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Credits Required for Licensure Renewal

Grades K-5

  • 3 Subject Area 
  • 3 Literacy
  • 2 General

Student Services Personnel

  • 4 Professional Discipline
  • 4 General

Grades 6-12

  • 4 Subject Area 
  • 4 General

Administrators

  • 4 Executive's Role
  • 4 General

North Carolina Lifetime License

The State Board of Education shall issue a lifetime license, which shall require no renewal, to an individual currently licensed as a professional educator who has met at least one of the following criteria:

  • Completed at least 30 or more years of creditable service with the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System.
  • Completed a combined total of 30 or more years of employment as a licensed teacher, administrator, or student services personnel in one or more public school units in North Carolina.