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Adding an Additional Endorsement to a Valid License

Applicant Information

There are two routes available for adding an endorsement to a valid Colorado license:

Additional Endorsement Based on Completion of an Approved Program

Educators seeking to add a second or subsequent endorsement area to their Colorado licenses may do so through the completion of a state-approved program offered by an institution of higher education. The college or university provides advisement concerning specific requirements for the new endorsement. The Educator Licensing Office can provide the names of colleges in Colorado approved to offer teaching, special services, principal, and administrative endorsements. The applicant must successfully complete the PLACE® content area assessment in the endorsement being sought or one of the following SBE approved PRAXIS II content area assessments: Elementary Education; English Language, Literature, and Composition; Mathematics; General Science; or Social Studies . Upon completion of the program, the institution provides a recommendation to the Department of Education for the added endorsement.

Additional Endorsement Based On Credit and Assessment

Teachers seeking to add a second or subsequent endorsement to their Colorado teaching license may do so through a combination of academic preparation, experience, and assessment only in the following areas:

Areas Available Through Credit and Assessment
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* Master's degree in library science or school library media required, plus a minimum of one (1) year of classroom teaching experience

The following Two requirements must be met to qualify for the added endorsement being sought:

Academic Credit: Applicant must submit verification of 24 semester hours of relevant content credit from an accepted institution of higher education or the equivalent as determined by the Department of Education through a transcript and professional development credit review.

*College Credit *In-service *Workshops *Relevant Work Experience
*Dantes exams: www.getcollegecredit.com *Clep exams: www.collegeboard.com/clep

Note: Please include a detailed account of contact hours spent in each professional development activity submitted for credit. Fifteen contact hours is equivalent to one semester hours of credit. A maximum of 6 semester hours of credit may be granted for professional development activities. (CDE may grant a maximum of 12 semester hours of work experience credit and/or a maximum of 12 semester hours of credit for a combination of professional development credit, college credit, workshops, in-service, and/or testing) for the Instructional Technology endorsement. (CDE may grant 6 semester hours of work experience, and/or 9 semester hours of professional development, and at least 15 semester hours must be graduate college semester hours for the Gifted and Talented endorsement) and…

Assessment: Applicants must pass a PLACE® exam or PRAXIS II exam in the endorsement area being sought. The PLACE® exam has been approved by the Colorado State Board of Education (CSBE) for all endorsement areas. The only Praxis II exams that have been approved by the CSBE are: Elementary Education (Test 10014), English (Test 10041), Mathematics (Test 10061), Science (Test 10435), and Social Studies (Test 10081). You can register on-line for PLACE exams at www.place.nesinc.com and for Praxis II exams at www.ets.org/praxis/prxaboutII.html.

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