Certification
Information about an employee's certification through the West Virginia Department of Education can be accessed through https://wveis.k12.wv.us/certcheck/ . To secure downloadable forms for the certification process through the WVDE, visit http://wvde.state.wv.us/certification/forms/.
Alternative Routes to Teaching
Currently, there are Transition to Teaching at http://wvde.state.wv.us/transitiontoteaching/ and Troops to Teachers at http://wvde.state.wv.us/troopstoteachers/.
National Board of Certified Teachers
One of the greatest rewards of the teaching profession is national certification. Additional information can be secured through www.nbpts.org/national-board-certification . Incentives for NBCT are offered through WVDE with information at http://wvde.state.wv.us/nationalboard/ .
Highly Qualified Teachers
Reports on WV's Highly Qualified Teachers can be accessed from the most recent to the 2006-07 academic year at http://wvde.state.wv.us/certification/data/hqt.php .
The percentages of HQT for individual counties and schools is available at this site as well.