BPSS

Bureau of Proprietary School Supervision

Office Skills Teachers Requirements

For a non-renewable, 1 year permit:

  • Baccalaureate Degree;

  • 6 semester hours of core courses;

    (for example, courses in keyboarding, typewriting, basic organization and management principles, business English, business communications, computers, economics, etc.)

  • 3 semester hours in Keyboarding (or Typewriting) and/or Computer/ Data Processing Courses; and

  • 9 additional semester hours in business related areas

    (for example, courses in machine transcription, computers, business English, business communications, shorthand/ transcription, business law, business ownership, business math, accounting, recordkeeping, economics, etc.)

For a non-renewable, 3 year provisional license:

  • All of the requirements for the permit;

  • 3 semester hours (or 30 clock hours at an approved professional school association) of coursework in methods of teaching; and

  • 1 year of approved teaching experience (or college supervised student teaching or 1 year of appropriate work experience).
For a renewable, 4 year full license:
  • All of the requirements for the provisional license;

  • 12 additional semester hours (beyond those required for the permit) in business or business related courses;

  • 3 semester hours (or 60 additional clock hours at an approved professional school association) of coursework in professional education; and

  • 1 additional year of teaching experience beyond the requirement for the provisional license.
Last Updated: July 9, 2009