Application Forms

Welcome to the Office of Certification’s application forms website. Below you will find a list of applications that can be sorted and searched for your convenience. Select “Instructions” under the application information category to review a detailed summary of requirements and information about each application and its processing. It is important to understand that while application requirement summaries are provided for your convenience, the summary information does not supersede authority and criterion of WVBE Policy and WV State Code.

• Due to the large volume of applications our office receives, the estimated time for processing of applications may be up to 90 days.
• You may track the progress of your application and review or print your certificate electronically using the Certification Check Website.
• All processing fees are non-refundable and applicants must follow the appropriately identified method of online payment. Cash is not accepted.
• All paper application forms require original signatures and must be mailed or provided to the employing county HR department. Copied and faxed applications will not be accepted. Electronic application forms are signed electronically.
• To send required supporting documentation (except transcripts or application forms) or for general questions please email certification.wvde@k12.wv.us

West Virginia uses applicants’ social security numbers to check the clearinghouse maintained by the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) for license revocation, cancellation, suspension, denial, and reinstatement in other states. West Virginia also reports information to the clearinghouse as needed. The West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) will not release your social security number except to the NASDTEC clearinghouse to report cases of license revocation, cancellation, suspension, denial, and reinstatement as noted above.

Required Transcripts

Official, seal-bearing transcript reflecting all awarded degrees and/or courses required must be submitted. Copies are not accepted. Original transcripts may be mailed to our office, provided to county official where employed, or submitted as an eScrip (electronic transcript) sent directly from institution to our office to cert.transcripts.wvde@k12.wv.us. Electronic copies or PDF files forwarded from applicant’s email to the county, or our office, are not accepted.

To send official transcripts (paper) from the applicant or the institution of higher education via USPS, please mail to the following address:

Office of Certification
Building 6, Suite 550
1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East
Charleston, WV 25305-0330