New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 60 - SCHOOL PERSONNEL - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 4 - LICENSURE RECIPROCITY › Section 6.60.4.13 - FOREIGN COUNTRY LICENSURE RECIPROCITY

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Foreign country teachers 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-2, or grade pre K-12 specialty area, or grade pre K-12 blind
				and visually impaired who are licensed or hold authorization to teach in a
				country outside of the United States of America here after referred to as
				United States shall meet the following requirements:
(1) hold a bachelor's degree from a United
				States regionally accredited college or university or an equivalent to a
				bachelor's degree from another country as verified by an official translation
				and evaluation from a PED accepted agency as posted on
www.ped.state.nm.us
; and,
(2) hold and provide a copy of a valid
				teaching license or authorization to teach in another country or countries that
				is comparable to the New Mexico license they are seeking; and,
(3) have completed a standard or alternative
				teacher preparation program approved in another state or country or accepted by
				the PED; and,
(4) if applying for:
(a) early childhood birth-grade 3 or k-8
				elementary licensure, have passed the applicable New Mexico teacher assessments
				("NMTA") or other teacher competency test(s) satisfying requirements for
				teacher licensure in another state or country, 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
				technical 7-12, middle level 5-9, and grades pre K-12 specialty area licensure
				in the core academic areas, provide evidence of 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, or having
				passed the applicable New Mexico teacher assessments ("NMTA") or other teacher
				competency test(s) satisfying requirements for teacher licensure in another
				state or country;
(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 foreign country licensure
				or authorization, or have passed the applicable New Mexico teacher assessments
				("NMTA") or other teacher competency test(s) satisfying requirements for
				teacher licensure in another state or country; and,
(5) have, on a form acceptable to 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
(6) submit to and satisfactorily clear a
				fingerprint-based background check pursuant to Section
				22-10A-5,
				NMSA 1978 or provide proof of a criminal history background clearance from
				their country of residence.