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    • Office of Educator Licensure

    Teacher Fields and Grade Levels

    Teacher Licenses by FieldsGrade Levels
    Biology8–12
    Business5–12
    Chemistry8–12
    DanceAll
    Digital Literacy/Computer Science5–12
    Early ChildhoodPreK–2
    Earth and Space Science8–12
    Elementary1–6
    English5–12
    English as a Second Language (ESL)PreK–6; 5–12
    Foreign Language*PreK–6; 5–12
    General Science1–6; 5–8
    Health/Family and Consumer ScienceAll
    History1–6; 5–12
    Latin and Classical Humanities5–12
    LibraryAll
    Mathematics1–6; 5–8; 8–12
    Middle School: Humanities5–8
    Middle School: Mathematics/Science5–8
    Music: Vocal/Instrumental/GeneralAll
    Physical EducationPreK–8, 5–12
    Physics8–12
    Social Science5–12
    SpeechAll
    Teacher of Students with Moderate DisabilitiesPreK–8; 5–12
    Teacher of Students with Severe DisabilitiesAll
    Teacher of the Deaf and Hard-of-HearingAll
    Teacher of the Visually ImpairedAll
    Technology/Engineering5–12
    TheatreAll
    Visual ArtsPre–8; 5–12

    *Educators applying for a foreign language license must specify a particular role.  Please use our Licensure Requirements tool to view available roles for these licenses.

    Last Updated: July 17, 2018

     
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