Licensure+Requirements+in+NC

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR'S LICENSE QUALIFICATIONS

 * **Standard Professional 1 (SP1) Professional Educator's Licenses** are intended for teachers with 0-2 years of teaching experience, and are valid for three years. To be issued a SP1 Professional Educator's License, an individual must have:
 * completed a state approved teacher education program from a regionally accredited college or university, or
 * completed another state's approved alternative route to licensure, met the federal requirements to be designated as "Highly Qualified," and earned a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college.
 * **Standard Professional 2 (SP2) Professional Educator's Licenses** are intended for teachers with 3 or more years of teaching experience, and are valid for five years. Teachers who are fully licensed and "Highly Qualified" in another state who have three or more years of teaching experience in another state AND who meet NC's Praxis testing requirements OR have National Board Certification are issued the SP2 Professional Educator's license.
 * ** Lateral Entry Teachers in North Carolina ** ([|pdf, 31kb])

HOW CAN I CONTACT THE LICENSURE SECTION?

 * In HPS:** Tracy Sigmon, sigmontr@hickoryschools.net

> NC Department of Public Instruction > Licensure Section > 6365 Mail Service Center > Raleigh NC 27699-6365 > Two phone numbers are available for inquiries Monday through Friday from 8 am to 5 pm Eastern Standard Time: > 1.919.807.3310 outside of North Carolina and > 1.800.577.7994 within North Carolina. > asklicensure@dpi.nc.gov > > >
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