Completing Your Licensure

1. Spring 2019 Completing Your Licensure Charles R Warren, PhD Office of Professional Licensure University of Northern Colorado charles.warren@unco.edu https://www.unco.edu/education-behavioral-sciences/office-professional-licensure/

2. Task List Get organized on the Cloud Retool your Resume and cover letters Attend TED and other job fairs Continue Building Bridges through student teaching Burnish your Brand Review the CDE checklist Resubmit your fingerprints Register in the eLicensing system @ CDE Order your eTranscript @ registrar… maybe Prepare to Apply – forms for the Office of Professional Licensure Student Information Form Approved Program Verification Form Test Scores https://www.unco.edu/education-behavioral-sciences/office-professional-licensure/

3. Get organized on the Cloud Any Platform will do: Google Microsoft Others If you graduate, your Bearmail will stay alive!

4. Retool your Resume and cover letters UNC Career Services – Your coach in the corner! https://www.unco.edu/career/

5. Do your Research! CDE SchoolView – https://www.cde.state.co.us/schoolview CASE – https://www.co-case.org/networking/opening_search.asp Indeed – https://www.indeed.com/q-Teaching-jobs.html LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com SchoolSpring– https://www.schoolspring.com/ Teachers-Teachers – https://www.teachers-teachers.com/ Be Careful For What You Wish!

6. Attend TED and other job fairs UNC – Teacher Employment Days TED Prep March 23, 2019 TED April 4 and 5, 2019 https://www.unco.edu/career/events/teacher-employment-days.aspx CASPA – March 22, 2019 Colorado Springs March 23, 2019 Highlands Ranch, CO https://www.co-case.org/page/2018SpringJobFairs

7. Continue Building Bridges through student teaching Maintain relationships with your colleagues and cooperators Ask the principal to observe you Give your references plenty of time to write your reference letters Don’t let your references become surprises “Would you hire this person?” “When I hire Ms Jones, in what area will I have to coach and support her the most?”

8. Burnish your Brand

9. https://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprof/checklist-initialteacher Review the CDE checklist

10. https://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprof/checklist-initialteacher Register in the eLicensing system @ CDE

11. Resubmit your fingerprints New CDE regulation State Attorney General Determination in Spring 2017 Instructions are on the CDE Checklist Fingerprint Process – all electronic Many CO Locations – Find by Zip Code on the CDE site Can take 6-8 weeks (or it might be really quick!) Do It Now! Instructions at this link: https://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprof/fingerprints

12. In URSA Order your eTranscript @ registrar… maybe Are you graduating? MAT student?

13. Prepare to Apply – forms for OPL@UNC Student Information Form Approved Program Verification Form Test Scores Forms available on: https://www.unco.edu/education-behavioral-sciences/office-professional-licensure/ Send PDFs to Office of Professional Licensure After Graduation! charles.warren@unco.edu eTranscripts should arrive before June12, 2019

14. In Summary – Do this NOW! Re-do your Fingerprints Review the Checklist and Start Collecting Get Organized in the Cloud Ask for Recommendation letters Register on the CDE eLicensing system Order your eTranscripts (?) Review your Social Media https://www.unco.edu/education-behavioral-sciences/office-professional-licensure/

15. Next Steps: • You will get your Initial Endorsement First • Within Three years: • Induction • Additional Coursework • Additional Degrees? • After three years – Professional License https://youtu.be/jrCwKSRfIek Jon.shaw@unco.edu

16. Questions?