Who is eligible to use the NC HOUSSE?
The NC HOUSSE was available up until April 2007. To be eligible to use the NC HOUSSE to become “Highly Qualified,” teachers had to be licensed to teach in their core subject area and to have taught in their core subject area with a full N.C. or equivalent license from another state, full time for not less than six successive calendar months in one district, charter school or non-public institution. Veteran teachers who did not have a full N.C. license to teach in their core subject area must have held a full NC license in another teaching area and have successfully taught for a minimum of three years (at least one of which had to have been in a NC school system, charter school, or non-public institution) in the subject area in which they were seeking licensure to be eligible to have used the NC HOUSSE. Upon successful completion of the NC HOUSSE, teachers were designated “Highly Qualified” in the area and were issued a full NC license in the area.
