Pathways to Teaching

Find the best way to earn your teaching license.

• Overview: NM's Licensure Pathways Matrix
• Bachelor Degree Programs
  One way to earn a license is to complete a bachelor's degree in an approved teacher preparation program.
• Bachelor's degree or higher but no teacher prep?
  If you already have a bachelor's degree or higher, you can earn your license through a post-baccalaureate licensure program or by preparing a portfolio and teach now on an intern license.
• Licensed elsewhere?
  If you have a teaching license from another state or another country, you can teach apply for a NM teaching license under reciprocity and teach now.
• In a trade or vocation?
  Learn about New Mexico's requirements to obtain a New Mexico teaching license to teach in vocational education. Note: the New Mexico Teacher Assessments are not required for this license.
• About NM Transition to Teaching
  If you have your bachelors, or higher, and have experiences you believe have prepared you to be an effective teacher, you may earn your NM teaching license through the New Mexico Statewide Transistion to Teaching Program (T2T).

NM Teacher Assessments

• Passage Rates by Teacher Preparation Institution from 1999–2007

Recruitment links

• New Mexico Regional Education Applicant and Placement Program (NMREAP.net)
  New Mexico's online application and job bank for teaching. Districts post available positions; applicants need only to complete one application to apply in multiple districts.