Educator Licensing

Adding an Endorsement to a Valid Teacher or Special Services Provider License

Educators seeking to add a second or subsequent endorsement area to their valid Colorado Teacher or Special Services Provider Licenses may do so by completing a state-approved program at an accepted, regionally accredited college or university and passing the associated content exam; by completing at least 24 hours of relevant college coursework (as determined by transcript review); or by passing the appropriate Colorado State Board of Education-approved content exam. Please see the chart below for specifics pertaining to each endorsement area. Additional information and worksheets (if required for application) for individual content areas can be found via the hyperlinks. Please note that these are not the applications, to apply click the the button at the bottom of the page.

For a list of the state-approved programs offered at Colorado colleges and universities, please see Approved Educator Preparation Programs.

• Endorsements for Teaching Licenses
• Endorsements for Special Services Provider Licenses

 

 

 The Following is a list of Endorsement Worksheets for Teaching Licenses

Content/Endorsement Area Worksheet (if available)	Approved Program and Content Exam	Credit*	Assessment
Agriculture & Renewable Natural Resource Education	¢	¢	¢
Art	¢	¢	¢
Business	¢	¢	¢
Business/Marketing Education	¢	¢	¢
Culturally & Linguistically Diverse**  (no content exam)	¢	¢
Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Bilingual (K12)**  (Not presently available)	--	--	--
Drama	¢	¢	¢
Early Childhood Education	¢	¢	¢
Early Childhood Special Education (Birth-8)	¢
Early Childhood Special Education Specialist  (Birth-8)	¢
Elementary Education	¢		¢
English Language Arts	¢	¢	¢
Family & Consumer Studies	¢	¢	¢
French	¢	¢	¢
German	¢	¢	¢
Gifted and Talented Specialist	¢	¢	¢
Health Education	¢	¢	¢
Instructional Technology Teacher with Instructions  and corresponding Worksheet and  Work Experience Worksheet	¢	¢	¢
Instructional Technology Specialist**	¢
Italian	¢	¢	¢
Japanese	¢	¢	¢
Latin	¢	¢	¢
Linguistically Diverse Education  (for students enrolled through Fall 2012 only)	¢	¢	¢
Linguistically Diverse Education-Bilingual  (for students enrolled through Fall 2012 only)	¢	¢	¢
Content/Endorsement Area	Approved Program and Content Exam	Credit*	Assessment
Marketing Education	¢	¢	¢
Mathematics	¢	¢	¢
Music	¢	¢	¢
Physical Education	¢	¢	¢
Reading Teacher**	¢
Reading Specialist**	¢
Russian	¢	¢	¢
School Librarian	¢	¢	¢
Science	¢	¢	¢
Social Studies	¢	¢	¢
Spanish	¢	¢	¢
Special Education Generalist and corresponding  Worksheet	¢	¢	¢
Special Education Specialist (ages 5-21)**	¢
Special Education Specialist:  Visually Impaired (Birth-21)	¢
Special Education Specialist:  Deaf/Hard of Hearing (Birth-21)	¢
Speech	¢	¢	¢
Teacher Librarian (K12)**	¢
Technology Education (Industrial Arts)	¢	¢	¢
Trade and Industrial Education	¢	¢	¢

* Types of credit that may be accepted: college/university; Dantes exams (www.getcollegecredit.com); CLEP exams (www.collegeboard.com/clep); relevant work experience; school/district in-service; and professional development workshops. A maximum of six semester hours of credit may be granted and applied toward the 24 semester hour-requirement for professional development activities. A detailed account of these activities must be submitted with the added endorsement application in order to be considered.
 

** This endorsement cannot be issued as a standalone endorsement. It can only be added to an existing valid license.

 Endorsement Worksheets for Special Services Provider Licenses

Content/Endorsement Area	Approved Program and Content Exam	Credit	Assessment
School Audiologist (SSP Only)	¢
School Counselor (SSP Only)	¢
School Nurse (SSP Only)	¢
School Occupational Therapist (SSP Only)	¢
School Orientation/Mobility Specialist  (SSP only)	¢
School Physical Therapist (SSP Only)	¢
School Psychologist (SSP Only)	¢
School Social Worker (SSP Only)	¢
School Speech Language Pathologist  (SSP Only)	¢

 

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