Table of Contents 1. Educator Licensing Website information 6. Payment information 12. Replacement, Photocopies, Verification of a license, and Inactive Status 15. Licensure Status Check 20. Initial License 23. Special Education Personnel Qualifications (SEE) 26. Accredited Universities 29. NACES Members 31. Licensing Memos for Applicants 34. Praxis II and PLACE 36. Professional License (Initial to Professional) 41. Renewal of Professional License 44. Career and Technical Education 47. Added Endorsements 61. CLEP and Dantes 62. Special Educator Modified Eligibility 64. Authorizations 73. Temporary Teacher Eligibility (Special Education Compliance) 75. Temporary Teacher Modified Eligibility 77. Special Education Staff Qualifications (old and new) 91. Colorado State Board of Education (Licensing Rules) 100. Educator Licensing Contact information

Educator Licensing Special EducationHighly Qualified Fall 2009

Educator Licensing ~ Website Access ~ http://www.cde.state.co.us/index_license.htm 1

Applications available on the Licensing website: • One-year Substitute Authorization • 3 year Substitute Authorization • 5 year Substitute Authorization • Added Endorsement based on Approved Program • Added Endorsement based on Credit & Assessment • Career and Technical Education License Application • Initial License Application • Master Teacher Certificate • Professional License Application • Renewal of Professional License • Renewal of Initial License (formerly Provisional) • Renewal of a Current or Expired Interim Authorization http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprof/Licensure_main.asp 2

Authorization Applications available on the Licensing Website: • Adjunct Instructor Authorization • Interim Speech Language Pathology Assistant Auth. • Intern Authorization • Speech Language Pathology Assistant Authorization • Temporary Educator Eligibility Authorization (TEE) • Educational Interpreter Authorization: • Cued Speech Transliterator • Sign Language Interpreter • Oral Interpreter • Junior ROTC Authorization • Literary Instruction Authorization http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprof/auth.htm 3

http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprof/resources.htm 4

Authorization Application NOT available on the Licensing website: • Emergency Authorization To request an application of this type contact: Marin_t@cde.state.co.us or Almon_e@cde.state.co.us or Rollins_p@cde.state.co.us 5

Payment Links $60 - https://www.colorado.gov/apps/cde/license/payment/60Type.jsfReceipt # will begin with AA _ _ _ _ $30 - https://www.colorado.gov/apps/cde/license/payment/30Type.jsf Receipt# will begin with BA _ _ _ _ $15 - https://www.colorado.gov/apps/cde/license/payment/chooseType.jsf Receipt# will begin with CA _ _ _ _ 6

Receipt Page (example) 8

Resources Webpage • Replacement of License • Photocopies of licensing documents • Inactive status • http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprof/resources.htm 9

http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprof/Licensure_replacement_info.asphttp://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprof/Licensure_replacement_info.asp 12

Licensure Status Check 1. Parents • http://www.cde.state.co.us/index_license.htm • Name search only 2. Applicants • https://forms.cde.state.co.us/pes/DOBSearch.jsp • Requires social security number and DOB (xx – xx- xxxx) (month, day, 4-digit year) 3. School Districts • 1. https://forms.cde.state.co.us/licensure/Login.jsp • Must have a password issued by CDE • To obtain a user login and password contact Anne Marie Roberts at Roberts_A@cde.state.co.us • Fax number is 303-866-6866 • You will need your 4-digit district code for the form • which can be found at: https://cdeapps.cde.state.co.us/appendix_a1.htm • 5. Unlimited passwords per district 15

School DistrictStatus Check Screen • Fingerprint Requirement: Met, Not Met, Must Resubmit • Background Check: • Cleared or Cleared of Previous Incident or Call CDE (303)866-6966 • Licenses/Certificates issued • Application in Progress • Reason for Returning Application • Content test scores 17

Applicant’s Name here https://forms.cde.state.co.us/pes/DOBSearch.jsp 18

Application Types 19

Initial License • In-State/Out-of-State Flowcharts • Accredited Institutions of Postsecondary Education • Current NACES Members To download Initial License Application go to: http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprof/Licensure_FirstTimeApp.asp 20

