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North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-01 - Program Approval › Section 67.1-02-01-03 - College supervisors

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
A college supervisor is the college faculty member who is in
				  charge of guiding, helping, and directing the student teacher.
1. The college supervisor must have early
				childhood, elementary, middle level, or secondary teaching experience at the
				level of supervision.
2. A college
				supervisor, after meeting with the administration of the school in which
				student teaching is to be done, shall meet with the cooperating teacher and
				provide a copy of the state student teaching guidelines.
3. The college supervisor shall make a copy
				of the student teacher's file available to the cooperating teacher prior to the
				arrival of the student teacher.
4.
				A college supervisor shall make at least two visitations during the student's
				teaching experience, after which the college supervisor shall hold a joint
				conference with the cooperating teacher and the student teacher, or provide
				each a written critique of the visitation.
General Authority:
NDCC 15.1-13-08,
					 15.1-13-09, 15.1-13-10
Law Implemented:
NDCC 15.1-13-08,
					 15.1-13-10
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-01 - Program Approval › Section 67.1-02-01-04 - Program approval of teacher education for licensure

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The board shall set procedures for and implement a system of
				  program approval for teacher education programs for state licensure of
				  educators. The program approval process shall include the federal requirement
				  of identifying and reporting for title II of the Higher Education Act.
1. The board may enter into approval
				agreements with national accrediting agencies.
2. The procedures for program approval must
				be reviewed and revised at least every five years with input from
				state-approved institutions. Public hearings must be provided in accordance
				with North Dakota Century Code chapter 28-32.
3. New procedures become effective two years
				after their publication by the office of the legislative council in accordance
				with North Dakota Century Code section 28-32-19.
During the two-year transition period following publication,
				  institutions may elect to be reviewed either under the previously published
				  procedures or the newly published procedures.
4. The board shall gather information through
				the program approval process to determine whether institutions and individual
				preparation programs meet the North Dakota standards for the preparation of
				educators for state licensure. The board shall issue decisions of approval,
				provisional approval, continuing approval, approval with conditions to be met,
				approval with probation, or denial or revocation of approval.
5. The standards will be the criteria used to
				evaluate undergraduate and graduate education programs leading to North Dakota
				educational licensure.
General Authority:
NDCC 15.1-13-08,
					 15.1-13-09
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 15.1-13-08
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-01 - Program Approval › Section 67.1-02-01-05 - Program approval standards

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Graduates successfully completing all the requirements of
				  programs approved by the board must have completed the criminal background
				  investigation including the bureau of criminal investigation and the federal
				  bureau of investigation and be recommended by their degree granting institution
				  for North Dakota licensure on that basis. Graduates of programs other than
				  those approved by the board are subject to meeting the same standards criteria
				  through the review of official transcripts.
General Authority:
NDCC 15.1-13-08,
					 15.1-13-09, 15.1-13-10
Law Implemented:
NDCC 15.1-13-08,
					 15.1-13-10
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-02 - Educator's Professional License › Section 67.1-02-02-01 - Life certificates

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. First
				grade and second grade professional life certificates issued prior to July 1,
				1976, are valid for life. However, it is recommended that teachers show
				professional gain by college attendance, workshops, conferences, travel, and
				other professional activities.
2. A
				life license will be issued to those teachers who have been licensed to teach
				in North Dakota for a period of thirty years. The application for the life
				license must be accompanied by all requirements and fees as pursuant to the
				five-year renewal fee in section
				67.1-02-02-04.
				The application for the thirty-year life license may be submitted six months
				prior to the expiration of the current license or as soon as the teacher
				qualifies for the life license. Documentation of the thirty years of
				certification or licensure must be submitted with the application.
General Authority:
NDCC 15.1-13-09,
					 15.1-13-10
Law Implemented:
NDCC 15.1-13-10, 15.1-13-11,
					 15.1-13-12.1
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-02 - Educator's Professional License › Section 67.1-02-02-03 - Distance learning instruction - Definition - Qualifications - Licensure [Repealed]

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-02 - Educator's Professional License › Section 67.1-02-02-06 - Denial and appeal

