• Adding Teaching Areas to Existing Teacher License

    A clear teaching license is either a continuing professional license (CPL) or an initial professional license (IPL) with coursework requirements completed. A teaching license may not be added to any of the following license types: Permit to Teach, Emergency, Limited, Provisional, Residency, CTE-Restricted (except as allowed by the CTE Licensure Manual), or International Faculty. A teaching license may not be added to an instructional support license or an administrative license unless the licensee also holds an IPL or CPL in a teaching area. Applications to add an additional area to a clear license require a non-refundable $60 application processing fee.

    Individuals who hold a clear teaching license in one area can add an additional teaching area to the license through one of the following options:

    • completing an NCSBE-approved Educator Preparation Program in the additional area, or;

    • satisfying NCSBE-required exams for the additional area, or;

    • completing 24 semester hours in the subject area with a grade of C or better in each course, or;

    • earning a rating of at least “Advanced Low” proficiency on the ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Oral Proficiency Test, and, if available, the Writing Proficiency Test, or, if the language is American Sign Language (ASL), by earning a rating of at least “Advanced” proficiency on The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) Sign Language Proficiency Interview (SLPI) (World Languages content areas only).


    NOTE: For a teaching area that does not have a NCSBE-required exam, the individual must complete one of the above options to add-on the additional teaching area to the clear teaching license.

    Please contact the PCS Licensure Specialist who is assigned to your location for assistance with adding an area to your license.

    Celonda Cox
    HR Certified Specialist
    Central Office, Administrators, Other Positions
    (252) 830-4214

    Elizabeth Roberson
    HR Certified Specialist
    Middle Schools and High Schools
    (252) 830-4279

    Tinisha Banks
    HR Certified Specialist
    Sadie Saulter (PreK and special programs), K-5 and K-8 Schools
    (252) 830-4263