Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Missouri Teacher Certification
Source: Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 
(School Core Data Collection System and the Educator Certification System)

VARIABLES ON THE OUTPUT FILE, IN LEFT TO RIGHT ORDER
'C' INDICATES A CHARACTER VARIABLE, 'N' A NUMERIC

1 N YEAR			School Year (i.e. 2000 = 1999-2000 school year)
2 C DISTCODE			DESE County-District Code
3 C DISTNAME			District Name
4 C DICOUNTY			County Code
5 C CNTYNAM			County Name
6 C RPDC			Regional Professional Development Region
7 N TEACHER_FTE			Teacher FTE Count
8 N EDUCATOR_REG_CERT_TOTAL	Number of Teachers with Regular Certificates*
9 N EDUCATOR_REG_CERT_PCT	Percent of Teachers with Regular Certificates
10 N EDUCATOR_SPEC_CERT_TOTAL	Number of Teachers with Special Certificates
11 N EDUCATOR_SPEC_CERT_PCT	Percent of Teachers with Special Certificates
12 N EDUCATOR_NO_CERT_TOTAL	Number of Teachers with No Certificate
13 N EDUCATOR_NO_CERT_PCT	Percent of Teachers with No Certificate
14 N HIGHLY_QUALIFIED_TOTAL_COURSES	Total Number of Courses
15 N HIGHLY_QUALIFIED_CRS_QUALIFIED	Total Number of Courses Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers
16 N HIGHLY_QUALIFIED_COURSES_PCT	Percet of Courses Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers


Regular Certificates* - Includes Life certificate, Professional Class I & II certificate, Continuous Professional Certificate (CPC) and Provisional certificate.

Highly Qualified Teacher** - Is an individual who has the appropriate certification for their teaching assignment.