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The education standards and practices board may deny an
				  application for the issuance of a license made by an applicant:
1. Who failed to comply with licensure
				statutes or the rules;
2. Who
				failed to meet the minimum educational requirements set forth in the rules of
				licensure of the education standards and practices board;
3. Who has been convicted of a crime under
				the laws of a state or the United States, or who has knowingly provided false
				information to the board;
4. Who is
				currently under license suspension or discipline in any jurisdiction;
				or
5. Who has had certification or
				licensure revoked.
If a license application is denied by the board staff, an
				  applicant may request, in writing, a review of the denial by the board through
				  written documentation. In the event of denial by the board, the applicant may
				  request a public hearing of the matter under North Dakota Century Code chapter
				  28-32.
General Authority:
NDCC 15.1-13-09, 15.1-13-10
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 15.1-13-10
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-02 - Educator's Professional License › Section 67.1-02-02-07 - Human relations and cultural diversity

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Coursework in Native American studies, cultural diversity,
				  strategies for creating learning environments that contribute to positive human
				  relationships, and strategies for teaching and assessing diverse learners
				  (e.g., universal design for learning, response to intervention, early
				  intervention, positive behavior interventions and supports) is required.
Individuals who graduate prior to September 1, 1980, are
				  exempt from muticultural requirements under North Dakota Century Code section
				  15.1-13-10.
General Authority:
NDCC 15.1-13-09, 15.1-13-10
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 15.1-13-10
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-02 - Educator's Professional License › Section 67.1-02-02-09 - Re-entry

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Prior to
				applying for the re-entry license, the applicant must submit to a fingerprint
				screening for a statewide and nationwide criminal history record check in
				accordance with North Dakota Century Code sections 15.1-13-14 and
				20-60-24.
2. An applicant who has
				been out of teaching for a period of more than five years must earn a total of
				eight semester hours or twelve quarter hours of college or university credit,
				as documented by college or state-approved alternative program transcripts, in
				the area in which the teacher wishes to renew licensure during the first two
				years of re-entry contracted service.
3. Substitute teachers are exempt from the
				eight semester hour requirement until the individual accepts a contracted
				position.
4. The fee for the
				two-year re-entry license is eighty dollars.
5. Re-entry applicants should also refer to
				information in subsection 1 of section
				67.1-02-02-04, regarding
				two-year and five-year renewals.
General Authority:
NDCC 15.1-13-09,
					 15.1-13-10
Law Implemented:
NDCC 15.1-13-09, 15.1-13-10,
					 15.1-13-11
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-02 - Educator's Professional License › Section 67.1-02-02-10 - Substitute teachers

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1.
Qualifications.
A substitute teacher must hold a valid North
				Dakota educator's professional license based upon the same qualifications as a
				contracted teacher. A substitute teacher holding a regular license may
				substitute in any area requiring regular elementary or secondary licensure. An
				individual with a restricted license may substitute only in the individual's
				area of restriction.
2.
Reeducation.
A substitute teacher who has not been under contract
				at any time during the person's current license does not need to submit
				reeducation hours to renew licensure. A substitute teacher who has been under
				part-time or full-time contract at any time during the person's current
				license, or who enters into a contract, must meet the reeducation requirements
				for contracted teachers.
3.
Shortages.
Interim licensure may be granted for substitute
				teachers as detailed in section
				67.1-02-04-02 when a shortage of
				regularly licensed substitutes exists.
4.
Student teachers.
A student
				teacher will be eligible for a forty-day provisional license upon completion of
				all requirements for the student teacher's bachelor's degree minus the awarding
				of the degree and the official transcript as documented by the institution of
				higher education registrar. Once the degree has been awarded and the official
				transcript has been received, the student teacher will receive the initial
				two-year license.
General Authority: NDCC 15.1-13-09, 15.1-13-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 15.1-13-09,
					 15.1-13-10
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-02 - Educator's Professional License › Section 67.1-02-02-11 - Members of the military and military spouses - Licensure applications

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. A member of the
				military or a military spouse, upon application of licensure, shall:
a. Provide evidence of military
				status;
b. Complete a background
				check as required by North Dakota Century Code section 15.1-13-15;
c. Be exempt from all application and
				licensure fees, except fees for the background check; and
d. Be subject to guidelines governing the
				license type.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-02 - Educator's Professional License › Section 67.1-02-02-12 - Teaching permits - Application of laws and rules - Discipline

