CDE License & Highly Qualified

Applicants:

All substitute teachers must hold a Colorado Department of Education license (CDE).

• New One-Year Substitute Licenses are no longer accepted.
• Effective 1/1/2013, all new certified substitutes that hold a 3-year substitute license will be required to take two online courses through STEDI.org.

1. One course will be required prior to the first assignment.
2. The other course will be required to advance to the higher daily substitute rate ($114.00).

This training plan will be enforced for all new substitute teachers, hired after 1/1/2013 that have not completed a teacher preparation program (3-year substitute license).

Substitute Teacher License Renewal Information for Current Employees:

CDE E-License Applications for the One-Year, Three-Year, and Five-Year Substitute Licenses, Initial License, and Professional License are available on the Colorado Department of Education Website:

http://www.cde.state.co.us/index_license.htm

CDE Application Checklist

To check on the status of your license click on the following link:
https://www.colorado.gov/cde/licensing/Lookup/LicenseLookup.aspx

No Child Left Behind (NCLB)/Highly Qualified (HQ) Information:

• An Endorsement on Colorado license (District Recommended), or
• A passing score on an accepted PLACE/PRAXIS II exam in the desired content area, or
• 24 semester hours from an accredited college and/or university in the desired content area (Qualifying hours to be determined by District)

• English, Reading, Language Arts
• Mathematics
• Science
• Foreign Language (French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Russian, Spanish)
• Arts (Visual Arts, Music, Drama)
• Social Studies (Civics, Government, History, Geography, Economics)

• Allow 5-10 days for the review process
• You will receive an email with your results
• If you are highly qualified, your name will be added to the district HQ database and your principal will be notified