area coursework.
    MAT - Masters of Arts in Teaching (Alternative)
    MAT - Master of Arts in Teaching (Innovative)
The MAT program also allows students to add certification in Middle
School in  the same content area they are pursuing in Secondary
education.  
    MAT - Middle School (Alternative)
    MAT - Middle School (Innovative)

Secondary Education

Agriculture (9-12)
  Agriculture Education

Art (K-12)
  Art Education

Biology - Categorical (9-12)
   Biology - Categorical

Business Education (9-12)
   Business Education

Chemistry - Categorical (9-12)
   Chemistry Education

Earth Science - Categorical (9-12)
   Earth Science Education

English (9-12)
   English Education
Foreign Languages (K-12)
   French Education
   German Education
   Latin Education
   Spanish Education

Mathematics (9-12)
   Mathematics Education

Music (K-12)
   Music - Instrumental Education
   Music - Vocal/Choral Education

Physical Education (K-12)
   Physical Education

Physics - Categorical (9-12)
   Physics Education

Social Studies (9-12)
   Social Studies Education

Speech/Theatre (9-12)
   Speech/Theatre Education

Technology Education (9-12)
   Technology Education

Unified Science (9-12)
   Unified Science Biology Education
   Unified Science Chemistry Education
   Unified Science Earth Science Education
  
Vocational Consumer & Family Sciences (9-12)
   Vocational CFS Education