The Arkansas Department of Education Professional Teaching Permit (PTP) is a one-year permit issued to an experienced professional to teach one or two classes per semester as teacher-of-record in an Arkansas public school. The permit is issued under the auspices of the Non- Traditional Licensure Program to any active professional in the field related to the teaching/licensure subject area. This one-year permit is issued for licensure content areas in grades 9-12 only. Any candidate who teaches three (3) years with a PTP and applies to the Non-Traditional Licensure Program (NTLP) would be eligible for the NTLP “one-year” track.
To obtain a Professional Teaching Permit a candidate must:
- Hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
- Be offered employment to teach one (1) or no more than two (2) regularly scheduled, for-credit classes in an Arkansas public school
- Submit proof of a minimum of three years of working experience in the content area of the class to be taught
- Submit to the Office of Teacher Quality a complete PTP Application (PDF)
- Submit one (1) letter of justification from the applicant expressing the relevance of the applicants’ credentials to teach the subject in question
- Have two (2) professional letters of recommendation submitted by references to the Office of Teacher Quality
- Pass the appropriate Praxis II Content Knowledge test for the class to be taught
- Pass a non-criminal background check
- Successfully complete forty hours of PTP pedagogy training within the first year of teaching. Reinforcement of pedagogical skills will be scheduled as needed by the ADE Office of Teacher Quality.
Click here to view an informational brochure (PDF) regarding the new Professional Teaching Permit.
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