Areas of Licensure

Maryland issues licenses in the following areas:

Teaching Areas

Early Childhood/Elementary Areas

  • Early Childhood Education (Pre-K - 3)

  • Elementary Education (1-6)

  • Mathematics Instructional Leader (PreK-6) (endorsement only)

  • Instructional Leader: STEM, PreK-6 (endorsement only)


Middle School Areas (4-9)

  • English Language Arts

  • Mathematics

  • Science 

  • Social Studies

  • Mathematics Instructional Leader (endorsement only)


General Secondary Content Areas (7-12)

  • Agriculture/Agribusiness and Renewable Natural Resources

  • Biology

  • Business Education

  • Chemistry

  • Computer Science

  • Earth/Space Science

  • Economics

  • English

  • Environmental Science

  • Family and Consumer Sciences

  • Geography

  • History

  • Marketing

  • Mathematics

  • Physical Science

  • Physics

  • Political Science

  • Professional and Technical Education

  • Social Studies

  • Specialized Professional Areas

  • Speech Communication

  • Technology Education

  • Work-Based Learning Coordinator (endorsement only)


Special Education

  • Infant/primary (birth - grade 3)

  • Elementary/middle (grades 1-8)

  • Secondary/adult (grades 6-adult)

  • Deaf and Hard of Hearing

  • Severely and Profoundly Disabled

  • Blind/Visually Impaired


Specialty Areas (PreK-12)

  • American Sign Language

  • Art

  • Dance

  • English for Speakers of Other Languages

  • Environmental Education

  • Health

  • Music

  • Physical Education

  • Theatre

  • World Languages


Administrative or Supervisory Areas

  • Superintendent

  • Supervisors of Instruction, Assistant Principals, and Principals

  • Library Media Administrator

  • Supervisor of Guidance

  • Supervisor of School Psychological Services

  • Supervisor of Pupil Personnel

  • Supervisor of Special Education

  • Supervisor of Teachers of Deaf and Hard of Hearing


Specialist Areas

  • Gifted & Talented Specialist

  • School Counselor

  • Library Media Specialist

  • Pupil Personnel Worker

  • Reading Specialist

  • Reading Teacher

  • Psychometrist

  • School Psychologist

  • School Social Worker


Public Librarian Areas

  • Professional Public Librarian

  • Professional Public Library Director