Licensing Information

Endorsements and Levels

Teaching
Early Childhood Unified, Birth-K
Elementary, K-6
Middle Level, 5-8
Secondary, 6-12
PK-12

School Specialist (requires Professional Teaching License)
Reading Specialist, PK-12
School Counselor, PK-12

School Leadership (requires Professional Teaching License)
Building Leadership, PK-12
District Leadership, PK-12

License Applications

Initial License
The first Kansas license

One Year Non-Renewable License
Available to people who have met all licensing requirements except the tests

Substitute License
Available to people who have completed a teacher education program, but do not have the other licensing requirements met

Emergency Substitute License
Allows people with 60 hours of college credit to be hired to substitute in a school

Adding Endorsements
Qualifies you to teach more than one subject

Provisional License
Available to licensed teachers who have part of additional endorsement completed

Professional License
A second level license that is maintained through professional development

Renewing your License
Application available on KSDE website