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Individuals receiving a teaching permit from the board
				  pursuant to North Dakota Century Code section 15.1-18-10 shall comply with the
				  following sections of the Century Code and administrative rules:
1. North Dakota Century Code sections
				15.1-13-25 and 15.1-13-26;
2.
				Section
				67.1-01-01-03;
3. Section
				67.1-01-01-04;
4. Section
				67.1-02-02-06;
5.
									67.1-02-05;
6.
									67.1-03-01; and
7.
									67.1-04-04.
General Authority:
NDCC 15.1-18-10
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 15.1-18-10
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-02 - Educator's Professional License › Section 67.1-02-02-13 - Special education authorization

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. The request for
				a special education authorization must be initiated by a school. The school
				board or administration must make the request in writing to the board for
				consideration of a special education authorization, indicating intent to offer
				a contract if licensure can be arranged. The request must document that a
				diligent effort has been made to employ a regularly licensed teacher to fill
				the position. Documentation of a diligent effort to employ qualified personnel
				should include information on how long the position was advertised, whether
				schools of education have been contacted in search of applicants, how many
				qualified applicants applied, how many applicants were interviewed, whether
				increases in salary or other incentives were offered in an attempt to attract
				qualified applicants, and whether these incentives are comparable to those
				offered by other schools of similar size and means.
2. An applicant must have a minimum overall
				grade point average (GPA) of 2.50. The board will use the college-figured grade
				point average if all previous college coursework is on the transcript. An
				applicant must have a minimum GPA of 2.50 for all coursework required for the
				applicant's degree. Coursework not needed for a degree in teacher education
				need not be included in GPA calculations. Coursework used in any way for
				licensure or endorsements must be included in GPA calculations.
3. Complete official college or
				state-approved alternative program transcripts must be sent to the
				board.
4. Passed the required state
				tests, including the test in the content area.
5. Initial applicants for the special
				education authorization must also submit to the fingerprint background check as
				stated in subsection 6 of section
				67.1-02-02-02.
6. Once the criminal background investigation
				has been successfully completed and all official transcripts or other original,
				signed, or certified documents received, the education standards and practices
				board may issue the authorization for which the individual is qualified with
				its respective fees and conditions.
7. Upon completion of all the requirements
				for regular licensure stated in section
				67.1-02-02-02, an individual
				holding a special education authorization may apply for a regular two-year
				initial license and begin accruing the eighteen months of successful teaching
				time required to move into the five-year cycle according to sections
				67.1-02-02-02 and
				67.1-02-02-04.
8. Fee for the special education
				authorization is one hundred and fifty-five dollars and is issued for a
				one-year time period.
General Authority:
NDCC 15.1-18-10
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 15.1-18-10
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-02 - Educator's Professional License › Section 67.1-02-02-14 - Special education authorization - Application of laws and rules - Discipline

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Individuals receiving a special education authorization from
				  the board pursuant to North Dakota Century Code section 15.1-18-10 shall comply
				  with the following sections of the Century Code and administrative
				  rules:
1. North Dakota Century Code
				sections 15.1-13-25 and 15.1-13-26;
2. Section
				67.1-01-01-03;
3. Section
				67.1-01-01-04;
4. Section
				67.1-02-02-06;
5.
									67.1-02-05;
6.
									67.1-03-01; and
7.
									67.1-04-04.
General Authority:
NDCC 15.1-18-10
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 15.1-18-10
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-03 - Re-Education › Section 67.1-02-03-02 - Kindergarten endorsement

