See the Teacher Placement Services page within this website for contacts to national placement services where open jobs are posted and you can search in your desired areas. 

Remember that only some colleges and universities offer certification in Latin -- make sure to research college offerings first. Each state varies.

Our Universities page lists some programs online and other scholarship-funded programs by which you can obtain a language teaching certification or MEd. This page also has a spreadsheet of universities and colleges offering classical language majors. They will be a great source of additional advice for you.

NEW! Here is a direct link to our NCLG List of 200+ colleges and universities with Latin, Greek, and Classics majors. Please share this with your upper level students! This is a list first created by colleague Bryan Carlson and we welcome additions or corrections (list allows comments). NCLG will be monitoring the list and we want to grow the list and to keep it current. Please help!

There is also an extensive list of such college classics departments, (UCI, Irvine) and you can also contact a college department nearest you for their advice.

The Society for Classical Studies has a useful document with some additional information about individual state credentialing requirements and contacts.

Teach to Lead is an American program initiative to encourage people to become teachers. From their homepage, access your state's Board of Credentialing. Go to this link to get state-by-state information. Choose your state and then follow the links at the top of the next page.

After all, if a school is really desperate for a Latin teacher, won't they be happy to just find someone with a bachelors or, better yet, a Masters or PhD?  Actually, the answer can be Yes or No. 

The federal guidelines do require that all public school teachers be certified and highly qualified in order to teach in public schools. Some schools may hire you without a credential if you are working on obtaining one. Due to pressure from budget cuts, even strong programs may be closed down if a credentialed teacher is not available.

You might find work at a private school without a credential, but curently many of the private school also prefer candidates that are credentialed.  

A recent look at the list of applicants at the ACL Placement center told us something very interesting: almost 50% of those looking for jobs have no certification. There is a real need to supply public school programs with credentialed teachers. We have a shortage that is becoming critical in World Language Education. We don't want to see strong programs shut down for lack of a credentialed teacher and there are programs that are closing each year because there is no one "qualified" to take the position of a credentialed Latin teacher who is retiring or relocating. 

There is also an added advantage to obtaining a credential. Acquiring the skills necessary for credentialing and familiarity with national and state standards for language learning can significantly develop your range of abilities and expand your competence in the classroom. If tuition is an issue, there are some college programs with stipends provided. 

If you wish to become certified or credentialed as a teacher in your state, please check a state's Board of Education website. Some programs may defer credentialing coursework if a candidate has been teaching in private schools. It is certainly a great asset for obtaining any job -- public, charter, or private. For more information, check the Society for Classical Studies (2017) state-by-state guide, and ACTFL has slide presentations on states and requirements.

Yes, some scholarships and tuition grants are available. First, check out our list of opportunities at Universities, Scholarships, Funding.

A few additional funding opportunities for teacher training are:

●  Compiled joint organization list including Frank M. Snowden Minority Scholarships from SCS

         and the  Rudoplh Masciantonio Latin Student Teacher Grant

●  Zeph Stewart Latin Teacher Training Award

●  Manson A Stewart Teacher Training and Travel Awards from CAMWS

●  Maureen O'Donnell Scholarship from ACL

●  Fox Teacher Training Scholarship from Eta Sigma Phi

●  Montross New Latin Educators Scholarship

Here is a general opinion piece from SCS offering a range of advice to anyone considering teaching at K-12 level:

"A Note on K-12 Latin Teaching."  Or you can contact us at NCLG.

Key skills:

• Content Knowledge

• Pedagogical Knowledge, Skills, and Understanding

• Other Areas of Responsibility

• Professional Development and Lifelong Learning

Core skills are outlined in the NEW Guidelines for Latin Teacher Preparation (2023) and should be referenced in key sections of your resume.

A joint committee of ACL and SCS has formulated the new Guidelines. This updated document (a revision of the Standards for Latin Teacher Preparation) includes the major guidelines for those preparing for a career in teaching, and is informative for those seeking new teaching methods and recommended teaching practices. This document, which is a 2023 revision of the 2010 Standards for Latin Teacher Preparation, sets out what a beginning-career Latin teacher should know and be able to do. It is for teachers at ALL levels, K-16.

NEW! ACTFL offers some valuable web content in the "Benefits of Language and Guiding Principles" section which goes into detail about specific benefits of language expertise and guiding principles of language teaching. Check it out.

Please go the links below and the  ACL Publications and Reports page where you will find many of these resources grouped together.

Direct links to these key documents:

Guidelines for Latin Teacher Preparation (PDF)

Addendum of Resources (Google Doc)

One-Page Flyer (PDF):

Here are some suggestions about becoming familiar with and skilled in applying national standards and state frameworks to your program and curricula. Learn how to effectively apply these World Language standards to the Latin and Greek classroom.

• See this folder for information from South Carolina on standards and applying them to Can-Do Proficiency Statements for Latin and Greek.

• See Can-Do Statements on ACTFL's website

• View the ACTFL World Readiness Standards for Learning Languages, with a specific section to click for Classical Languages(ACTFL members have full access).

• Download National Standards for Classical Languages from ACL HERE.

• CAL, the Center for Applied Linguistics, points to the "World Language Framework - Quick Reference Guides" of the Massachusetts BOE.

For example MA language framework supports, see list of Quick Reference Guides, including one for CLASSICAL LANGUAGES.