Educator Licensing - Business Information Technology

Business Information Technology
Endorsement/SAEP Application - PDF

Note: Please complete interactive PDF form electronically.  Once completed, print and send in form as outlined in application instructions.

Minimum Endorsement Requirements

• Existing Secondary Education License, and
• Transcripts showing twenty-one (21) semester credits completed from the required and/or elective course lists. See below.

Minimum SAEP Requirements

• Existing Secondary Education License, and
• An assignment that requires the requested endorsement, and
• Transcripts showing a minimum of nine (9) semester hours of completed course work related to the requested endorsement, and
• A plan submitted to and approved by the state specialist outlining all requirements and when/where they will be (or have been) fulfilled.

Required Courses

• Computer Information Literacy (CIL) class or exam - 3 credits
• Keyboarding Class or Exam – 35 wpm - 1 credit
• Word Processing - beyond CIL - 1 credit
• Spreadsheets - beyond CIL - 1 credit
• Database - beyond CIL - 1 credit
• Multimedia/Graphics Applications - 3 credits
• Web Page Design - 3 credits

Elective Courses

• Information Technology
• PC Hardware and Software
• Operating Systems Windows Applications
• Network Administration/LAN Management
• Other courses may qualify but require pre-approval by the USOE business education specialist

The Business Information Technology Endorsement allows an educator to teach the following courses:

• Administrative Procedures
• Business Web Page Design
• Advanced Business Web Page Design
• Computer Technology
• Computers in Business
• Desktop Publishing I and II
• Electronic Spreadsheets and Databases
• CTE Introduction - Business
• Word Processing - Basics
• Word Processing

Updated March 24, 2009