Special Education Personnel Qualifications For Initial Applicants 23

Special Educator Eligibility (SEE)Criteria and FormsApplicable for Special Education Teachersonly 24

Special Educator Eligibility (SEE) SEE approval cycle – Maximum of 3 school years The applicant must: • Hold a valid CDE Educator (teaching) license • Is enrolled in an approved special education teacher preparation program through an IHE (Institution of Higher Education) The administrative unit (district) or eligible facility must: • Submit SEE forms (application and verification) with appropriate signatures (teacher and SPED Director) for 1st year • Submit SEE verification form for 2nd and 3rd year approval • available only with documented IHE program progress Teacher is eligible to be HQT (Highly Qualified Teacher) • Holds a CDE Educator (teaching) license • HQ determined by NCLB requirements (core assignment and subject matter competency) ) 25

2007-2008 Accredited Institutions of Postsecondary Education Includes Candidates for Accreditation and Accredited Programs at Other Facilities Edited by Kenneth A. Von Alt Published by the American Council on Education Washington, DC In consultation with the Council for Higher Education Accreditation 26

Regional Institutional Accrediting Organizations • MSA-CHE Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools • NEASC-CIHE New England Association of Schools and Colleges • NCA-HLC North Central Association • NWCCU Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities • SACS Southern Association of Colleges and Schools • WASC-ACSCU Western Association of Schools and Colleges • 2007-2008 Accredited Institutions of Postsecondary Education • Pages 3 through 447 list all the regionally accredited universities in the United States and U.S. Territories in alphabetical order. • All the universities and colleges in the United States are listed in the back of the book in alphabetical order. • Typically, bible colleges are not usually regionally accredited. College credit from these colleges is not acceptable for licensure or renewal credit in Colorado. • Colorado state statute 22-60.5-102(1) defines an “Accepted institution of higher education” as a regionally accredited university for licensure purposes. • CDE is able to accept an official transcript from United States territories. They are not required to have their transcripts evaluated for equivalency. These territories are not considered foreign countries. • American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. • Canadian transcripts are acceptable as long as they are in English 27

Additional copies of this directory are available from: American Council on Education Fulfillment Service Department 191, Item #311695 Washington, DC 20055-0191 Office: (301) 632-6757 FAX: (301) 843-0159 www.acenet.edu/bookstore 28

Initial License:Out-of-State and Foreign Applicants • Must have their foreign transcripts evaluated for equivalency by a member of NACES: www.Naces.org Select current members • Course-by-course evaluation required • Foreign exchange teachers must obtain an equivalency evaluation 29

Initial License:Memos and Testing • Interim Authorization Memo • Initial License Memo • Praxis II Tests Accepted in Colorado • 2008-2009 PLACE Test Information and Registration Schedule 30

Professional License • Moving from an Initial License to a Professional License • Educational Requirements for Professional Licenses • Induction Certificate Samples 36

Educational Requirements for Professional Licenses • Master’s Degree or higher required for Professional Principal or Professional Administrator Licenses • No additional education required for Professional Teacher or Professional Special Services Licenses • http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprof/download/pdf/provtoprof.pdf to download an application 37

Induction Certificates • Induction Certificates will be required after 1-1-08 to verify completion of an approved induction program. • School Districts must provide induction program completers with an induction certificate which specifies which induction program they completed; teacher, special service provider, principal or administrative. 38

Induction Certificate Sample 1 39

Induction Certificate Sample 2 40

License Renewals • Renewal of Professional, Initial, Interim Authorization can be downloaded from the website at: http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprof/Licensure_RenewalApp.asp 41

