Adding Additional Teaching Area to Current Licensure
The below instructions are for adding the following to an existing Arkansas teaching license:
- Reading Specialist K-12
- Dyslexia K-12
- Gifted and Talented K-12
- Guidance and Counseling
- Special Education K-12
Required Items
Online Application
- Log-on at 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, will review for confirmation of recommendation from Dr. Audrey Bowser, the Professional Licensure Officer. This review process could take from 1-5 days, depending on the licensure workload.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding licensure, please call toll free 866-881-3168 and ask for Professional Education Programs, or directly at 870-972-2099.
Sara Woolard
Educator Licensure Specialist
swoolard@AState.edu
870-972-2099
Dr. Audrey Bowser
Professional Licensure Officer
abowser@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.