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Reeducation of
				elementary teachers for kindergarten schoolteaching may be accomplished by
				presenting a minimum of twelve semester hours of kindergarten coursework in
				foundations of early childhood, kindergarten methods and materials, early
				language and literacy, observation, and assessment for the kindergarten child.
				The applicant must have a minimum of one year full-time equivalent successful
				teaching experience in prekindergarten, kindergarten, or grade one or student
				teaching of four semester hours or six quarter hours or a minimum of five
				consecutive weeks applicable to the endorsed area. Re-education for the
				kindergarten endorsement must be completed prior to or within two years of
				assignment to teach at the kindergarten level; or
2. State-approved test endorsement -
				kindergarten. Re-education of a licensed teacher for kindergarten
				schoolteaching may also be accomplished by holding a North Dakota regular
				educator's professional license and successful completion of the pedagogical
				test birth through grade three and early childhood content test meeting or
				exceeding the minimum scores determined by the education standards and
				practices board in the content area to be taught. Re-education for the
				kindergarten endorsement must be completed prior to assignment to teach in the
				kindergarten content area.
3. A
				kindergarten endorsement shall be issued to those applicants for a North Dakota
				other state educator license who:
a. Hold a
				regular teaching license in early childhood, elementary, middle, or secondary
				education from another state;
b.
				Have a kindergarten endorsement from another state; or
c. Provide verification of two years of
				successful teaching of kindergarten students.
The applicant must apply online at
www.nd.gov/espb
using the online
				  application ND Teach, submit official transcripts, and the review fee of
				  eighty-five dollars.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-03 - Re-Education › Section 67.1-02-03-03 - Secondary endorsement

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Re-education for secondary schoolteaching may be accomplished
				  in one of the following ways:
1. By
				completing the minimum requirements for a degree in secondary education,
				including student teaching in grades five through twelve or the clinical
				practice option as described in section
				67.1-02-04-07, and a North
				Dakota-recognized content area major.
2. An individual who already has a North
				Dakota-recognized major meeting the state-approved teacher education standards
				may complete the secondary minor equivalency.
3. An individual who has a bachelor's degree
				in elementary education with a transcripted recognized content minor may
				complete the coursework necessary for the major in the core academic areas,
				secondary methods coursework, and a minimum of five weeks of student teaching
				in grades five through twelve or the interim licensure clinical practice option
				under section
				67.1-02-04-07.
4. An individual who has a bachelor's degree
				in elementary education with a transcripted recognized content minor is
				licensed to teach in the minor area in grades five through twelve.
5. State-approved test endorsement -
				secondary. Re-education of a licensed teacher for secondary schoolteaching may
				be accomplished by holding a North Dakota regular educator's professional
				license and the successful completion of the secondary or specialty content
				test meeting or exceeding the minimum scores determined by the board in the
				content area to be taught. Re-education for the secondary endorsement must be
				completed prior to assignment to teach in the secondary content area. An
				official transcript and test scores documenting the major must be attached to
				the endorsement form.
The applicant must apply online at
www.nd.gov/espb
using the online
				  application ND Teach, submit official transcripts, and the review fee of ninety
				  dollars.
General Authority:
NDCC 15.1-13-09,
					 15.1-13-10
Law Implemented:
NDCC 15.1-13-10,
					 15.1-18-03
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-03 - Re-Education › Section 67.1-02-03-04 - Middle school pedagogical endorsement for grades five through eight

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The middle school pedagogical endorsement (50517) is optional
				  for teachers licensed for grades five through twelve to qualify for work with
				  grades five through eight in the subject fields of their licensure. Elementary
				  teachers licensed to teach grades one through eight must complete the middle
				  school pedagogical endorsement (50017) to teach in grades seven and eight. A
				  review of past coursework will be conducted and a program of study needed for
				  completion will be established. The middle school pedagogical endorsement
				  requires a minimum of ten semester hours, including all of the
				  following:
1. Development of young
				adolescents.
2. Philosophy and
				curriculum (foundations) of middle school education.
3. Teaching reading and other study or
				learning skills in the content areas.
4. Methods or strategies of teaching in the
				middle grades, two semester hours minimum.
5. Re-education for the middle level
				endorsement must include a twenty clock-hour field experience in grades five
				through eight in a school setting where middle level philosophy has been
				implemented, or successful teaching in grades five through eight in a school
				setting where middle level philosophy has been implemented.
Re-education for the middle school endorsement must be
				  completed within two years of application of the endorsement.
State-approved test endorsement - middle level. Re-education
				  of a licensed teacher for middle level schoolteaching may also be accomplished
				  by holding a North Dakota regular educator's professional license and
				  successful completion of the pedagogical test grades five through eight and
				  middle level content test meeting or exceeding the minimum scores determined by
				  the education standards and practices board in the content area to be taught.
				  Re-education for the middle endorsement must be completed prior to assignment
				  to teach in the middle content area.
The applicant must apply online at
www.nd.gov/espb
using the online
				  application ND Teach, submit official transcripts, and the review fee of
				  eighty-five dollars.
General Authority:
NDCC 15.1-13-09,
					 15.1-13-10
Law Implemented:
NDCC 15.1-13-10,
					 15.1-18-02
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-03 - Re-Education › Section 67.1-02-03-05 - Bilingual education or English language development endorsement

