Easiest State to Become a Certified Teacher - Arizona???

[sanantone]

Too much work.

If you're a veteran in FL, just do the Starship Troopers path and get 60 college credits and some other marginal qualifications and you're good for 5 years.

https://www.fldoe.org/veterans/

Florida certainly has low standards, but serving several years in the military is a lot of work. LOL. Since more of the population has a bachelor's degree already, passing a background check and filling out an application for Arizona is an easier path. It's also possible that you won't even need to take a subject area test. If I were to apply for the Arizona Subject Matter Expert Certificate, all I would need to do within the next two years is complete a board-approved ethics course and the secondary education knowledge exam. If they'll accept one of the ethics courses I completed in college, I'm good to go on that.

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Now that I think about it, "provisional" is not a good term to use. Most of these are full certificates that are renewable and good for 12 years. If you don't satisfy the "deficiencies" within the allotted time, then your certificate will be put on a non-disciplinary suspension until the deficiencies are removed. Another thing that makes these certificates easy to obtain is that you're not required to be hired before applying for or receiving the certificate.