Core application evidence
Requirement
NDTeach review uses the valid source license, source-agency confirmation, official transcripts, standardized score reports, mandated-reporter training and a successful background check.
Which application this evidence supports
North Dakota offers an Other State Educator License to a valid source-license holder who completed accredited preparation with student teaching, and a separate time-limited reciprocal route when no source license is held.
What can change this answer
A valid current source license plus an accredited transcripted program with student teaching supports the OSEL and recognition of the source program and tests; without a valid source license, the two-year Out-of-State Reciprocal License allows up to three additional renewal years to meet North Dakota standards.
Conditions to resolve before sending records
- •The OSEL requires a valid current source license and accredited preparation that included student teaching
- •North Dakota honors the source program and tests for the traditional OSEL branch
- •An out-of-state alternative-certification completer must meet North Dakota Praxis I and Praxis II requirements before OSEL issuance
- •The no-source-license reciprocal route is two years and may renew for three more years while deficiencies are cleared
Send identity documents and background records only where the state agency instructs. TeachPassport does not receive them.
Official sources
Check again by 2026-11-01