Letter of Professional standing for QTS

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iTeach124
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Letter of Professional standing for QTS

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Has anyone had to ask for a letter of professional standing to "convert" a US licence to the UK QTS equivalent? Who did you contact?
I emailed the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (I have a DC licence) but I haven't gotten any response.
PsyGuy
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You are not converting the credential youre applying for mutual recognition to gain an additional credential, you get to keep your DC credential once QTS is granted.

Write a letter for an official statement of verification and include the following in the letter:
1) First and Last Name
2) Mailing address
3) Social Security Number
4) Date of Birth
5) The subject areas you want in the letter

Send the request too:
Office of the State Superintendent
Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education
Office of Educator Licensure & Accreditation
810 First Street NE, 5th Floor
Washington, DC. 20002
USA

There is no fee for the request and processing time is about 2 weeks.

There are two fields available in your TCL profile for subject areas, in your letter list the subjects you have a credential in for those two areas.
iTeach124
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Re: Letter of Professional standing for QTS

Post by iTeach124 »

Wow, as usual, thank you PsyGuy for the thorough reply! (and Happy 4th of July, btw)
I will go ahead and mail it!
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