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 67.1-02-02-02 - Initial licenses

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Initial teacher
				licensure for in-state graduates or graduates of out-of-state programs requires
				a minimum of a four-year bachelor's degree from a board-approved teacher
				education program. The approved program must include North Dakota standards for
				teacher education program approval:
a. General
				studies component includes liberal arts preparation in the areas of the
				humanities, fine arts, mathematics, natural sciences, behavioral sciences, and
				symbolic systems as prerequisite to entrance into the professional education
				program.
b. North Dakota recognized
				program area majors are printed on the application form and include
				content-specific majors at the secondary level, content-specific kindergarten
				through grade twelve majors as listed below, majors in middle level education,
				or majors in elementary education. Majors that are transcripted by
				state-approved teacher education programs using terminology not appearing on
				the application form must be compared to the North Dakota standards for teacher
				education program approval to determine whether they meet the same criteria as
				the listed recognized majors. Majors must include a minimum of thirty-two
				semester hours of coursework specific to the major beyond the introductory
				level.
(1) The secondary content-specific
				major must include a minimum of four semester hours in special methods of
				teaching at the secondary level and special methods of teaching in the specific
				content area. Effective July 1, 2008, all initial secondary licensure
				applicants grades five through twelve in the core and non-core academic areas
				will need to meet or exceed the cut scores for the content test as set by the
				education standards and practices board. Effective July 1, 2010, all initial
				secondary licensure applicants grades five through twelve in the core and
				non-core academic areas will need to meet or exceed the cut scores for the
				pedagogical test as set by the education standards and practices board. 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 non-core academic areas.
(2) The middle level major must include study
				of middle level foundations, adolescent development, reading in the content
				areas at the middle level, and twenty-four semester hours of content coursework
				in one of the content areas of English and language arts, social studies,
				science, or mathematics meeting the teacher education program approval
				standards, and special methods of teaching at the middle level. Study of these
				areas must total a minimum of thirty-two semester hours, which includes at
				least two semester hours of special methods of teaching at the middle level and
				middle level classroom field experience. Effective July 1, 2008, all initial
				middle level licensure applicants grades five through eight in the core and
				non-core academic areas will need to meet or exceed the cut scores for the
				content test as set by the education standards and practices board. Effective
				July 1, 2012, all initial middle level licensure applicants grades five through
				eight in the core and non-core academic areas will need to meet or exceed the
				cut scores for the pedagogical test as set by the education standards and
				practices board.
(3) The elementary
				major must include special methods of teaching elementary content areas with a
				minimum of twelve semester hours specific to teaching elementary school
				mathematics, science, social studies, reading, and language arts. Effective
				July 1, 2006, all initial elementary licensure applicants for grades one
				through eight restricted licenses will need to meet or exceed the cut scores as
				set by the education standards and practices board for the elementary test and
				the pedagogical test. For the school year 2005-06 and beyond, all elementary
				teachers new to the profession, but previously licensed, will need to complete
				the elementary test and pedagogical test during the school year. Classroom
				teaching experience will be accepted from all other states toward the
				requirements of this paragraph.
(4)
				Prekindergarten through grade twelve preparation programs in special education,
				foreign language, art, music, physical education, business education,
				technology education, and computer education must include a minimum of four
				semester hours of special methods of teaching inclusive of kindergarten through
				grade twelve, special methods of teaching in the specific content area, and
				student teaching in elementary and secondary schools, grades prekindergarten
				through grade twelve. Effective July 1, 2006, all applicants in foreign
				language, art, and music will need to meet or exceed the cut scores for the
				content tests and the pedagogical test as set by the education standards and
				practices board. Effective July 1, 2012, all initial prekindergarten through
				grade twelve licensure applicants grades seven through twelve in the core and
				non-core academic areas will need to meet or exceed the cut scores for the
				content test and the pedagogical test grades seven through twelve as set by the
				board.
(5) The early childhood
				major must include study of child development, birth through age eight, and
				include special methods of teaching at the early childhood level. Effective
				July 1, 2012, all initial early childhood licensure applicants birth through
				grade three will need to meet or exceed the cut scores for the state-identified
				principles of teaching and learning test and the state-identified early
				childhood education content specific cut score as set by the board.
(6) Effective July 1, 2008, all applicants in
				special education majors or endorsements must meet or exceed the state-approved
				test cut scores as set by the board.
c. The professional education component
				includes a minimum of twenty-two semester hours of pedagogical study of
				teaching and learning in addition to the program-specific major. This
				coursework must be from the areas of educational foundations, educational
				psychology, child development, teaching and learning theory, educational
				diagnosis and assessment, inclusive education, educational technology,
				classroom and behavioral management, and human relations specific to teaching.
				The professional education component must also include classroom professional
				experience prior to student teaching and a minimum of ten weeks of full-time
				successful participation in student teaching at appropriate grade levels. The
				professional education component, including student teaching, must be completed
				under the supervision of a teacher training institution approved by the
				education standards and practices board in North Dakota or the appropriate
				state, provincial, or similar jurisdictional authority for out-of-state
				institutions.
d. Student teaching
				exception - Internship. An applicant who graduated from a state-approved
				teacher education program, in-state or out-of-state, prior to January 1, 1988,
				which did not include a minimum of ten weeks of full-time student teaching may
				qualify under one of the two options under this subdivision. These options are
				available only if the applicant has met all other requirements for licensure of
				the board and North Dakota Century Code sections 15.1-18-02 and 15.1-18-03,
				except the requirement of ten weeks of student teaching.
(1) The applicant must document a minimum of
				eight full weeks of student teaching at the appropriate level in the major
				field of study under the supervision of a state-approved teacher education
				program and document five years of successful teaching within the last ten
				years; or
(2) An applicant who can
				document a minimum of eight weeks of successful student teaching but cannot
				document a minimum of five years of successful teaching experience must either
				complete the additional student teaching hours or may choose to complete an
				internship under the supervision of a state-approved college of teacher
				education to fulfill the additional hours.
(a)
				The internship contact hours in the classroom must consist of classroom time
				blocks not less than one-half day and when added to the applicant's existing
				student teaching hours total a minimum of ten weeks of full-time equivalent
				student teaching and supervised internship experience.
(b) The internship must occur in a regular
				kindergarten through grade twelve classroom setting and allow the intern to
				experience the full range of curriculum and classroom operations.
(c) The internship must be approved by the
				board and transcripted through a state-approved teacher education
				institution.
e. Teaching minors. A teaching minor may only
				be earned or added to a teaching major.