For information on the options, please visit the College of Education's website: http://ced.ncsu.edu/profed/alternative/
If you have further questions about alternative licensure, please direct them to: alternative_licensure@ncsu.edu

All Alternative Licensure is handled through NC Teach.

LATERAL ENTRY

Contact person: Meghan Landwehr, Admissions Specialist: megan_landwehr@ncsu.edu
Admission Requirements:
1. Lateral Entry candidates must hold a BA or BS degree with a minimum 2.5 grade point average
2. Lateral Entry candidates must prove content knowledge through a combination of university coursework in French/Spanish and passing scores on PRAXIS II specialty exams. All applicants must submit Praxis II scores with their application.
Application Procedure and Requirements:
NC Teach: http://ced.ncsu.edu/profed/NCTEACH/admissions.php

Applicants with coursework completed outside of the United States, please go to: http://ced.ncsu.edu/profed/alternative/international.php for information on international transcripts.
Following a favorable review of all materials, eligible applicants will be contacted for an interview by a representative of NC TEACH

Coursework
Eighteen(18) hours of coursework in professional education are required.

• ECI 471 Educational Implications of Learning and Developmental Theory (3 cr.)
  (plus supplementary module in child development)
• ECI 472  Interaction of Classroom Management and Instruction (3 cr.)
• ECI 473 Foreign Language Methods K-12 (3 cr.)
• ECI 474 and ECI 476 Super Saturday Seminars (on selected topics) (6 hrs.)
• ECI 496Y Practicum in Education (3 cr.)
• Teaching portfolio