Initial Licensure

Before you apply

Before you receive a teaching license, you will need to fulfill the following requirements:

• Complete your teacher education program (including student teaching).
• Take licensing exams for your selected content area(s) and have the results reported to Indiana University Southeast.
• Take a developmental pedagogy area test and content area test(s).
• Earn your CPR/AED/Heimlich certification.
• Complete Suicide Prevention Training.

PRAXIS test

Indiana requires passing scores on designated subject area competency tests— Praxis-Pedagogy and Content Area Assessment—before granting a teaching license.

Register for the tests online on the ETS website.

How to apply for an Indiana teaching license

When you have met all the requirements, you are ready to submit your online application to the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE):

• Log on to the Indiana LVIS (Licensing Verification and Information System) and create an individual profile.
• Upload your CPR/AED/Heimlich certification.
• Upload proof of Suicide Prevention Training.
• Submit your application. (A fee is required to get credentials evaluated and to apply for a license.)

Applicants for a Kentucky Statement of Eligibility who complete their coursework at an out-of-state institution (including IU Southeast) may be required to acquire a license from that institution's state and provide a copy of that license with their application for the Kentucky license.

To apply for certification, complete the following steps:

1. Log in to the KECS website and follow the prompts in the application wizard to apply for initial certification.
2. Arrange to have official transcripts sent electronically directly from the institution’s third-party transcript provider to KDELicensure@education.ky.gov. (Electronic transcripts are not accepted if printed by or forwarded by the applicant.) Transcripts can also be sent by mail directly from the institution to:
   KDE Certification
   300 Sower Blvd., 5th Floor
   Frankfort, KY 40601
3. Complete the Kentucky PRAXIS test requirements found on the ETS website. If you have tested outside of Kentucky, select the Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board (code 7283) to have ETS electronically submit your scores to our office. Tests taken in Kentucky should automatically be reported to the Education Professional Standards Board.
4. Upload the required documents, including CPR/AED/Heimlich and Suicide Prevention Training certifications. To apply for a Kentucky license, you must complete an Out-of-State Prepared Educator Candidate Recommendation form that must be signed off by the College or University Licensing Advisor.
5. Submit the application. (A fee is required to submit the application.)