Applying for NJ Certification Directly

Before applying for NJ certification, you must take the applicable Praxis exams as outlined below. Click here to register.

Click this link: https://njedcert.force.com/manage/s/

Click “Create Account”

Fill in the required fields. If you did not create an account on NJ’s old teacher certification system, leave the field “Tracking Number” blank.

Click Continue.

After successfully creating your account, check your email for a Welcome email from NJEdCert.

In the email you received, click on the link “log in to create your password” 

Fill in your personal information

It will ask if you took a Language Proficiency Exam, click No.

It will ask for your ETS ID, you can leave it blank and press Continue

Create your password

Click on Apply Now

Click Continue

Click Yes by “Do you have a Degree from an Accredited College or University?”

Fill in the college details for your undergraduate degree

If you received your undergraduate and graduate degrees from the same institution, then you only need to fill this out once.

College of Mount Saint Vincent:

Registrar’s name: Registrar’s Office

Registrar’s email address: [email protected]

Registrar’s phone number: (718) 405-3454

Concordia:

Registrar’s name: Registrar’s Office

Registrar’s email address: [email protected]

Registrar’s phone number: (512) 313-4642

Manhattanville:

Registrar’s name: Registrar’s Office

Registrar’s email address: [email protected]

Registrar’s phone number: (914) 694-2200

Mercy:

Registrar’s name: Registrar’s Office

Registrar’s email address: [email protected]

Registrar’s phone number: (914) 674-7600

If you did not attend a Sara Schenirer affiliated college for your undergraduate degree, you will need to enter the name and contact information of the Registrar at the college(s) you attended. College websites generally have this information readily accessible.

After filling out all the information, review and continue.

If you attended a different college for your graduate degree, click Yes to add more information.

Click Yes by “Have you completed an Educator Preparation Program?”

Program name: Master’s in Early Childhood Education

If your graduate degree was conferred, click Yes by “Did you complete the program?”

You will need the name and contact information of the Certification Officer at the college you attended. 

College of Mount Saint Vincent:

Certification Officer’s name: Nicole Morgan

Certification Officer’s email address: [email protected]

Certification Officer’s phone number: (718) 405-3243

Concordia:

Certification Officer’s name: Ricky Allen

Certification Officer’s email address: [email protected]

Certification Officer’s phone number: (512) 313-4644

(Please email Ricky Allen a screenshot of your TEACH account recommendations.)

Manhattanville:

Certification Officer’s name: Laurence Krute

Certification Officer’s email address: [email protected] 

Certification Officer’s phone number: (914) 323-5141

Mercy:

Certification Officer’s name: Mary Ellen Hoffman

Certification Officer’s email address: [email protected]

Certification Officer’s phone number: (914) 674-7334

Click No by “Do you have relevant employment information you want to add?”

Click No by “Request Emergency Certificate?”

Select Category: Choose “Instructional”

You may select the following certificates:

1. Preschool through Grade 3

2. Elementary School Teacher in  Grades K-6

3. Students with Disabilities

4. Teacher of Supplemental Instruction in Reading and Mathematics | Grades K – 8 

Preschool through Grade 3

License Type: CEAS

Select Yes and Continue.

By Licensing – Select “New Jersey CEAS Instructional Certificate”

By Testing – Physiology & Hygiene

If you completed coursework in Biology, Health, or Nutrition either through College courses, CLEPs or Coopersmith exams, click on “Physiology & Hygiene via Coursework” and you will need to provide a transcript.

If you did not complete coursework in Biology, Health, or Nutrition,  select “Physiology & Hygiene via Online Test.” You will need to pass the New Jersey Department of Education Physiology and Hygiene Test located at this URL: https://forms.office.com/r/BM5WxG4H22.(Note, please copy the URL and paste it into a new browser tab). When it asks for your tracking number, you will find it by clicking on your account profile information. Once completed, download the PDF of your answers, and upload the pdf in the Document Collection tab of your case.

In general, this is a straightforward exam and we do not provide study materials. If you are uncomfortable with the exam, you may take a Coopersmith exam instead.

By Testing – Teacher Performance

Select “Out-of-State Equivalent Performance Assessment”

By Education – Subject Matter Prep

Select “Subject Matter Prep in Liberal Arts (60 Credits)”

By Testing – Praxis

Select “Praxis Test – Code 5025 (Early Childhood Education)” 

Would you like to apply for another Certificate?

Yes (if applicable)

Elementary School Teacher in  Grades K-6

By “You must meet one of the following requirements, please select one,” select “Primary Test Score Requirements”

Praxis Test – Code 5002 (Reading)

Praxis Test – Code 5003 (Mathematics)

Praxis Test – Code 5004 (Social Studies)

Praxis Test – Code 5005 (Science)

(Praxis Test Code 5001 includes the four exams above)

Would you like to apply for another Certificate?

Yes (if applicable)

Students with Disabilities (You can only apply for this once you have applied for another instructional certificate)

Go through all the prompts.

Would you like to apply for another Certificate?

Yes (if applicable)

Teacher of Supplemental Instruction in Reading and Mathematics | Grades K – 8 (Resource Room)

By “You must meet one of the following requirements, please select one:”, if you did not pass the ACT, SAT, or GRE, you will need to take the following Praxis exams:

Code 5713 Reading

Code 5723 Writing

Code 5733 Math

(Code 5752 includes the three exams above)

Would you like to apply for another Certificate?

No and Continue

Answer all the background questions. 

Sign the affirmation.

Select Continue to review the details of your application and then Pay Now to submit your payment.

Document Collection:

Click on My Applications, click on the Application Review Case, click on the Document Collection tab.

Please have your university, college, school or clearinghouse email electronic transcripts directly to [email protected].  An official transcript is required from your undergraduate and graduate institutions, as well as Coopersmith/CLEP, if applicable.  

If you earned your undergraduate/graduate degree(s) from Concordia, you are unable to send an electronic transcript. Therefore, order a mailed transcript to 

Ocean County Superintendent of Schools

212 Washington St

Toms River, NJ 08753