Admissions Requirements & Tuition

• Proof of Fingerprint Background Check by state agency
  • Create your lifetime Colorado Online Licensing (COOL) account through CDE: https://cool.randasolutions.com/Account/Logi
  • Schedule your fingerprinting appointment with one of CBI’s approved fingerprinting vendors
    • IdentoGo service code: 25YQZV (most commonly used vendor)
      • For either Colorado or Out-of-State
      • For Colorado residents, choose the Digital Printing, NOT the mail-in card.
      • For out-of-state applicants, choose the mail-in card
    • American Biodentity Inc./Colorado Fingerprinting service code: 6188EPPI
• Proof of Fingerprint Background check can also be documented by submitting a copy of a current Substitute Teaching License
• Payment of university application fee
• Official transcript of conferred bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university showing recommended 3.0 GPA or higher
• Two prompt-based essays
• Proof of knowledge of the content area by one of the following**
  • Passing a Praxis Subject Assessment (Special Ed. and Elementary Ed must pass the Elementary Praxis – Three Subject Bundle #5901)
  • A conferred degree in relevant content area
  • A content evaluation of 24 semester hours of transcripted college coursework
• Two professional letters of recommendation

**Please note that CDE requires its own content area check for licensing upon completion of the licensing program in May.

Additional Requirements for Alternative Teacher Licensure Candidates

• Secure a full-time teaching position in your endorsement area and submit your employment contract with your application.
• Submit a Statement of Assurance to CDE after being admitted.

• Proof of Fingerprint Background Check by state agency
  • Create your lifetime Colorado Online Licensing (COOL) account through CDE: https://cool.randasolutions.com/Account/Logi
  • Schedule your fingerprinting appointment with one of CBI’s approved fingerprinting vendors
    • IdentoGo service code: 25YQZV (most commonly used vendor)
      • For either Colorado or Out-of-State
      • For Colorado residents, choose the Digital Printing, NOT the mail-in card.
      • For out-of-state applicants, choose the mail-in card
    • American Biodentity Inc./Colorado Fingerprinting service code: 6188EPPI
• Proof of Fingerprint Background check can also be documented by submitting a copy of a current Substitute Teaching License
• Payment of university application fee
• Official transcript of conferred bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university showing recommended 3.0 GPA or higher
• Two prompt-based essays
• Proof of knowledge of the content area by one of the following**
  • Passing a Praxis Subject Assessment (Special Ed. and Elementary Ed must pass the Elementary Praxis – Three Subject Bundle #5901)
  • A conferred degree in relevant content area
  • A content evaluation of 24 semester hours of transcripted college coursework
• Two professional letters of recommendation

**Please note that CDE requires its own content area check for licensing upon completion of the licensing program in May.

Additional Requirements for Alternative Teacher Licensure Candidates

• Secure a full-time teaching position in your endorsement area and submit your employment contract with your application.
• Submit a Statement of Assurance to CDE after being admitted.

• Proof of fingerprint clearance and background check by state agency
• Two professional letters of recommendation
• Letter from principal or HR office confirming employment as licensed teacher or counselor for two years upon starting the program
• Payment of university application fee
• Official transcript of conferred bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university showing recommended 3.0 cumulative GPA or higher
• Two prompt-based essays
• Statement of mentor principal support

• Copy of current teaching license
• Two professional letters of recommendation
• Professional Resume
• Two prompt-based essays
• Payment of university application fee
• Official transcript of conferred bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university showing recommended 3.0 cumulative GPA or higher

To be successful in coursework in this emphasis, you should be a practicing teacher working in your own classroom while pursuing the program.