Teaching License from Vermont to Pennsylvania: Does It Transfer? (2026)

Last verified: 2026-09-01 · source: Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) — Bureau of School Leadership and Teacher Quality ↗

A teaching certificate transfers from Vermont to Pennsylvania by endorsement — there is no automatic reciprocity, but you do not start over. Apply to the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) — Bureau of School Leadership and Teacher Quality, verify your Vermont license, and meet Pennsylvania's endorsement requirements. Pennsylvania requires its own content test(s) (Praxis / PECT) as posted in PDE's Certification Test and Score Requirements; out-of-state tests are accepted only when the test provider, test name, and test code match Pennsylvania's list, and no substitutions are permitted. Applicants with two or more years of satisfactory out-of-state teaching experience may instead document that experience on Form PDE338V.

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Verdict

Licensure by endorsement

Moving from Vermont to Pennsylvania is an application, not a transfer: Pennsylvania reviews your Vermont certificate and issues a Pennsylvania certificate of its own. The tests and requirements below are what Pennsylvania still asks — gather them before you apply, because gaps are what slow a review.

What changes, Vermont → Pennsylvania

Side-by-side: Vermont vs Pennsylvania (Teaching (K-12)), verified 2026-09-01
	Vermont (current)	Pennsylvania (destination)
Application fee	$200 (Level I (Initial) license, 3-year term - $200.00, made up of a $50.00 non-refundable application processing fee plus $50.00 per year of the license term (AOE Licensing Fee Schedule, dated November 18, 2025). Charged on top: $12.00 criminal record check (as of January 1, 2025) and a $10.00 per-license download fee. Level II (5-year term) is $300.00 but is only reachable after three years teaching in Vermont, so it is not an entry cost for a transferring educator. The $1,200.00 per-endorsement Peer Review alternate-route fee is waived by the legislature through June 30, 2029)	$150 ($150 total for an out-of-state applicant's new credential (program completed outside PA: Instructional, Career and Technical, Educational Specialist, Administrative/Supervisory, LOE, CQL) per PDE's Fees and Forms schedule effective 11/12/25 — a $50 standard certification fee (capped at $50 by Act 47 of 2025) plus the separate $100 Professional Educator Discipline fee, which Act 47 did not waive. Charged inside TIMS at submission. Veterans and their spouses are exempt from both fees. Separate from this: Praxis/PECT test fees paid to the testing provider, transcript costs, and background-check clearances. Adding an endorsement is billed separately ($100). On the same PDE schedule, experience-based credentials and their add-ons are $0, but testing add-ons (Instructional I/II, Career and Technical Instructional I/II, Administrative) are $150 — add-ons are not uniformly free, so check which kind yours is.)
Processing time	The AOE publishes no processing-time range for reciprocity applications on the reciprocity, traditional-route, or online-licensing pages reviewed	NOT VERIFIED — PDE publishes no processing timeframe for out-of-state certification applications on the reviewed page
Licensing authority	Vermont Agency of Education (AOE) - Educators & Licensure	Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) — Bureau of School Leadership and Teacher Quality

The destination column is what you must satisfy — Pennsylvania sets the rules for this move.

Step by step

Confirm Pennsylvania's current requirements on the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) — Bureau of School Leadership and Teacher Quality website (linked below) — rules change.
Submit the endorsement application to the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) — Bureau of School Leadership and Teacher Quality (application linked below).
Arrange license verification from your current state.
Complete and submit the application through TIMS (Teacher Information Management System).
Send official transcripts for the bachelor's degree and all subsequent study.
Have required content-area test scores reported to PDE directly by the testing provider.
Submit a photocopy of the valid out-of-state certificate.
Submit the Verification of Experience Form (PDE338V) with two or more years of experience, or the Educator Preparation Program Verification Form (PDE338A) where an approved program was completed.
Be a U.S. citizen or otherwise legally authorized to work in the United States.
Pay the fees ($150 ($150 total for an out-of-state applicant's new credential (program completed outside PA: Instructional, Career and Technical, Educational Specialist, Administrative/Supervisory, LOE, CQL) per PDE's Fees and Forms schedule effective 11/12/25 — a $50 standard certification fee (capped at $50 by Act 47 of 2025) plus the separate $100 Professional Educator Discipline fee, which Act 47 did not waive. Charged inside TIMS at submission. Veterans and their spouses are exempt from both fees. Separate from this: Praxis/PECT test fees paid to the testing provider, transcript costs, and background-check clearances. Adding an endorsement is billed separately ($100). On the same PDE schedule, experience-based credentials and their add-ons are $0, but testing add-ons (Instructional I/II, Career and Technical Instructional I/II, Administrative) are $150 — add-ons are not uniformly free, so check which kind yours is.)). Processing time: NOT VERIFIED — PDE publishes no processing timeframe for out-of-state certification applications on the reviewed page.

Official links

Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) — Bureau of School Leadership and Teacher Quality ↗Pennsylvania application ↗

Frequently asked questions

Does Pennsylvania accept a Vermont teaching license?

Will I have to retake tests moving from Vermont to Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania requires its own content test(s) (Praxis / PECT) as posted in PDE's Certification Test and Score Requirements; out-of-state tests are accepted only when the test provider, test name, and test code match Pennsylvania's list, and no substitutions are permitted. Applicants with two or more years of satisfactory out-of-state teaching experience may instead document that experience on Form PDE338V.

Can I teach in Pennsylvania right away?

Not until the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) — Bureau of School Leadership and Teacher Quality issues your Pennsylvania certificate, so build its processing time into your start date.

What does the Vermont-to-Pennsylvania transfer cost and how long does it take?

$150 ($150 total for an out-of-state applicant's new credential (program completed outside PA: Instructional, Career and Technical, Educational Specialist, Administrative/Supervisory, LOE, CQL) per PDE's Fees and Forms schedule effective 11/12/25 — a $50 standard certification fee (capped at $50 by Act 47 of 2025) plus the separate $100 Professional Educator Discipline fee, which Act 47 did not waive. Charged inside TIMS at submission. Veterans and their spouses are exempt from both fees. Separate from this: Praxis/PECT test fees paid to the testing provider, transcript costs, and background-check clearances. Adding an endorsement is billed separately ($100). On the same PDE schedule, experience-based credentials and their add-ons are $0, but testing add-ons (Instructional I/II, Career and Technical Instructional I/II, Administrative) are $150 — add-ons are not uniformly free, so check which kind yours is.) Processing time: NOT VERIFIED — PDE publishes no processing timeframe for out-of-state certification applications on the reviewed page.

Sources

Primary sources only — official boards and compact commissions. Data last verified 2026-09-01.

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