NWI Licensure

Preparing For Your Transition to Teach License

Your Transition to Teach (T2T) license is the two year temporary license that you receive prior to the first day of school (FDOS). Your T2T allows you to hold full certification, and therefore legally be able to teach, while completing your University Partner program.

In order to apply for your Transition to Teach license by August 2025, the following needs to be completed:

1. You have taken and passed a CPR/AED certification course

2. You have taken and passed an online Suicide Prevention course

3. You have created your LVIS account (your online Indiana State licensure account)

4. You have a letter of admissions from the University of Indianapolis

5. Depending on your major/GPA, a passing Praxis score

All of the action items and directions are listed in the OneApp!

Once you have completed the above action items you will be able to apply, via your LVIS account, for your Transition to Teach license. In most instances approval takes 1-3 months. Schools allow for a grace period, should there be gap between when you apply and when you are approved for your license. However, it is important you can document that you have applied and that your review is pending with the State. We will support you in ensuring you have applied for your T2T no later than August 30th 2025 (as to meet this requirement). 

Step-by-Step Instructions For Preparing For Your T2T

Please note that all of these steps, and your specific timeline for completing them, will be in OneApp.

Step 1: Register for your Licensure Verification and Information System (LVIS) account

• Register here (all you need to do is create an account; no further steps are needed after that. You will not use this account again until you apply for your T2T in August)

Step 2: Register and complete your suicide prevention training

• You can select from a series of approved Indiana online programs here

• The suicide prevention course is free and can be completed online, please save your "certificate of approval" you will need it to apply for your T2T in August

Step 3: Complete your CPR/AED certification course

• To see approved CPR/AED/Heimlich training programs, click here.

• You will need to find time to complete the course before registering for your T2T in August. We will not be able to excuse you from Pre-Service to take this steps so it will need to be on your own time.

Step 5: Apply to the University of Indianapolis and receive your letter of admission

• You will apply to UIndy during the spring. We will upload instructions on how to do so in the OneApp

• Once you have applied, and completed all their action steps, you will receive your letter of admission. Save this as you will need it to apply for your T2T in August.

Step 6: Apply for your T2T

• Once steps 1-4 have been completed you will be able to apply for your T2T license. You can find all instructions for completing that process here

• You cannot begin the application process until steps 1-5 have been completed

• Teach For America will prompt you to apply in early August via email

Information Regarding Testing

All Corps Members will be required to pass a content exam by December 2025 and a pedagogy exam by the end of the 2 years in TFA in order to earn your Initial Practitioner’s License. For Corps Members who have below a 3.0 GPA or did not major in the secondary subject they’ll be teaching, UIndy is requiring you attempt your Praxis exam by July 2025. All Corps Members must pass by December 2025. 

You can learn more about the Praxis exam you need to take in our Indianapolis Certification Overview. While it’s geared toward the Indy region, the state licensure laws still apply to you!