Office of Teacher Certification

The teaching profession is regulated across Canada, including in New Brunswick. To teach in New Brunswick public schools, you must hold an interim or permanent teacher’s certificate.

The Office of Teacher Certification is responsible for issuing these certificates, as outlined under the Teacher Regulation Certification 2004-8 (Education Act).

The Office also provides other services related to certification. Click on one of the services below for more information.

Teachers trained at the University of Maine at Presque Isle are not required to use the services of Pathways to Teach Canada. Please contact the Office of Teacher Certification for more details.

Pathways to Teach Canada is the first step for internationally educated teachers interested in obtaining a teaching certificate in participating provinces and territories, including the New Brunswick Office of Teacher Certification.

Pathways to Teach Canada offers a streamlined process, enabling internationally educated teachers to have their credentials and language competency evaluated and sent to one or more participating provinces or territories where they want to apply for certification.

Here is the new simplified process for internationally educated teachers:

1. Visit the new Pathways to Teach Canada website to prepare your application and determine your eligibility.
2. Submit your assessment request to have your credentials and/or your language competency assessed.
3. Once your credentials and/or language competency assessment reports are available, Pathways will send them to the teaching regulatory bodies for the participating provinces or territories you selected.
4. Once your report(s) are available on the Pathways portal, you will need to start the certification application process with the participating provinces or territories you selected by contacting each regulatory body directly.
5. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that all application requirements are met for each province/territory they are applying to. The certification decision will be made by the teaching regulatory body of each participating province or territory. You will be informed directly of their decision.

By applying to Pathways to Teach Canada, internationally educated teachers can expect assessment processes that are fair, transparent, consistent, and timely.

Visit the Pathways to Teach website to start your application today.

Candidates already holding a course-by-course report from WES or ICAS agencies

Candidates who held or submitted a request for a course-by-course report to WES or ICAS before OCTOBER 28, 2024, do not need to request a credential assessment from Pathways to Teach Canada.

However, they must:

• Request that WES or ICAS forward their course-by-course report to the Certification Office (select Government of New Brunswick – Teacher Certification).
• Request that government authorities provide the NB Office of Teacher Certification with a statement of professional standing for each country in which the candidate has taught. The statement must confirm that the candidate is authorized to teach and has not been subject to disciplinary sanctions.
• Provide the Office of Teacher Certification with a letter from the university confirming that the language of instruction of the teacher education program was English or French. If the program was not entirely in French or English, the candidate must take the Language Competency Assessment for the Teaching Profession (LCATP). To do this, the candidate must go to the Pathways to Teach Canada website. No other language evaluation will be accepted.

• Form A - NEW BRUNSWICK - Initial Teacher's Certificate (PDF)
• Form B - CANADA - Certificate for Certified Teachers in Canada (PDF)
• Form C - International - Interim Teacher's Certificate (PDF)
• Form E - Interim Certificate Renewal or Permanent Certificate (PDF)
• Form F - Statement of Professional Standing (PDF)
• Form G - Evaluation of Work Experience for Salary Purposes (PDF)
• Special Revision Form G (PDF)
• Form H - Principal's Certificate (PDF)
• Form I - Course Approval Form for Certificate 5 (PDF)
• Form J - Course Approval Form for Certificate 6 (PDF)
• Form K - Teacher's Certification Upgrade (PDF)
• Form L - Copy of Certificate (PDF)
• Form 612 (PDF)

The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development is the regulating body for teacher certification in New Brunswick. The Office of Teacher Certification is responsible for issuing teacher certificates as well as dealing with all related matters in this domain.

The provisions of the Education Act relating to the creation of a Registry of Suspended and Revoked New Brunswick Teachers’ Certificates came into force on July 1, 2021. Accordingly, only suspensions and revocations related to misconduct occurring after July 1, 2021 have been entered into this registry.

Registry of Suspended and Revoked New Brunswick Teachers’ Certificates (gnb.ca)
 

• Appeal Board on Teacher Certification Annual Report 2023-2024