Obtaining a Library All Levels license is up to each educator, as the road toward licensure can vary depending on your background. For licensure questions, please reach out to Thomas O'Neil in the BPS Office of Human Capital. You may also contact the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Customer Service Call Center at 781-338-6600 (M–F 9:00am – 1:00pm; 2:00pm – 5:00pm). Visit the Licensure Welcome Center walk up counter, located in Malden on the first floor of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's administrative building (M–F 8:45am – 4:45pm). If you don't currently have a DESE ELAR account, you can create one to start your licensure journey.

In place of Comepetency Review- DESE will accept passing one of the following tests. Please reach out to DESE for more information:

The Praxis II 5311 Library Media Specialist Test

The National Evaluation Series (NES) School Library Media Specialist (502) Test adopted by Arizona and Oregon

The Educational Media Specialist PK-12 (010) Test adopted by Florida

The GACE Media Specialist Assessment (Combined 601) Test adopted by Georgia

The ILTS Library Information Specialist (175) Test adopted by Illinois

The MTTC Library Media (048) Test adopted by Michigan

The MTLE Library Media Specialist Test adopted by Minnesota

The MEGA Library Media Specialist (042) Test adopted by Missouri

The NYSTCE Library Medial Specialist (074) Test adopted by New York

The CEOE Library-Medial Specialist (038) Test adopted by Oklahoma

The TExEs School Librarian (150) Test adopted by Texas

The WEST-E Library Media (042) Test adopted by Washington