Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXXXI - Bulletin 74-Louisiana Standards for State Certification of School Personnel › Chapter 5 - Teaching Credentials, Licenses and Certifications › Subchapter A - Standard Teaching Certificates › Section CXXXI-515 - Practitioner Licenses

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Issuance and
				  Renewals
1. Practitioner licenses (PL) 1 and
				  2 may be issued for one year, renewed annually, and held for a maximum of three
				  years while the holder completes an alternate program. Upon completion of the
				  three years of employment on a PL certificate, the holder must fulfill
				  guidelines for a level 1 or higher-level certificate for continued employment
				  in a Louisiana school system.
2.
				  The practitioner license 3 may be issued for one year, renewed annually, and
				  held for a maximum of four years while the holder completes an alternate
				  program. Upon completion of the four years of employment on a PL certificate,
				  the holder must fulfill guidelines for a level 1 or higher-level certificate
				  for continued employment in a Louisiana school system.
3. Practitioner Licenses 1-3. Beginning with
				  the 20202021 academic year, in order to obtain the first renewal only of a
				  practitioner license 1, 2, or 3 certificate, practitioner candidates
				  participating in a residency as a teacher of record, must receive mentorship by
				  a school-based mentor teacher who may collaborate with other personnel
				  providing mentoring support, in accordance with LAC 28:XLV (Bulletin 996).
a. The school-based mentor teacher must be
				  credentialed in accordance with
				  §553 or
				  §1369 of this Chapter.
b. The mentorship must be at least 15
				  percent, or 5 hours per week, of the instructional time of the
				  school.
c. The mentorship must
				  include intensive support, including:
i.
				  co-teaching;
ii. collaborative
				  planning; and
iii. observation and
				  feedback sessions.
4. Eligibility requirements:
a. minimum of a non-education baccalaureate
				  degree from a college or university accredited in accordance with 34 CFR 602
				  ;
b. 2.20 or higher undergraduate
				  GPA on a 4.00 scale to enter a teacher preparation program or documentation of
				  conditional acceptance into a teacher preparation program; and
c. passing scores on certification content
				  area exam requirements in accordance with
				  §303 of this Part, or if no examination
				  has been adopted for Louisiana in the certification area, candidates must
				  present a minimum of 30 semester hours of coursework specific to the content
				  area for admission to the program.
d. Special education mild/moderate
				  certification candidates must qualify for admission to alternate programs by
				  passing a Praxis content area exam, and secondary education candidates (grades
				  6-12) must pass a Praxis core subject area exam, or if there is no content
				  Praxis exam adopted by the State in the specific secondary core subject area,
				  candidates must demonstrate content mastery by presenting 30 semester credit
				  hours in the core subject area.
5. The approved teacher preparation program
				  provider shall submit the request for the initial practitioner license as well
				  as renewals directly to the LDE.
6.
				  Renewal Requirements. The candidate must remain enrolled in the practitioner
				  teacher, certification-only, or master's degree alternate certification program
				  and fulfill a minimum of six semester hours of coursework or equivalent contact
				  hours per year for PL 1, or nine semester hours or equivalent contact hours per
				  year for Pl2/3 to the extent that required semester hours remain in the program
				  to be completed, teaching assignments, and prescribed activities identified by
				  the program provider.
a. Beginning with the
				  2020-2021 academic year, the first renewal only of a PL 1, 2, or 3 will be
				  conducted in accordance with
				  §515.A of this
				  Chapter.
7. - 7.e.
				  Repealed.
8. The teacher must teach
				  in the specific grade level and content area as designated on the practitioner
				  license as outlined in LAC 28:XLV
(Bulletin 996)
.