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The Restricted Teaching License nontraditional pathway is intended to respond to school districts’ needs in hiring qualified licensed teachers. It is designed to recruit mid-career professionals who hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree, or hold a degree and have completed equivalent coursework in a content area they want to teach in.
Heritage language speakers with a bachelor’s degree or higher can also utilize the Restricted License to teach their native languages.
This pathway provides an opportunity for these individuals to have immediate access to start teaching under a Restricted License while completing professional education pedagogy coursework to become fully licensed.
*The Restricted License Pathway is only available for secondary content areas and limited numbers of all level subjects.
Monday through Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
KSDE Attention: Teacher Licensure 900 S.W. Jackson Street, Suite 106 Topeka, KS 66612-1212
TLALicense@ksde.gov (785) 296-2288
The Kansas State Department of Education does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities. (more information...)
To accommodate people with disabilities, on request, auxiliary aides and services will be provided and reasonable modifications to policies and programs will be made. To request accommodations or for more information please contact the Office of General Counsel at gc@ksde.gov or by 785-296-3201.