To: Professional License Holders Seeking License Renewal From: Educator Licensing Unit The Colorado Department of Education is pleased to send you your Professional Educator License, allowing you to provide educational services to Colorado students. A s has always been the case, applicants who renew their Colorado Professional Licenses must submit documentation of having completed 6 - semester hours or 90 - clock hours of professional development activities (see below). 1. Under a new State Statute , intended to keep your knowledge of your content area(s) up - to - date, educator license renewal credits must be related to your current endorsement area or potential endorsement area. As you plan for and acquire credit s 2. toward your next Professional license renewal - in five years, please remember that those credits must be related to: Increasing content - knowledge in your existing endorsement area(s) or potential o endorsement area(s); or increasing your skills and/or competence in the delivery of instruction in your o endorsement area(s) or potential endorsement area(s); or in the content or teaching of literacy or numeracy. o ...As documented by one or more of the following: College or university credit o in the your endorsement area(s) only Educational travel, (with do cumentation, on o the CDE approved travel form and supervisor verification) Involvement in school reform, e.g.: o § curriculum/standards/literacy - numeracy/assessment development/implementation, in the your endorsement content area(s) or § accountability committee membership (representing your endorsement content area(s) Documented professional development - related to your current endorsement area(s), o potential endorsement area(s), literacy, or numeracy, including, but not limited to: § Attendance/presentation at content - related professional conferences § Membership on content - related National/Statewide educational task forces/Boards § Content - related professional research/publication § Supervision of student teachers or interns § Mentorships § Pursuit of National Educator Certification Documented and effective use of assessments in planning for instructional delivery o In - service offered by a Colorado school district or BOCES - o 42

Performance-Based Standards for Colorado Teachers Knowledge of: • Literacy • Mathematics • Standards and Assessment • Content • Classroom and Instructional Management • Individualization of Instruction • Technology • Democracy, Educational Governance and Careers in Teaching 43

Career and Technical Education • CDE is now evaluating for the CTE credential and the CTE License • Application can be downloaded from our website at http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprof/cte.htm • CTE credential holders must renew their credential through CDE. • Questions about CTE can be sent to cte@cde.state.co.us • One evaluation fee now required to apply for CTE credential and CTE License • CTE credential endorsements have been added to valid teaching licenses if the credential and license type matched 44

All credentials have been added to the Licensing database via a merge project • CTE teachers can check their licensing/credential history at https://forms.cde.state.co.us/pes/DOBSearch.jsp (xx tab xx tab xxxx) (month, day, year) • Standard credential can only be added to a 5-year Professional teaching license • Initial credential cannot be added to an Initial teaching license because the renewal requirements are different. An Initial CTE License will be issued • Once CTE course requirements have been met the CTE endorsements will be added to a 5-year A8PF or a PFTL, if applicable Glossary of CTE Terms CTEM – Data merge of standard credential CTE3 – Data merge of initial credential A8PF – Professional 5-year CTE License A8PV – Initial 3-year CTE License Credential – CTE endorsement 45

Guidelines for Adding a CTE Credential to a CDE Teaching/Principal License Valid CDE Teaching LicenseValid CTE CredentialLicense Issued by CDE Professional (PFTL) Standard (5 year) Professional (PFTL) Professional (PFTL) Initial (3 year) Initial CTE Lic (A8PV) Initial (INTL) Standard (5 year) Prof. CTE Lic (A8PF) Initial (INTL) Initial (3 year) Initial CTE Lic (A8PV) Interim Auth (AITN) Standard (5 year) Prof. CTE Lic (A8PF) Interim Auth (AITN) Initial (3 year) Initial CTE Lic (A8PV) No CDE License Standard (5 year) Prof. CTE Lic (A8PF) No CDE License Initial (3 year) Initial CTE Lic (A8PV) No CDE License No credential Submit Initial CTE License application Expired credential Submit CTE Renewal License application Valid Principal or Administrative License Professional Principal (PFPL) CTE Director Prof. Principal (PFPL) Professional Administrator (PFAL) CTE Director Prof. Admin. (PFAL) No CDE Princ/Admin License CTE Director Initial or Professional CTE License http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprof/cte.htm 46

Added Endorsements • Based on Approved Program or Credit and Assessment • Applications can be downloaded from website at: http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprof/Licensure_FirstTimeApp.asp • Transcript Evaluation • CLEP and DANTES 47

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