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
English language development endorsement (24000).
				  Re-education for "English language development" endorsement for any licensed
				  teacher may be accomplished by presenting at least sixteen semester hours or
				  twenty-four quarter hours of college coursework in all of the areas following
				  in subsections 1 through 5.
Bilingual education endorsement (24500). Re-education for a
				  bilingual education endorsement for any licensed teacher may be accomplished by
				  completing all the requirements for the English language development
				  endorsement in subsections 1 through 5 and meeting the additional requirements
				  related to bilingual education in subsections 6 and 7.
1. Foundations. Four semester hours or six
				quarter hours of college coursework, including the following:
a. Multicultural education.
b. Foundations of second language
				instruction.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-03 - Re-Education › Section 67.1-02-03-06 - Minor equivalency endorsement

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Nothing in this
				section may be interpreted to affect the validity of minor equivalencies issued
				by the department of public instruction prior to September 1, 1998.
2. The applicant wishing to apply under the
				minor equivalency endorsement option must be licensed to teach under North
				Dakota Century Code section 15.1-18-02 or 15.1-18-03. The minor equivalency
				endorsement will be issued for the same grade levels as the individual's
				primary licensure, the same as for minors transcripted by colleges of teacher
				education. Those whose primary licensure is secondary may use the endorsement
				to teach the new content area in grades five through twelve. Those whose
				primary licensure is elementary grades one through eight or middle school
				(grades five through eight) may use the endorsement for additional content
				expertise at those levels but may not use it to teach at the high school level
				without a complete secondary endorsement.
3. The applicant must apply for the minor
				equivalency online using the NDT each system, and submit transcripts and the
				review fee of eighty dollars.
4.
				Three levels of content area endorsements are available to be added to the
				existing North Dakota professional educator's license.
a. The ME16 requires a minimum of sixteen
				semester hours of content-specific coursework, including the areas of study
				approved and required by the education standards and practices board. The ME16
				will be reviewed when the applicant applies for renewal licensure. The
				coursework for the ME24 must be completed within five years of the application
				date for the ME16. If the ME24 coursework is not completed within five years,
				the ME16 will be removed from the license.
b. The ME24 requires a minimum of twenty-four
				semester hours of content-specific coursework, including the areas of study
				approved and required by the education standards and practices board. The ME24
				also must include the special methods of teaching in the content area. The ME24
				is considered equivalent to a full teaching minor.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-03 - Re-Education › Section 67.1-02-03-07 - Major equivalency endorsements

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1.
Core academic areas.
For
				purposes of this section, English, reading and language arts, mathematics,
				science, foreign languages, music, visual arts, history, civics and government,
				geography, and economics are considered core academic areas. All other areas
				are considered noncore academic areas.
2.
Major equivalency
				endorsement.
A major equivalency endorsement is a licensure option in
				which an individual already licensed to teach in North Dakota may add
				qualifications to the license by demonstrating the individual has competency
				equivalent to the North Dakota program approval standards and other licensure
				requirements in section
				67.1-02-02-02
				for the new area.
a. The minimum number of
				semester hours or equivalent competency documentation for a major equivalency
				is thirty-two semester hours, with the exception of composite majors, which
				require forty-two semester hours. Competency equivalent to a major in early
				childhood education, elementary education, middle level education, or secondary
				education academic majors must include evidence of appropriate:
(1) Content area preparation;
(2) Teaching methods and strategies;
				and
(3) Applied experience at the
				appropriate grade levels, i.e., field experience, clinical practice, or student
				teaching.
Endorsements issued by the board may be used toward
				  demonstration of competency.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-03 - Re-Education › Section 67.1-02-03-08 - Career and technical educator endorsements

