Professional LicenseThe requirements for professionalizing an educator license vary according to academic discipline. ALL professionalization applications, regardless of academic discipline, will require completion of an advanced degree (i.e. Master's degree or higher). Applicants seeking professionalizing of an instructional license will also be required provide proof of two years of teaching experience in accredited schools as well as have held a Proficient Practitioner/Standard/Provisional license for five years. Applicants seeking a professional administrator license will be required to provide proof of completing sixty hours of graduate coursework from accredited institutions in Administration and related areas (advanced degree work can count towards these hours), and five years of administrative experience in the content area of the license in an accredited school or public school district. Those seeking licensure in School Counseling will be required to prove two years of experience as a school counselor in an accredited school and hold a Proficient Practitioner/Standard/Provisional license for five years. |