Do I need a teaching certificate to homeschool?
No. If you are registered with the local education agency a high school diploma or GED is required to teach grades K – 8 . To teach grades 9 – 12, a baccalaureate degree is required. If you’re registered with a church related school only a high school diploma or GED is usually required check with your church related school. You may be interested in this HSLDA article entitled “The Myth of Teacher Qualifications” http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000002/00000214.asp Here are a couple of uplifting snips: I (Chris Klicka) have talked with hundreds of school officials who cannot understand how a “mere mother” with a high school diploma could possibly teach her own children. Unfortunately, critics in the media have also believed this myth and will question the validity of home schooling by asking, “But are the parents qualified?” What is so laughable about this belief in teacher qualifications by public school authorities are the statistics which show the appalling decline in competency among
