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Adding Additional Teaching Area to Current Arkansas Licensure

The instructions below instructions are for addingthose who have a current, standard teaching license in Arkansas, and have completed a degree or certificate in one of the following to an existing Arkansas teaching license:areas:

  • Reading Specialist K-12
  • Dyslexia K-12
  • Gifted and Talented K-12
  • Guidance and Counseling K-12
  • Special Education K-12
  • Adult Education 
  • Speech Language Pathology K-12

Required

Before Items

you begin this process, please make sure you have completed all requirements and have graduated. Your degree date must be posted on your transcript in order to complete licensure.

Online1) ApplicationPraxis Exams

    Be sure to have scores submitted for all Praxis exams to Arkansas State University (Code 6011) and to the Arkansas Department of Education (Code 7031). You won't need to submit a paper copy of your score report unless requested by Mrs. Woolard.

    If you are unsure what Praxis exams are required for your licensure area, please visit the Arkansas Department of Education website.

    2) Apply Online

    • Log-Log on atto the AELS website.
      • Select Add an Area to My License
      • Select By Program of Study
      • Select Arkansas State University under Educator Preparation Program
      • Select the appropriate licensure area from the drop-down menu next to Area to Add and click Add Area
      • Double
      check that the appropriate area is selected
    • Click Continue.

Complete the information requested on the pages that follow.

Transcripts

All official A-State transcripts must be requested and sent electronically from the Registrar’s Office to the Arkansas Department of Education’s Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (ADESE), NOT Arkansas Department of Higher Education. Please be sure you have no holds so that you are able to request a transcript. You will enter the email address for Arkansas Department of Education, ade.educatorlicensure@ade.arkansas.gov, to send it from A-State to ADESE. 

It is the applicant’s responsibility to have transcripts sent to ADESE; not A-State’s.

Be sure to order transcripts AFTER your degree has been posted.  Not doing so will delay your license. Graduation/Certificate date MUST be printed on the transcript.  If there is no date printed on your transcript after the degree conferral date, please contact your advisor to complete a Program of Study form if you were not seeking a degree.

Praxis Score Report

When taking all Praxis exams, be sure to have scores submitted to Arkansas State University (Code 6011) and to the Arkansas Department of Education. You will not submit a paper copy of your score report unless requested to do so.

Visit the Praxis website for more information about Praxis exams >>

Process

Once your application has been submitted, Mrs. Sara Woolard, Educator Licensure Specialist at Arkansas State University,Woolard will review for confirmation of recommendation from Dr. AudreyMary Bowser,Elizabeth Spence, the Professional Licensure Officer.  This review process could take from 1-51 to 14 days, depending on the licensure workload. You will receive an email from Mrs. Woolard if anything is missing to approve your recommendation.

3) Send Official Transcripts to the Arkansas Department of Education

Transcripts can be requested through the National Student Clearinghouse via Banner9 Self-Service or A-State's website.

IfIt is the student's responsibility to request official transcripts.

Sending transcripts before your degree has been conferred will cause a delay in licensure, and you will have to resend a copy. 

AELS Licensure Information

To check the status of your license, go to the Arkansas Department of Education's Licensure website. If your licensure status has not changed from pending to approved after 4 weeks, please reach out to Mrs. Woolard at swoolard@astate.edu.

When this process is complete, you will be able to print your license from your Arkansas Department of Education AELS account with your new licensure area added on.

Questions Regarding Licensure

A downloadable and printable version of these instructions is available for each area:

Reach out to the Office of Professional Education for any questions or concerns regarding licensure,licensure!

please

Address:
Office call toll free 866-881-3168 and ask forof Professional Education
PO Programs,Box or720
State directlyUniversity, atAR 870-972-2099. 72467

Sara Woolard
Educator Licensure Specialist
swoolard@AState.edu
870-972-2099

Dr. AudreyMary BowserElizabeth Spence
Professional Licensure Officer
abowser@AState.mspence@AState.edu
870-972-2099

To check the status of your license, you may visit the Arkansas Department of Education’s Licensure website.  If the licensure area you are requesting to have added is not listed, contact Mrs. Sara Woolard at swoolard@astate.edu or 870-972-2099.

To verify that you can be recommended for licensure in another state, you must be eligible for professional licensure in the state of Arkansas. This certifies completion of an approved preparation program for licensure in a state other than your own.

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