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Applying for a License or Authorization

eLicensure Overview

You will follow the same five steps shown below to apply for an initial license, renewal, or authorization.

 

 

Preparing for eLicensure

Review the application types below to find the one that's right for you. Then, click the associated link to bring up a checklist of everything you'll need to do prior to applying online.

Important note: Please do not attempt to start an online application until you've reviewed the checklist associated with the license or authorization you are seeking. All online applications require that you obtain and upload items such as transcripts, worksheets, and/or signed documents. You won't be able to complete your application without these.

Select one of the links below to get the checklist that's right for your needs:

  Applying for an initial license

Select one of the links below if you've never held a license in Colorado, and you've completed an approved educator preparation program in one of these areas:

  • Teacher
  • Special services
  • Principal
  • Administrator or director of special education

  Renewing a license

This is for applicants who are renewing a current or expired Colorado educator license.

  Applying for a substitute authorization

This is for applicants who serve as a day-to-day substitute teacher in any Colorado school district.

  Applying for an alternative license

This is for applicants who hold a bachelor’s degree or higher and want to prepare to be a teacher or principal but have not completed an approved preparation program.

  Applying for an initial to professional license

This is for applicants who hold a Colorado Initial license and have completed the requirements for a professional license.

  Appying for an added endorsement

This is for applicants seeking a second or subsequent endorsement to their current Colorado educator license.

 Applying for a Career & Technical Education (CTE) authorization

This is for applicants who meet the educational and occupational qualifications to teach in an approved Career and Technical Education program.

  Applying for additional authorizations

This is for applicants who have not yet met the requirements for a Colorado Initial Educator License but provide specialized academic content or are enrolled in an approved educator preparation program.

 

 


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