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Louisiana launches educator certification portal; TeachLA Live accepts PDFs through Aug. 11

5520670 · August 1, 2025
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Summary

The Louisiana Department of Education launched a new certification module within the Louisiana educator portal on July 28, moving all certification applications from TeachLA Live to the online portal effective Aug. 12; HR staff and nonpublic schools must obtain eScholar staff IDs and MyLA accounts and request permissions to review applications.

The Louisiana Department of Education’s certification office demonstrated a new online certification module that “did officially launch yesterday on July 28,” and said paper or fillable-PDF applications submitted through TeachLA Live will be accepted only through Aug. 11, with the portal becoming the exclusive submission method on Aug. 12.

The portal integrates certification features into the Louisiana educator portal, which the department has used for evaluations for more than a year, and aims to consolidate certification and evaluation tools into a single site. “We are gonna be posting all of these presentations on our website,” said Rachel Norman, director of the certification office, at the start of the webinar. Lana Hutchinson, deputy director of the certification office, led a live demonstration and answered questions.

Why it matters: The change affects educators, HR staff and nonpublic schools across Louisiana that process certification requests. Department presenters said the switch is intended to reduce errors and re-submissions by auto-checking required items such as criminal background checks (CBCs) and by importing verified identity data from MyLA and eScholar accounts.

Key details from the demonstration

• Transition dates: The department will accept PDF applications…

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