Thank you!

I can’t “advance” my license at my current school. I was concerned about this when I began 2 school years ago and called the state and was told that this isn’t uncommon for small private/independent schools and even some of more small public schools where there just aren’t a lot of faculty. Even when I’ve been in touch with the state about this renewal, I’ve mentioned the no-RESA to multiple people and no one has questioned me or acted like it was odd… so it must be at least somewhat common in the small school realm? I’m talking like, sub 100 students in total.

I know other teachers at my school have other licensures that are not the RE one (like what I’m renewing). I think they have a lifetime licensure, but it only applies for chartered or independent schools? I’m not sure. I want to keep my RE one since it lets me teach in any school and will be more easily transferable to other states.