Testing and assessment treatment
Requirement
The Montana-required Praxis is one of four alternatives for Class 2 eligibility, so a qualifying current source license plus two years of teaching can satisfy the competency branch without combining pathways.
Which out-of-state path this covers
Montana does not exchange out-of-state licenses automatically; it evaluates degree, approved preparation, supervised teaching and one of four competency pathways for a Class 2 Standard license.
What can change this answer
The Class 2 route requires a bachelor's or master's degree and approved preparation with supervised teaching, plus one complete competency pathway: a current unrestricted source license with two years of experience, the Montana Praxis, a passing student-teaching portfolio or a 3.00 preparation-program GPA. A teacher who misses a Class 2 requirement may fit Class 5A for Praxis only, Class 5B while enrolled in preparation or Class 5C when completed preparation is no longer recent.
Documents you may need
TeachMT review uses official transcripts, preparation and supervised-teaching verification, fingerprints, the source license and experience evidence or the documents for another selected competency pathway.
Where the testing answer can change
- •Montana states that it does not have automatic reciprocity with another state
- •The four Class 2 competency pathways cannot be mixed and matched
- •The preparation program must be AAQEP-, CAEP-, MACTE- or state-approved
- •A Class 1 Professional license adds a qualifying master's degree or National Board certification to Class 2 eligibility
- •Every Class 5 applicant needs a Montana residential address or qualifying Montana P-12 job offer
- •Class 5 licenses are nonrenewable and cannot be reinstated
Register and send scores only for the exact exam code named by the state agency.
Official sources
Check again by 2026-11-23