Western Carolina University

To apply for your initial or “A” level license upon completion of your Lateral Entry Licensure-Only Program, Middle Grades Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Track/Phase 1 of your MAT, or your entire MAT degree program, please complete and submit the following to the CEAP licensure specialist:

Forms

• Form A - Application for a North Carolina License.  Must include handwritten signature. 
• Form V - Verification by Institution. Complete only top three lines.
• LEA/IHE Certification of Teaching Capacity (CTC) - As of fall 2011, the CTC replaces "Form S" and is completed at the end of Student Teaching/Internship by student, cooperating teacher, university supervisor, principal, and academic supervisor, if applicable.  The original document is to be submitted to the Office of Field Experience. Your license application cannot be sent to the Department of Public Instruction without this document.
• Limited use of Form S - Student Teaching/Internship Performance. To be used only by those students who completed Student Teaching/Internship prior to summer 2011.  Complete top and middle portions of the form. Have your cooperating teacher check the appropriate box for student’s performance and sign as LEA supervisor and have your principal sign as the superintendent or designee.  B-K majors should have the licensed teacher who evaluated your teacher work sample or your cooperating teacher sign as LEA supervisor and your internship facility director or your principal sign as superintendent or designee.
• If you are a lateral entry teacher and are substituting paid teaching (one year of fulltime teaching in the area of licensure) for student teaching, the LEA/IHE Certification of Teaching Capacity (CTC) is replaced by your principal submitting our CEAP Verification of Teaching Experience form and your satisfactory summative evaluation instrument from your school demonstrating your proficiency in the NC Professional Teaching Standards.  Note that if you are using paid teaching experience instead of participating in a semester long student teaching or internship placement, the teaching needs to be within the three (3) year period prior to when you apply for licensure.  Contact the CEAP licensure specialist if you are unsure if this option applies to you.
• A DPI processing fee is also required in order to submit your application packet, see Payments and Mailing Instructions.

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Supporting Material 

• Test Scores – Attach copy of qualifying Praxis II score(s), if applicable.  Praxis testing and registration information can be found through Educational Testing Service.  Contact the CEAP licensure specialist if you have questions.  
• Form E - DPI Verification of Teaching Experience forms—both professional educator and teaching assistant—can be completed if you have prior K-12 experience, one for each former employer. If applicable, mail this form along with license application materials to the CEAP licensure specialist to avoid additional DPI licensing fees.

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Payment 

• Payments and Mailing Instructions