Kansas teaching jobs

How to find teaching jobs in Kansas

To qualify for Kansas teaching jobs, you’ll need, at minimum, a Bachelor’s degree and/or have completed a teacher training program. Kansas teachers also need a state-issued teaching credential. Kansas has recently been affected by the national teacher shortages, therefore newly qualified and experienced teachers across all grade levels are in high demand in all public school districts.

Options for teaching in Kansas

With almost half a million pre-K-12 students enrolled in Kansas’s nearly 1,500 public schools, there are many Kansas teaching jobs available at the kindergarten, elementary, middle or high school level.

How to earn your Kansas teaching license

The Kansas State Board of Education is responsible for issuing three different types of Kansas teaching licenses:

• Initial teaching license
• Professional teaching license
• Accomplished teaching license

Kansas teaching education requirements

Teachers in Kansas must hold a Bachelor’s degree and have completed an approved teacher preparation program in Kansas along with a minimum of eight credited hours (or a year’s teaching experience) within the last six years.

Alternative teacher certification in Kansas

Those who hold a bachelor’s degree but have not completed a teacher preparation program may be eligible for alternative teacher certification in Kansas.

Certificate reciprocity in Kansas

The process of transferring teaching certification from one state to a different state is called certification reciprocity. If you are an American licensed teacher looking for teaching jobs in Kansas, be aware that you will first need to transfer your teaching credentials.

Kansas is one of 44 US states currently participating in The National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) Interstate Agreement for Educator Licensure.

Required tests for teachers in Kansas

Educators looking to teach in Kansas will need to pass the state’s designated standardized tests for educators, the Praxis Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT) exam as well as the Praxis Subject Assessments for all endorsement fields.

Other requirements to teach in Kansas

In order to be certified to teach in Kansas, you are required to undertake a state and federal background check and fingerprinting.

Salary and benefits for teachers in Kansas

Teaching salaries in Kansas vary depending on a teacher’s experience and degree level, as well the subject taught. The average yearly income in Kansas for an elementary teacher is $44,240 USD, $26,050 for middle school teachers and $45,660 for high school teachers.

Kansas school districts also offer teachers in Kansas health insurance benefits that include dental and vision coverage as well as medical coverage. Some schools may require Kansas teachers to contribute towards their health insurance plan. Teachers in Kansas get around 15 weeks of vacation on average.

Kansas teacher shortage areas (by subject)

Kansas is experiencing a shortage of special education teachers for the 2017 school year.

Professional development for teachers in Kansas

To keep their Kansas teaching certificate valid, Kansas teachers are required to complete professional development hours on an ongoing basis.

Top districts for teaching jobs in Kansas

Some of the top districts to teach in Kansas include the following:

• Blue Valley Unified School District
• Olathe Unified School District
• Shawnee Mission School District
• Manhattan-Ogden Unified School District
• DeSoto Unified School District
• Auburn Washburn Unified School District
• Rock Creek Unified School District
• Andover Unified School District
• Lawrence Unified School District
• Gardner Edgerton Unified School District

Teaching in Kansas at a Glance