Mandatory Trainings

Applicants must be able to demonstrate that the following mandatory training has been completed within the five years prior to the date of application:

1. Sexual abuse awareness and prevention (AS 14.30.355)
2. Alcohol or drug-related disabilities (AS 14.20.680)
3. Dating violence awareness and prevention (AS 14.30.356)
   Only training approved by an Alaska public school district, or the Department of Education & Early Development (DEED) will satisfy this requirement. Training offered by universities and other organizations must be approved by DEED.
4. Suicide awareness and prevention (AS 14.30.362)
   As per statute, only training approved by the Department of Education & Early Development (DEED) will satisfy this requirement. Visit Suicide Prevention, Awareness, and Postvention.

Only trainings approved by an Alaska public school district, or the Department of Education & Early Development (DEED) will satisfy this requirement. Training offered by universities and other organizations must be approved by DEED.

Applicants for certification will need to provide evidence of the completion of the approved training. The following documents can be submitted as evidence of completion of the approved training:

• A certificate of completion from a training program approved by DEED
  (See eLearning courses below); or
• A record of training with the signature of the district superintendent or appointed designee or a dean of an accredited school of education. Mandatory Training Record Form

Mandatory Trainings/DEED Approved eLearning Courses

• The eLearning certificates of completion for the courses listed above, or the transcript generated by DEED’s eLearning website, can be used to satisfy the mandatory training requirement for teacher certification.

   

  Please visit the eLearning website for more information concerning DEED-approved courses.