Every Indiana license type,
with the CE hours and cycle behind it.
A curated reference for K-12 educators working in Indiana. Each row shows the required professional development clock hours (and any industry-credit carve-outs), accepted college semester hours, renewal cycle, and the public IDOE Educator Licensing citation that backs the numbers — so a recertification window never opens with a guessing game.
Seeded from public IDOE Educator Licensing guidance — owner-maintained
The rows below are seeded from publicly available Indiana Department of Education educator licensing guidance. The full dataset lives in one editable TypeScript module — src/lib/business/in-license-types.ts — so anyone maintaining the CredenSync educator experience can refresh the numbers, add a new pathway, or update a citation without touching the page itself.
When a number is uncertain, this page shows — rather than guessing. Treat the rows as a starting point: the citation in each row links to the underlying public source, and the linked IDOE Educator Licensing page is the authoritative reference for any individual case.
Each row tells the same five-part story
The library groups Indiana educator license types by pathway so the renewal rules for a CTE instructor read next to the renewal rules for a building-level administrator — instead of getting lost inside a single undifferentiated list.
Indiana license types, grouped by pathway
Each table covers one pathway. Rows are ordered the way the Indiana IDOE lists them in its educator licensing guidance.
Initial
1 license type| License | Hours | Classes | Cycle | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Provisional LicenseEntry-level Indiana license for candidates who have completed an approved EPP but have not yet fulfilled all requirements for the Proficient Practitioner. 2-year, non-renewable; must advance to Proficient Practitioner. | — | — | 2-year cycle | IDOE Educator Licensing |
Standard
2 license types| License | Hours | Classes | Cycle | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Proficient Practitioner LicenseIndiana's standard renewable educator license. Renewal requires 6 semester credit hours of approved coursework OR 90 clock hours of professional development per 5-year cycle, with documentation of continued employment in a licensed role. | 90 hrs | 6 classes | 5-year cycle | IDOE Educator Licensing |
Accomplished Practitioner LicenseIssued to teachers who meet advanced performance criteria or hold National Board certification. Renewal: 6 semester credits or 90 clock hours of PD per 5-year cycle; a leadership or mentoring component is strongly encouraged by IDOE. | 90 hrs | 6 classes | 5-year cycle | IDOE Educator Licensing |
Administrator
2 license types| License | Hours | Classes | Cycle | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Building Level Administrator LicenseCovers principals and assistant principals in Indiana public schools. Renewal: 6 semester credits or 90 clock hours of leadership-focused PD per 5-year cycle, aligned to the Indiana RISE model and the Indiana Principal Effectiveness Rubric. | 90 hrs | 6 classes | 5-year cycle | IDOE Educator Licensing |
District Level Administrator LicenseCovers superintendents and district-level central-office administrators. Renewal: 6 semester credits or 90 clock hours of PD per 5-year cycle with documented district leadership content. | 90 hrs | 6 classes | 5-year cycle | IDOE Educator Licensing |
Career & Technical
1 license type| License | Hours | Classes | Cycle | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CTE LicenseIssued to Career and Technical Education instructors in IDOE-approved program areas. Renewal: 6 semester credits or 90 clock hours per 5-year cycle; industry certification attainment may substitute for up to 30 clock hours. | 90 hrs | 6 classes | 5-year cycle | IDOE Educator Licensing |
Bring this reference into a living recertification record
The CredenSync educator plan keeps your Indiana PD hours, semester hours, and renewal cycle visible in one place — and warns you before a window opens. Start free while you evaluate.