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 - Endorsements, added degrees, and restrictions

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The North Dakota educator's professional license is issued as
				  described in section
				  67.1-02-02-02. This license
				  qualifies the holder for regular classroom teaching or for functioning in areas
				  with the proper endorsements and restrictions as assigned. Degrees and
				  endorsements in content areas of elementary, middle level, or secondary
				  schools, educational pedagogy, or educational leadership must be obtained
				  through regional or state-approved teacher education programs and meet North
				  Dakota program approval standards for the content area.
1.
Endorsements.
An individual
				holding a valid North Dakota teaching license may request endorsements in early
				childhood, kindergarten, elementary, middle school, bilingual, secondary, or
				content area minor equivalency endorsements or any other endorsement issued by
				the board. Specific requirements appear in
				67.1-02-03, regarding
				re-education. A one-time, nonrefundable review fee of eighty dollars must
				accompany the request to add an endorsement.
2.
New degrees.
A newly acquired
				major, minor, or new degree may be added between renewal periods by submitting
				official transcripts, a complete application form, including part six,
				completed by the college or university, and paying the regular renewal fee for
				those renewing two-year licenses or five-year licenses. An additional two-year
				or five-year extension, respectively, is added to the license expiration date
				at the time of the addition of the new major, minor, or degree.
3.
Added qualifications on life
				certificates.
An individual who holds a life certificate under section
				67.1-02-02-01 may add degrees or
				endorsements to the board licensure records by submitting official transcripts
				and paying the review fee pursuant to subsection 2. An official duplicate of
				the life certificate showing the added degree will be issued to the life
				certificate holder at the time of the addition. Official duplicate copies of
				lost life certificates or renewable licenses will be provided at a cost to the
				holder of twenty dollars.
4.
Restricted licenses.
Programs that include a specialized rather
				than a regular professional education core are issued initial two-year licenses
				that restrict the holder to teaching in that specialty area. Applicants must
				submit the completed application form, original transcripts, fees, and
				fingerprint cards to the education standards and practices board prior to
				licensure. National certification may be used for re-education credits for as
				long as the certification is current.
a.
				Restricted licenses are issued to applicants with specialist or master's
				degrees in:
(1) School psychology. The
				prekindergarten through grade twelve school psychology restricted license will
				be issued to those applicants who have:
(a)
				Obtained a specialist degree in school psychology from a national association
				of school psychology-accredited institution;
(b) Achieved the national certification of
				school psychologist certification. To qualify for the national certification of
				school psychologist license, the candidate must have successfully met the
				standards for training and field placement programs in school psychology,
				standards for the credentialing of school psychologist, standards for the
				provision of school psychological services, and principles of professional
				ethics; or
(c) Obtained a
				specialist degree in school psychology with the expectation of obtaining
				national certification within two years.
The board of psychologist examiners must be given, each year,
				  a list of names of individuals with a school psychologist credential.