Collection: Teacher Licensure

  • Licensure Plus

    Licensure Plus is a two-step program leading to initial licensure and then to a master’s degree. The program is designed for individuals who have a bachelor’s degree but who did not major in education, and who now want to teach.


  • Piedmont Alternative Licensure (PAL)

    The Piedmont Alternative Licensure (PAL) program provides an accelerated professional education sequence necessary for lateral entry candidates to be initially licensed. Students take an intensive five weeks of five classes in the summer, a methods course in the fall, and a clinical practicum in the spring. Some students take additional education courses outside of the…


  • Post-baccalaureate Licensure Only

    Greensboro College offers Licensure Only Pathways for students seeking a North Carolina Initial Teaching License in a number of areas.


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Dr. Josh Fitzgerald, Greensboro College class of 2019

“I loved the GC Honors program and Greensboro College. I felt safe and a sense of genuine belonging at the college. I worked closely with my thesis advisor and professors who helped inspire me to define my path and passion of interest. That path has led me to complete my doctoral studies in Engineering Mechanics.”

- Dr. Josh Fitzgerald, Class of ’19, Mathematics Major

Dr. Josh Fitzgerald earned his master's from Virginia Tech University (studied astrodynamics) as well as earning an Engineering Mechanics Ph.D. He joined the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX as an Advanced Mission Design Engineer, optimizing trajectories for the Artemis II and III missions to return humans to the moon.