Permanent Paraprofessional Certificate

Candidate Requirements

To apply, you must:

• Be a U.S. citizen or hold eligible documentation (see WVBE Policy 5202).
• Be employed in the West Virginia public school system.
• Have recommendation from the county Superintendent.
• Have passes the State Aide Competency test.
• Have done one of the following:
  1. Complete 36 semester hours of coursework from an accredited university and/or complete coursework through WV Learns. 
     • Two (2) years of educational work experience supervised by a licensed professional may replace classroom management and/or special education credit hours. Confirm with your employer or review West Virginia Board of Education Policy 5202.
     • If you hold an ACDS, CDA or permanent ECCAT certificate, this may substitute for some credit hours. Confirm with your employer or review West Virginia Board of Education Policy 5202.
  2. Hold a valid or expired Wesst Virginia professional teaching certificate (expired no more than five (5) years).
  3. Hold an equivalent and valid or expired out-of-state professional teaching certificate (expired no more than five (5) years).

To send official transcripts to our office, please have your program email them to cert.transcripts.wvde@k12.wv.us. Transcripts must be received from the college or university, not the applicant.

Application Instructions

$50