How to Renew Your Iowa Substitute Teaching Authorization

The first step to take in renewing the authorization to substitute teach is to make certain that you download the correct form from the Iowa Board of Educational Examiner's site. You want the form for renewal of substitute authorization.  This is not the same form as that used for renewing the substitute license.  Attach to the form a copy of an official transcript verifying that you have obtained 2 semester hours of credit from an accredited institution.  These credits may be undergraduate credits, graduate credits, or credits from Iowa Area Education Agencies offering staff development.  You must also provide a photocopy of the certificate issued at the completion of a mandatory child and dependent adult abuse class.  This class must have been taken within the 5 years previous to the application.  Send these materials along with a $85 check or money order (no cash) to the Board of Educational Examiners, Licensure, Grimes State Office Building, 400 East 14th Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0147.

Source:  Iowa Board of Educational Examiners, Iowa Department of Education