Upgrade Your Teaching Certificate

Get pre-approval for your courses before you register or pay tuition by emailing us with the institution name, course code and name, and course description.

Upgrade to a professional teaching certificate by completing the coursework outlined in your evaluation letter. Your courses must be completed before your certificate expires.

Have the post-secondary institution where you completed your courses send an official copy of your transcript directly to us. You will be contacted once your transcript has been reviewed.

Request to have education coursework excused for a Conditional Certificate

If you have taught successfully in an acceptable B.C. school for at least 1.5 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) while holding your valid Conditional Certificate, up to six credits of education coursework can be excused. Offshore school and teacher-on-call or substitute teaching experience is not accepted.

Other academic coursework requirements cannot be excused.

To request to have your education coursework excused, send a written request along with:

Proof of teaching experience. Ask your employer to provide an outline of your full- and part-time teaching experience – be sure not to include teacher-on-call or substitute teaching experience.

• Download the Verification of Employment Form (PDF) or le Formulaire de vérification de l'historique d'emploi (PDF)

Request a teaching report from your superintendent, principal or vice principal. This comprehensive report should describe your overall competency as a teacher and include:

• Topics such as planning, organization, lesson delivery, classroom management, assessment, interaction with parents, etc.
• Details about your competency in specific areas that relate to education courses you would like excused (For example: If you would like to excuse a special needs course, the report should describe your ability to plan Individualized Education Programs and integrate special needs students into your class)

Upload the teaching report through Your Account. 

Subject Restricted Certificate

To upgrade from an interim to a non-expiring Subject Restricted Certificate, you need to complete 1.5 years of full-time (or equivalent part-time) teaching experience in a school authorized by the Ministry to teach the B.C. curriculum while holding a valid interim independent school teaching certificate. Teacher-on-call or substitute teaching experience is not accepted.

School and Subject Restricted Certificate

To upgrade from an interim to a non-expiring School and Subject Restricted Certificate, you need to complete 1.5 years of full-time (or equivalent part-time) teaching experience in an acceptable B.C. independent school while holding a valid interim independent school teaching certificate. Offshore school and teacher-on-call or substitute teaching experience is not accepted.

Send a written request to trb.certification@gov.bc.ca with your request for a non-expiring certificate.

Provide an outline of your full- and part-time teaching experience – be sure not to include teacher-on-call or substitute teaching experience.

• Download the Verification of Employment Form (PDF) or le Formulaire de vérification de l'historique d'emploi (PDF)

Ask your superintendent, principal or vice principal to send a teaching report directly to us. This comprehensive report should describe your overall competency as a teacher and include:

• Topics such as planning, organization, lesson delivery, classroom management, assessment, interaction with parents, etc.