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The applicant wishing to apply for the career and technical
				  educator endorsements must be licensed by the board to teach under North Dakota
				  Century Code section 15.1-18-02 or 15.1-18-03. Prior to applying for the career
				  and technical educator endorsement, the applicant must be approved by the
				  career and technical educator state supervisor of special needs and trade,
				  technical, and health, or the state supervisor of information technology,
				  through the review of work experience or college transcripts, development of a
				  program of study, and completion of the career and technical educator
				  endorsement form. The form, transcripts, and fee of eighty-five dollars should
				  be forwarded to the board office. Applicants may apply for the career and
				  technical educator endorsements in career and technical resource educator
				  endorsement, career and technical basic skills educator endorsement, career and
				  technical teacher-student mentor endorsement, diversified occupations
				  endorsements, trade, technical, and health endorsement, or the information
				  technology endorsement.
Individuals with a career and technical educator license, who
				  have a four-year degree, and have completed the transition to teaching program
				  may take the state-approved test to qualify for a non-career and technical
				  educator content area.
General Authority:
NDCC 15.1-13-09,
					 15.1-13-10
Law Implemented:
NDCC 15.1-13-10, 15.1-13-11,
					 15.1-13-14
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-03 - Re-Education › Section 67.1-02-03-11 - Teaching alternative flexibility endorsement

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. The applicant wishing to apply for the
				teaching alternative flexibility endorsement must:
a. Be licensed to teach by the board or
				approved to teach by the board;
b.
				Hold a minimum of a minor, minor equivalency, or have held a valid license from
				the other state for a minimum of two years in the course area or field being
				taught;
c. Provide a letter from
				the school district requesting this endorsement for the applicant and
				documenting a diligent effort has been made to employ a regularly licensed
				teacher to fill the position;
d.
				Submit a program of study to be completed within three years to become
				qualified; and
e. Complete the
				teaching alternative flexibility endorsement plan form and submit.
If the applicant under this subsection is a special education
				  teacher, the plan of study will need to be completed in two years and the
				  teaching alternative flexibility endorsement will only be renewed once.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-03 - Re-Education › Section 67.1-02-03-12 - Special education endorsements

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Re-education of a licensed teacher for special education
				  schoolteaching may be accomplished by completing a special education
				  disabilities content test meeting or exceeding the minimum scores determined by
				  the board in the disability area to be taught.
1.
Early childhood special education
				endorsement (19037).
The applicant wishing to apply for the early
				childhood special education endorsement must:
a. Hold a valid North Dakota educator's
				professional regular license in special education, early childhood education,
				or elementary education.
b.
				Complete a minimum of twenty-two semester hours primarily at the graduate level
				in the following core coursework: children with exceptional learning needs,
				assessment of students with disabilities or special needs or assessment of
				young children, behavior management of students with disabilities, legal
				aspects of special education, and consultation and collaboration. Early
				childhood special education coursework, including characteristics and
				introduction of young children, methods and materials of young children with
				disabilities, assessment of young children, development of young children,
				including the domains of social, emotional cognition, language and literacy,
				and physical and adaptive must also be completed. A two semester hour early
				childhood special education practicum or internship must be completed.
c. The early childhood special
				education endorsement enables the applicant to teach early childhood special
				education birth through grade three.
d. A plan on file (formerly tutor in
				training) for the early childhood special education endorsement may be
				requested and must be completed within three years of assignment to teach early
				childhood special education. The plan on file request must include a letter
				requesting the endorsement from the administrator, identification of the
				special education mentor, transcripted documentation of three semester hours of
				completed coursework in special education, and documentation of enrollment in
				an institution of higher education in two additional courses specific to the
				early childhood special education regardless of how many hours already
				transcripted in special education. Transcript review will be done yearly to
				document progress toward completion of the plan. The applicant shall file a
				plan with the board upon becoming employed as an early childhood special
				education teacher, outlining how the endorsement will be completed within the
				three-year period.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-03 - Re-Education › Section 67.1-02-03-13 - Out-of-field endorsements

