Teaching Postsecondary Permit
First Time Applicant
Who Applies?
- A Postsecondary Teaching Permit is for individuals who are hired to teach college courses to high school students where both high school and college credit is earned by the student. If you already hold a current regular teaching or administrative certificate with a qualifying endorsement, you do not need a Postsecondary Teaching Permit.
Where is it valid?
- A Postsecondary Teaching Permit is valid at the college that is requesting the permit.
When does it expire?
- A Postsecondary Teaching Permit is a 3-year permit and expires September 30th in the third year following the year of issuance.
What are the requirements?
- An application and fee in the TEACH system (Please note that registration for TEACH is required first; then an application can be submitted.)
- Fingerprints (required only if someone has lived outside of Nebraska in the past five years and has never held a NE certificate or permit.
- Submit a Postsecondary Permit Employment Verification form that has been filled out by the college you will be teaching at.
- Have official transcripts sent from your institution to nde.tcertweb@nebraska.gov.
- Applicants must meet the Nebraska Human Relations Training Requirement.
Renewals
To renew a Postsecondary Teaching Permit, you will need to submit:
- Application and fee through TEACH
- Updated Postsecondary Permit Employment Verification form
FAQs
I accidently applied for the wrong certificate but it won’t let me change it. How do I fix this?
- If you reach out to our office at nde.tcertweb@nebraska.gov and let us know, we can change over your application.
What is the Human Relations Training Requirement?
- The Human Relations Training Requirement (HRT) is a requirement for all certificate and permit holders in Nebraska based on state statute 79-807. If you attended a Nebraska institution for a complete program, this course should have been covered in your program and we use your IV form from your institution to verify this. If you are completing a program out-of-state, we look for a course that covers diversity or multi-culturalism in the classroom.
What if I don’t have the HRT requirement completed before my job starts?
- Your hiring institution may request a conditional permit that would give you 6-months to complete the HRT requirement.
When is a Postsecondary Permit needed?
- Applicants need a postsecondary permit when they are teaching courses offered by a Nebraska postsecondary educational entity that have been approved for high school credit in a Nebraska School System (previously referred to as dual enrollment).
If I already hold a regular teaching certificate, is a postsecondary permit required?
- No as long as you are teaching the postsecondary level courses in your endorsed content area, you do not need to hold a postsecondary permit. You may also use this experience to renew as long as you have taught postsecondary courses in your endorsed content area.
Do I need to hold a postsecondary permit to be an adjunct professor?
- You only need to hold a postsecondary permit if you are teaching courses that would fall under a dual-enrollment category. If you are teaching courses to just college aged students, you do not need to hold a postsecondary permit through our office.
What training or degrees are required?
- The training or degrees that are required for this permit would be dependent on what endorsement you are looking to qualify for. We take the recommendation from the institution that has hired you that your education/experience qualifies you for the endorsement they are asking you to teach.