Current Students
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Praxis registration
To register for the Praxis and to access free materials to help prepare for the test, visit Educational Testing Services.
Teaching Positions
To search for available teaching positions, visit the county websites which are linked on the NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI) website: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/fbs/personnel/contacts/
To submit an application to the counties that you are interested in: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/work4ncschools/employment/application/
For information about Charter Schools in North Carolina: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/charterschools/
If you are hired by a Charter School, please make sure that your school obtains a lateral entry license for you from the NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI).
LATERAL ENTRY
What is the licensing process?
In order to be eligible for lateral entry hire in North Carolina, you must meet the NC Department of Public Instruction's (NC DPI's) eligibility requirements. You will be entering the classroom as a lateral entry teacher and once a school agrees to hire you, the county office will contact NC DPI to get you a Lateral Entry License. Lateral Entry Licenses are good for 3 years. You must complete all of your licensure requirements (education coursework, content coursework, and PRAXIS II tests) by the end of your 3rd year of teaching. When you finish all of your licensure requirements, you will inform NCSU and NCSU will contact DPI to clear your lateral entry license. At this point, you will be awarded a Standard Professional I ("A"-level -- bachelor's level) License (SP I). The SP I license is good for 3 years. These are your "initially-licensed teacher" (ILT) years. Once you have successfully taught for 3 years, your school system can recommend you for a Standard Professional II license (SP II), which is on a 5-year renewal cycle. You do not need to worry about working towards CEUs (credits towards renewal) until you obtain your SP II license.
How do I submit my application for teaching positions?
NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI) Application: To submit an application to the counties that you are interested in: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/employment/application.html
- Be sure to submit your application to several counties.
- You are applying for a licensed position even though you do not currently hold a license. You are, however, eligible to get a Lateral Entry License in the content area that you wrote on your NC TEACH Application. This means that you are considered Highly Qualified (HQ) by DPI and "No Child Left Behind" standards. You will not be able to give specific license information, but you can include that you are HQ for Science (9-12), for example. Put this information on the DPI application where it asks for "areas that you are qualified to teach, but do not hold a license for."
- Also, some counties require Supplemental Applications. These Supplemental Applications will be mailed to you after you submit your application to the counties through DPI's website. On these Supplemental Applications, you will be able write down that you are eligible for a license in: English (9-12) and Language Arts (6-9); Science (9-12) and Science (6-9); Math (9-12) and Math (6-9); Social Studies (9-12) and Social Studies (6-9); French (K-12); Spanish (K-12).
Obtaining A Teaching License
Complete Education Coursework.
ECI 471 – Summer/Spring: Educational Psychology
ECI 472 – Summer/Spring: Subject-Specific Methods
ECI 473 – Fall: Advanced Subject-Specific Methods
ECI 474 – Fall: Super Saturdays
ECI 475 – Spring: Peer Mentoring (Videotaping)
ECI 476 – Spring: Super Saturdays
If you work at a Charter School
Make sure that the charter school gets you a lateral entry license through DPI. If you are at any other public school, your school system will automatically recommend you for a lateral entry license.
Private schools CANNOT recommend teachers for lateral entry licenses. Experience working as a teacher in a private school CANNOT be used to clear a lateral entry license.
Complete Content Coursework (as determined by transcript review).
- If you do not have a degree listed as relevant by DPI for your subject area then you will need to complete these content courses before you can be issued a lateral entry license.
- Content course can be taken through NCSU’s Lifelong Education program (http://www.ncsu.edu/cpss) or at any other accredited college/university/community college.
- If you complete this content coursework at NCSU, please send an email to Alison Winzeler so that we can verify this and check it off your list of courses. In the email, please include your full name and student ID.
- If you complete your coursework through another accredited college/university/community college, please have your final official transcript mailed to:
- Alternative Licensure NCSU Campus Box 7801 Raleigh, NC 27695
Pass the PRAXIS II Test(s).
- For information about which PRAXIS II tests to take, please see: http://ced.ncsu.edu/profed/alternative/praxis_II.php
- When you register for your PRAXIS II tests, have your scores sent to NC State University (Recipient Code: 5496).
Keep your Name, Address, Phone Number, Email, etc. updated in the Pack Tracks system (http://www.ncsu.edu/registrar/) AND in the Alternative Licensure Office (email: alison_winzeler@ncsu.edu).
Email alison_winzeler@ncsu.edu to inform that you have completed the NC TEACH program and are ready to be licensed. We will check your transcripts to make sure that everything is complete and will submit your name to the Office of Professional Education. You will receive an email telling you what paperwork you need to submit.
Attendance Policies
Please refer to the Student Handbook