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Out-of-field endorsements will allow a fully licensed North
				  Dakota teacher to teach in an out-of-field area, excluding special education,
				  driver's education, and prekindergarten, for a period of up to two
				  years.
1. Consideration for
				out-of-field license endorsements will be determined each year when the board
				declares the shortage areas.
2. An
				out-of-field endorsement may be issued to those individuals with a regular
				teaching license.
3. Individuals
				may have up to two years for the out-of-field endorsement.
4. Individuals need an administrator request
				in writing each year.
5. The state
				mandated test must be completed to make the endorsement permanent.
6. The cost of the endorsement is eighty
				dollars.
General Authority:
NDCC 15.1-13-09,
					 15.1-13-10
Law Implemented:
NDCC 15.1-13-10, 15.1-13-11,
					 15.1-13-14
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-04 - Alternative Access Licenses › Section 67.1-02-04-02 - Interim licenses for substitute teachers

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Interim licensure may be granted for substitute teachers who
				  hold a minimum of two years of postsecondary education (forty-eight semester
				  hours) when a shortage of regularly licensed substitutes exists. If the
				  applicant for the interim substitute license does not hold a bachelor's degree,
				  the applicant may not spend more than thirty consecutive days in the same
				  classroom as the substitute teacher. The applicant must complete all of the
				  application requirements, fees, and submit to the fingerprint background check
				  as stated in subsection 9 of section
				  67.1-02-02-02 prior to receiving
				  the interim substitute license. The interim license fee for substitute teachers
				  is ninety dollars for two years. The interim license is valid for a minimum of
				  two years and will expire on the applicant's birthday.
Interim licensure may be granted for substitute teachers who
				  hold a high school diploma or equivalent when a shortage of regularly licensed
				  substitutes exists. If the applicant for the interim substitute license does
				  not hold a bachelor's degree, the applicant may not spend more than thirty
				  consecutive days in the same classroom as the substitute teacher. The applicant
				  must submit evidence of completion of the state-approved substitute training
				  program. The applicant must complete all of the application requirements, fees,
				  and submit to the fingerprint background check as stated in subsection 9 of
				  section 67.1-02-02-02 before receiving
				  the interim substitute license. The interim license fee for substitute teachers
				  is ninety dollars for two years. The interim license is valid for a minimum of
				  two years and will expire on the applicant's birthday.
General Authority:
NDCC 15.1-13-09,
					 15.1-13-10
Law Implemented:
NDCC 15.1-13-10,
					 15.1-13-11
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-04 - Alternative Access Licenses › Section 67.1-02-04-03

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
General Authority: NDCC 15.1-13-09, 15.1-13-10,
					 15.1-13-23
Law Implemented: NDCC 15.1-13-10, 15.1-13-14,
					 15.1-13-23
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-04 - Alternative Access Licenses › Section 67.1-02-04-04 - Forty-day provisional licenses

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Provisional licenses will be issued for a period of forty
				  days under the following conditions:
1. Provisional licenses can only be issued to
				those individuals who have met all of the other requirements for a license
				except:
a. For the final clearance of the
				bureau of criminal investigation and the federal bureau of
				investigation;
b. Pending the
				receipt of official transcripts or other original, signed, or certified
				documents;
c. The awarding of the
				degree and the official transcripts as documented by the institution of higher
				education registrar; or
d. Pending
				the receipt of the official test scores for the Praxis I or the Praxis
				II.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-04 - Alternative Access Licenses › Section 67.1-02-04-06 - Trade, industry, technical, and health occupations interim license

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Applicants entering the profession of teaching in the areas
				  of trade, industry, technical, and health occupations in compliance with the
				  standards prescribed by the state board for career and technical education
				  under North Dakota Century Code section 15-20.1-03 are issued restricted trade,
				  industry, technical, and health occupations interim licensure by the education
				  standards and practices board under North Dakota Century Code section
				  15.1-13-10. Applicants for the initial trade, industry, technical, and health
				  occupations interim license pay the thirty dollar initial application fee and
				  an eighty dollar fee for the first two-year license, and must also submit to a
				  fingerprint screening for criminal records in accordance with North Dakota
				  Century Code section 15.1-13-14.
The trade, industry, technical, and health occupations
				  interim license is renewable upon satisfactory completion of re-education
				  requirements prescribed and verified by the state board for career and
				  technical education, submission of a completed application for renewal,
				  positive recommendations, and payment of the license fee. Subsequent two-year
				  or five-year renewal licenses will be issued in accordance with the renewal
				  requirements in section
				  67.1-02-02-04. An applicant
				  issued a restricted trade, industry, technical, and health occupations license
				  may teach or substitute teach only in that licensed area and may move into a
				  regular teaching license by completing the requirements for regular licensure
				  under section
				  67.1-02-02-02.
The trade, industry, technical, and health occupations
				  endorsement is required for those educators teaching occupational intent
				  programs grades nine through twelve that meet the career and technical
				  education standards or industry standards, or both. A review of past coursework
				  and experience will be conducted and a program of studies needed for completion
				  will be established. Re-education for the trade, industry, technical, and
				  health occupations endorsement must be completed prior to or within two years
				  of assignment.
The applicant must request the endorsement form from the
				  department of career and technical education, complete it, and submit it with
				  the official documentation, and fee of eighty dollars.
General Authority:
NDCC 15.1-13-09,
					 15.1-13-10
Law Implemented:
NDCC 15.1-13-10, 15.1-13-11,
					 15.1-13-14
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-05 - Licensure Policies › Section 67.1-02-05-01 - Reciprocity of suspensions and revocations

