Number of Teaching Licenses Issued
2002-03 2001-02 2000-01 1999-00 1998-99 1997-98 1996-97 1995-96 1994-95 1993-94 1992-93 1991-92 1990-91
Persons who completed an approved college teacher preparation program                       753  
New elementary/secondary certificates a/       2,124 1,252 2,549 1,826 1,234 1,572     3,021 560
Internship program           1     4     8  
Emergency b/ 2           1       2  
Temporary 347 325 291 196 161 177 54 129 56     69  
Limited Standard c/ 1005 882 964 768 582 645 246 330 303     913  
Provisional d/                 e/   0 28  
Alternative Route f/ (Special Institute for Teacher Certification at the University of Delaware) 47 44 39 33 22 29              
Other                          

a/ Includes Professional Status and Standard Certificates.

b/ No longer issued; title changed to Temporary.

c/ Issued only at the request of a school district to persons who meet requirements for a Standard Certificate and agree to complete remaining deficiencies toward full certification within a given time period, and issued until PPST scores are passing.

d/ Issued at the request of a school district to persons who have a college degree and are working for full certification. No longer issued, effective July 1, 1991.

e/ No longer issued.

f/ Since 1986, the Special Institute for Teacher Certification, based at the University of Delaware in Newark has had 204 completions. These figures do not include candidates who participated in the state's separate mathematics/science program, for which no numbers were available.