New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 60 - SCHOOL PERSONNEL - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 4 - LICENSURE RECIPROCITY › Section 6.60.4.8 - REQUIREMENTS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Persons seeking
				a reciprocal level 1 license for elementary k-8, early childhood birth-grade 3,
				secondary or secondary vocational technical 7-12, middle level 5-9, special
				education pre K-12, or grade pre K-12 specialty area, or grade pre K-12 blind
				and visually impaired, through reciprocity, shall meet the following
				requirements:
(1) hold a bachelor's degree or
				higher degree from a regionally accredited or PED approved college or
				university; and
(2) hold and
				provide a copy of at least one current valid teaching license issued by a state
				education agency, including PED or department of defense dependent schools or
				foreign country that is comparable to the license they are seeking;
				and
(3) have completed a standard
				or alternative teacher preparation program approved in another state or
				accepted by the PED; and
(4)
				provide copies of test scores for exams that were required to receive the
				license; and
(5) if applying for:
(a) early childhood birth-grade 3 or k-8
				elementary licensure, provide evidence of having passed a content knowledge or
				professional knowledge test on the basic early childhood or elementary school
				curriculum and on any additional core academic endorsement areas or have
				completed 24 lower or upper division credit hours across the elementary
				education core academic subjects of language arts, social studies, mathematics,
				and science with at least six credit hours in each core area;
(b) secondary or secondary vocational and
				technical 7-12, middle level 5-9, or grades pre K-12 specialty area licensure
				in the core academic areas, provide evidence of having passed a content
				knowledge test in each of the core academic subjects in which the applicant
				seeks licensure or having completed an academic major, a graduate degree, or
				coursework equivalent to an academic major in each of the core academic
				subjects in which the applicant seeks licensure;
(c) licensure in non-core academic subjects,
				special education pre K-12, or blind and visually impaired pre K-12 licensure,
				have, on a form acceptable to the PED, provided evidence of having
				satisfactorily taught under their out of state license or licenses or have
				passed the applicable New Mexico teacher assessment ("NMTA") and
(6) have, on a form acceptable to
				the professional licensure bureau ("PLB") of the PED, provided evidence of
				having satisfactorily taught in any state or foreign country or combination of
				other states or countries other than New Mexico for fewer than three (3) full
				school years at any time preceding their application for licensure while
				holding at least one standard out-of-state or New Mexico teaching license or
				foreign country authorization to teach or combination of any of the
				aforementioned licenses or authorizations, and
(7) submit to and satisfactorily clear a
				fingerprint-based background check pursuant to Section
				22-10A-5,
				NMSA 1978.