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
North Dakota will have reciprocity for suspensions and
				  revocations with other states during the suspension time and will determine
				  acceptance of applicants case by case based on applicable North Dakota laws and
				  denial procedures under section
				  67.1-02-02-06.
General Authority: NDCC 15.1-13-09, 15.1-13-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 15.1-13-10,
					 15.1-13-25
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-05 - Licensure Policies › Section 67.1-02-05-02 - Experience

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Teaching experience in approved early childhood,
				  kindergarten, elementary, middle level, secondary, and postsecondary teacher
				  education programs and employment with the board, department of public
				  instruction, or state board for vocational and technical education will be
				  granted as experience for license renewal.
General Authority:
NDCC 15.1-13-09,
					 15.1-13-10
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 15.1-13-10
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-05 - Licensure Policies › Section 67.1-02-05-03 - Reserve officers training corps instructors

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Reserve officers training corps instructors must submit
				  verification to the board that they meet the military requirements for junior
				  ROTC instructors, submit to the initial licensure background check, and pay all
				  relevant fees. An individual meeting these requirements shall receive a license
				  with a restriction to that area.
General Authority:
NDCC 15.1-13-09,
					 15.1-13-10
Law Implemented:
NDCC 15.1-13-10, 15.1-13-11,
					 15.1-13-14
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-05 - Licensure Policies › Section 67.1-02-05-04.1 - Scope of practice - School psychologist

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1.
				School psychologists are licensed practitioners of the healing arts which is
				defined as the application of psychological principles, methods, and procedures
				from educational psychology, developmental psychology, clinical psychology,
				community psychology, and behavior analysis to meet the learning, mental and
				behavioral health needs of children ages birth through twenty-one.
2. The "practice of licensed school
				psychology" may only be practiced in a public or nonpublic school and is
				defined as:
a. The diagnostic assessment,
				including psychoeducational, developmental and vocational assessment,
				evaluation and interpretation of intelligence, cognitive processes, aptitudes,
				vocational, academic achievement, behavioral, and affective adjustment,
				personality factors and motivations, or any other attributes, to individual
				students or groups of students that relate to developmental status, attention
				and executive functioning skills, learning, education, and social, emotional,
				and behavioral functioning;
b. The
				development and implementation of educationally related mental and behavioral
				health approaches to increase adjustment and academic success including the
				provision of psychotherapeutic, counseling and interpretive services to reduce
				education-related problems, including verbal interaction, interviewing,
				behavior techniques, developmental and vocational intervention, environmental
				management and group processes with students, parents of students, teachers,
				school administrators and school staff;
c. Consultation with representatives of
				schools, agencies and organizations, families or individuals, including
				psychoeducational, developmental and vocational assistance and direct
				educational services in the form of in-service or continuing professional
				development services related to learning problems and adjustment to those
				problems to the benefit of an individual student or group of students including
				the screening of social, affective, and behavioral functioning of the
				students;
d. The development of
				programming, including participating in or conducting research, designing,
				implementing and/or evaluating educationally and psychologically sound learning
				environments and the facilitation of psychoeducational development of
				individuals, families or groups; and
e. The provision of supervision of school
				psychology services, inclusive of those preprofessionals completing an
				internship as part of the students' accredited university
				requirement.