Alternative License (CAGS)

Colorado Christian University offers an Alternative Teacher License program as authorized by the Colorado Department of Education. This is a one-year program designed for non-licensed teachers who are teaching in a Colorado public, charter, or private school. The candidates in the program receive supervised coaching in the classroom, as well as 15 credit hours of graduate coursework may be applied toward earning a program. The combination of classroom teaching and graduate coursework may lead to an institutional recommendation for an initial teaching license, the standard entry-level license for Colorado Educators. 

The Colorado Department of Education requires that students pursuing teaching licensure in Colorado earn a degree from a regionally accredited college or university and complete an approved educator preparation program.

Requirements for Entrance into the Alternative Licensing Program

• Candidates must have earned a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university.

• Candidates must take and pass the state-approved content exam in the area(s) designated or by transcript verification as outlined in the content evaluation worksheets.

• Candidates must obtain a teaching position in a Colorado private, charter, or public school.

• Click here for CDE’s Alternative licensing application requirements.

Master’s Degree

Upon successful completion of the Alternative Licensing Program, candidates may elect to apply 15 graduate education credits towards a program degree by submitting a Change of Program form.