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Colorado teacher certification lookup

Colorado's public COOL search verifies educator credentials and can show active or expired credentials as well as certain denied or adverse credential actions.

Open the Colorado public educator lookup

Whose certificate are you checking?

The state search opens in a new tab. Come back and choose what the record showed.

Official state source Search stays with the state Checked 2026-08-02

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Colorado Department of Education
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Aug 2, 2026 · next check by Nov 2, 2026

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Before you search

How to find the right Colorado record

  1. 01Search by the educator's first and last name on Colorado's public COOL page.
  2. 02Use the credential number when you know it for a more specific match.
  3. 03Use the credential-status filter only when you need to narrow a broader result.
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What the public record can answer

Colorado Department of Education

  • 01

    Active and expired Colorado educator credentials

  • 02

    Certain denied applications and credentials that were suspended, revoked or annulled

  • 03

    A public result maintained through Colorado's official COOL licensing system

Record timing

A credential can be public after it is issued, expired or subject to a reportable action. A pending application belongs in the educator's private COOL account and may not yet appear as an issued public credential.

If the search comes up empty

Check these before you stop

  • •Check the spelling and try the name used in the educator's COOL profile.
  • •Remove the credential-status filter if it may be excluding the record.
  • •If you are the educator, sign in to COOL to review current and past credentials or a pending application.

Still not sure what you are looking at? Ask us about your Colorado record and we will answer by email within one business day.

Issued certificate vs. pending application

Colorado directs current license holders to their private COOL dashboard for pending applications. The public search verifies credential records; the dashboard is where an applicant sees current application information.

Understand processing timelines

Help with the result you found

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01My certificate did not appearRetry the state search and choose the right next recordOpen 02My application is still pendingFind the private applicant process and what to checkOpen

Official sources

Checked 2026-08-02

Colorado Department of EducationOpen the Colorado public educator lookupColorado Department of EducationCDE Educator Credential Search

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