Non-Traditional Licensure Program
The Non-Traditional Licensure Program (NTLP) is an alternative route to teacher licensure administered by the Arkansas Department of Education. Enrollment in this program allows a candidate with a bachelor’s degree or higher to be employed as a classroom teacher while completing the necessary requirements for an Initial Arkansas Teaching License.
The program is a two-year preparation track which includes:
- assessments
- teaching
- portfolio development
- Summer and monthly Saturday teacher preparation modules.
Candidates must hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, and must have passed the state mandated assessments.
Each NTLP participant (as Teacher of Record in a classroom) is also assigned a Pathwise certified mentor who provides support and focused feedback to improve teacher quality.
Upon successful completion of the program, participants receive an Initial Arkansas teaching license. If Praxis III is successfully completed, participants would receive a Standard Arkansas teaching License.
Further information and an online application can be found at www.TeachArkansas.org.
Professional Teaching Permit
The Arkansas Department
of Education has developed
this program to
enable working professionals to
teach — and get paid for — up
to two class periods a day in
content areas related to their
fields of employment. This opportunity
is for classes offered
in the ninth through 12th grades.
For more information on Non-Traditional Licensure, please contact:
TeachArkansas: Non-Traditional Licensure Office
Arkansas Department of Education
501 Woodlane, Suite 220C
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: 501-682-5535
Fax: 501-682-4382
For more information on the Professional Teaching Permit, please contact:
Barbara Culpepper
Office of Teacher Quality
Arkansas Department of Education
501 Woodlane Street, Suite 220C
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: 501-682-4311 |
