

North Carolina Teacher Licensure
Admission
Requirements

Getting Started
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Below are the requirements for acceptance into the iteach Residency Licensure program in North Carolina.

Requirements for Program Admission
Bachelor’s Degree
You must hold a bachelor’s degree from a regionally or nationally accredited college or university.
Transcripts
2.7 GPA
Identify your Licensure Area
Coursework
Agreement
Acknowledge your Letter of Agreement.
Fees
Apply. Train. Teach.
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Teach the Subject You Want
You can get licensed in any of the content areas that iteach is approved to offer in North Carolina. To earn your Residency License, you must either have completed 24 semester hours of coursework in the requested licensure area or have passed the content area examination(s) required by the N.C. State Board of Education for the requested licensure area. See the North Carolina State Board of Education Approved Testing Requirements for more information.
All content examination(s) and the edTPA must be attempted by the end of the first year of Residency Licensure and passed by the expiration of the second renewal of the Residency License.
We know testing can be stressful, but we have been there and are here to help! You will receive a voucher for 90-days access to a test preparation course from Passage PreparationTM upon enrollment with iteach.
North Carolina Teacher
Licensure Areas
Elementary Education (K-6)
Middle Grades Language Arts (6-9)
Middle Grades Mathematics (6-9)
Middle Grades Science (6-9)
Middle Grades Social Studies (6-9)
Anthropology (9-12)
Bible (9-12)
Chemistry (9-12)
Earth Science (9-12)
Economics (9-12)
English (9-12)
Geography (9-12)
History (9-12)
Mathematics (9-12)
Physics (9-12)
Science (9-12)
Social Studies (9-12)
Sociology (9-12)
Art (K-12)
Dance (K-12)
English as a Second Language (K-12)
Heath and Physical Education (K-12)
Heath Specialist (K-12)
Music (K-12)
Physical Education (K-12)
Reading (K-12)
Speech Communication (K-12)
Theater Arts (K-12)
American Sign Language (K-12)
Arabic (K-12)
Cherokee (K-12)
Chinese (K-12)
French (K-12)
German (K-12)
Greek, Ancient (K-12)
Greek, Modern (K-12)
Hebrew (K-12)
Hindi (K-12)
Italian (K-12)
Japanese (K-12)
Korean (K-12)
Latin (K-12)
Portuguese (K-12)
Russian (K-12)
Spanish (K-12)
Academically or Intellectually Gifted (K-12) (add-on licensure only)
Cross-Categorical (mildly/moderately disabled) (K-12)
Exceptional Children: General Curriculum (K-12)
Swahili (K-12)
Turkish (K-12)
Agricultural Education (6-12)
Business Education (6-12)
Family & Consumer Sciences (6-12)
Health Sciences Education (6-12)
Marketing Education (6-12)
Technology Education (6-12)
Trade & Industrial Education (6-12)
Outside of United States
Graduate Requirements
Graduates from a university outside the United States or its territories will need to provide to iteach an original foreign credential review completed by an international education evaluation service that is a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc.
The credential evaluation submitted to iteach must include the following information:
- Verification that one holds the equivalent of a bachelor’s degree granted by an accredited institution of higher education in the United States, including the month, day, and year that the degree was conferred
- U.S. equivalency for each credential
- Course-by-course analysis
- Cumulative GPA of credit hours