Addition of new endorsement

New endorsements added to a license are given the same expiration date as the license, even if this is for less than 3 years. Please contact your employer to determine the professional development required to renew the new endorsement.

Addition of new endorsement after recommendation

We discourage educators from adding a new endorsement to a license immediately after a recommendation for renewal has been received. You should wait until after application/payment/issuance has happened for the renewal before applying for a new endorsement. This will align the new endorsement expiration date with the new license expiration date.

If you apply for a new endorsement after recommendation for renewal, but before renewing the license, the newly issued endorsement will not be renewed upon renewal application/payment/issuance and you will need to submit a Help Desk request to have this resolved in the system by our staff.

Non-Rewal (Dropping) of an endorsement

Please contact your employer to discuss any endorsements for which you no longer wish to provide professional development.

An example of this would be if you held Elementary Education K-6 and have upgraded to Elementary Education K-8. Because the Elementary Education K-8 covers the range of the Elementary Education K-6 endorsement, professional development for Elementary Education K-6 is no longer needed and the endorsement could be dropped. Your employer would refrain from recommending you for Elementary Education K-6 and the endorsement would expire. Your renewed license would only include Elementary Education K-8.