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 67.1-02-03-01 - Elementary endorsement

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Re-education of a licensed teacher for elementary
				  schoolteaching may be accomplished by:
1. Completing a state-approved elementary
				teacher education program of thirty-two semester hours, including a regular
				classroom student teaching experience of six quarter hours or a minimum of five
				consecutive weeks between kindergarten through grade eight; or
2. The clinical practice option described in
				section 67.1-02-04-07. The coursework
				must include special methods of teaching elementary content areas with a
				minimum of twelve semester hours specific to teaching elementary school
				reading, language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies along with
				additional appropriate elementary education coursework.
All elementary endorsement applicants grades one through
				  eight will need to meet or exceed the cut scores for the elementary test and
				  the principles of learning and teaching test as set by the education standards
				  and practices board.
A verified successful college-supervised internship with
				  credit may be substituted for student teaching under this section. The
				  internship option within the elementary endorsement is available only:
1. To an individual who has graduated from a
				state-approved teacher education program that has as part of its approved
				preparation a year of college-supervised internship at the elementary level;
				or
2. To an individual licensed by
				the North Dakota education standards and practices board to teach kindergarten
				through grade twelve in accordance with North Dakota Century Code sections
				15.1-18-03 and 15.1-18-02 who has already successfully completed a minimum of
				five weeks of full-time student teaching at the elementary level in the
				individual's specialty area. The total internship contact hours in the
				classroom must be equivalent to a minimum of five weeks of full-time student
				teaching and consist of classroom time blocks not less than one-half of one
				day.
3. The internship must occur
				in a regular kindergarten through grade eight classroom setting and allow the
				intern to experience the full range of curriculum and classroom operations.
				Individuals performing elementary endorsement internships work under the
				supervision of licensed teachers and must not be assigned in lieu of regularly
				employed teachers.
State-approved test endorsement - elementary. Re-education of
				  a licensed teacher for elementary schoolteaching may also be accomplished by
				  holding a North Dakota regular educator's professional license and the
				  successful completion of the pedagogical test grades one through six, and
				  elementary content test meeting or exceeding the minimum scores determined by
				  the board in the content area to be taught. Re-education for the elementary
				  endorsement must be completed prior to assignment to teach in the elementary
				  content area.
4. Specialty
				area endorsement in art, foreign language, or music for elementary teachers
				grades one through eight. Elementary teachers with a major or major equivalency
				defined in section
				67.1-02-03-01 in elementary
				education will be considered qualified to teach art, foreign language, or music
				grades one through eight. Elementary teachers with a major, minor, or minor
				equivalency endorsement in art, foreign language, or music will be considered
				qualified in art, foreign language, or music grades one through
				eight.
5. The applicant shall apply
				online at
www.nd.gov/espb
using the online
				application ND Teach, submit official transcripts, and pay the review fee of
				eighty-five dollars.