Human Resources

The new Online Licensure Portal for the New Mexico Public Education Department is now available.

You can apply, pay and track your application status online.

The first time you access the portal, click “Register” to create your account.

Visit the NMPED Online Licensure Portal to get started.

Licensure Application Portal Quick Start User Guide (PDF)

RRPS Directions for Elicensure Portal

NMPED Dossier Webpage

Initial Licensure

• Licensure Pathways and Requirements

    

• Grow Your Own Teachers Program

Continuing Licensure Superintendent Forms

• Superintendent's Recommendation Form for Teachers

• Superintendent Recommendation Form for Instructional (Ancillary) Support Providers

• Superintendent's Recommendation Form for Support Providers (Coaches, Educational Assistants, Health Assistants, Substitute Teachers)

New Mexico Public Education Department

The NMPED's Professional Licensure Bureau determines qualifications for and issues licenses to:

• Teachers

• Administrators

• Other instructional personnel

They also provide technical assistance to individuals seeking licensure and to local school officials who must hire licensed staff.
Go to their site for information on some of the following popular topics, as well as many other resources:

PED Licensure Website

• PED Name Change Request

• Online License Lookup

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Current Educator Testing Requirements:

BIRTH TO PRE-K EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

• Pre-Kindergarten Education (Birth to Pre K)

PRE-K TO GRADE 3 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

• Education of Young Children (Pre K to Grade 3; age 3 to age 8)

ELEMENTARY, K-8

• Principles of Learning and Teaching: Grades K-6;

  • Elementary Education: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

  • Teaching Reading: Elementary

MIDDLE LEVEL 5-9

• Principles of Learning and Teaching: Grades K-6; or

  • Principles of Learning and Teaching: Grades 7-12;

  • One of the Content Assessments for the First Endorsement on the License

SECONDARY EDUCATION

• Principles of Learning and Teaching: Grades 7-12;

  • One of the Content Assessments for the First Endorsement on the License

SPECIAL EDUCATION, PRE K-12

• Principles of Learning and Teaching: Grades K-6; or

  • Principles of Learning and Teaching: Grades 7-12;

  • Special Education: Core Knowledge and Applications

SPECIALTY GRADES PRE K-12

• Principles of Learning and Teaching: Grades K-6; or

  • Principles of Learning and Teaching: Grades 7-12;

  • One of the Content Assessments for the First Endorsement on the License

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATOR: PRE K-12

• Educational Leadership: Administration and Supervision

EDUCATIONAL DIAGNOSTICIAN: PRE K-12

• School Psychologist 

SCHOOL COUNSELOR: PRE K-12

• Professional School Counselor