TITLE 515 ADVISORY BOARD OF THE DIVISION OF PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
Final Rule
LSA Document #05-338(F)
DIGEST
Amends
515 IAC 8-1-1 to add a definition to reflect that the responsibility for teacher licensing has been transferred to the Department of Education. Amends
515 IAC 8-1-21 concerning exceptional needs. Amends
515 IAC 8-1-35, concerning reading specialists, to add a clarifying statement and make other revisions. Effective 30 days after filing with the Publisher.
Authority:
IC 20-28-2-6
Sec. 1. (a) The definitions in this section apply throughout this article.
(b) "Accomplished practitioner license", as used in this rule, is equivalent to the professional license as defined by
515 IAC 1-2-3 and
515 IAC 1-3-2 [515 IAC 1-3 was repealed filed Sep 30, 2003, 9:45 a.m.: 27 IR 505.].
(c) "All schools" means that the license applicant:
(1) has met all developmental standards; and
(2) qualifies for all five (5) school settings as set forth in section 2 of this rule.
(d) "Building level administrator" means principal, assistant principal, or any other position within a school setting that has the role or responsibility for direct supervision or primary evaluation of other licensed personnel.
(e) "Department" means the Indiana department of education.
(e) (f) "Initial practitioner license", as used in this rule, is equivalent to the initial standard license under
IC 20-28-5.
(f) (g) "Instructional" license means a teaching license.
(g) (h) "Licensing advisor" means a representative of a teacher, administration, or school services personnel training institution within Indiana who acts as a teacher advisor for, and at the request of, the applicant.
(h) (i) "National Board for Professional Teaching Standards" means that the person has met all the qualifications for a National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification in the content area listed on the license. The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is located at 1525 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 500, Arlington, Virginia 22209.
(i) (j) "Proficient practitioner license", as used in this rule, is equivalent to a renewed standard license under
515 IAC 1-2-3.
(j) (k) "School setting" means the school building where the professional educator practices.
(k) (l) "Teacher training institution" means a college or university offering a program of teacher education approved by the professional standards board. department.
(Advisory Board of the Division of Professional Standards; 515 IAC 8-1-1; filed Aug 11, 2003, 3:15 p.m.: 27 IR 166; errata filed Jul 11, 2005, 10:00 a.m.: 28 IR 3308; filed Jul 18, 2006, 1:29 p.m.: 20060816-IR-515050338FRA)
Authority:
IC 20-28-2-6
Sec. 21. (a) The applicant for the initial practitioner license in exceptional needs must meet the following requirements:
(1) Receive a bachelor's degree or, if already degreed, complete additional course work in a teacher education program from an institution of higher education that is approved by the board department to offer such a degree.
(2) Successfully meet the standards for teachers of exceptional needs
adopted by the board as
set forth in 515 IAC 11 prescribed by the department with a concentration in
mild intervention and may include one (1) or more of the content areas,
such as mild intervention, intense intervention,
visually impaired, blind and low vision, and
deaf and hard of hearing.
impaired. One (1) or more of the following content areas may appear on an exceptional needs license:
(A) "Exceptional Needs; Mild Intervention".
(B) "Exceptional Needs; Intense Intervention".
(C) "Exceptional Needs; Visually Impaired". Blind and Low Vision".
(D) "Exceptional Needs; Deaf and Hard of Hearing". Impaired".
(b) The holder of a license with an exceptional needs license is only eligible to teach the specific exceptional needs content area in the school setting listed on the license as set forth in section 2(b) of this rule.
(Advisory Board of the Division of Professional Standards; 515 IAC 8-1-21; filed Aug 11, 2003, 3:15 p.m.: 27 IR 171; filed Jul 18, 2006, 1:29 p.m.: 20060816-IR-515050338FRA)
Authority:
IC 20-28-2-6
Sec. 35. (a) The applicant for the initial practitioner license in
the content area of reading specialist must meet the following requirements:
(1) Receive a master's degree in a teacher education program from an institution of higher education that is approved by the board department to offer such a degree.
(2) Successfully meet the advanced standards for the reading specialist
adopted by the board as
set forth in 515 IAC 11. prescribed by the department. The content area "Reading Specialist" will appear on the license.
(3) Hold a currently valid:
(A) instructional license under any rule of the advisory board of the division of professional standards; or
(B) out-of-state license equivalent to the proficient practitioner license;
with reading listed as a content area on the license.
(b) The holder of a
license with reading specialist
license is only eligible to:
(1) coordinate reading programs for any school district or any school within the district; or
(2) teach reading in any school setting as set forth in section 2(b) of this rule.
The school setting listed on the reading specialist license must be "All Schools".
(c) The holder of a reading specialist license may obtain an accomplished practitioner license when he or she has completed an educational specialist degree or higher from an institution of higher education that is approved by the board department to offer graduate degrees.
(Advisory Board of the Division of Professional Standards; 515 IAC 8-1-35; filed Aug 11, 2003, 3:15 p.m.: 27 IR 174; filed Jul 18, 2006, 1:29 p.m.: 20060816-IR-515050338FRA)
Notice of Intent: January 1, 2006; 29 IR 1246
Proposed Rule: February 1, 2006; 29 IR 1755
Hearing Held: March 1, 2006
Approved by Attorney General: June 29, 2006
Approved by Governor: July 18, 2006
Filed with Publisher: July 18, 2006, 1:29 p.m.
Documents Incorporated by Reference: None Received by Publisher
Small Business Regulatory Coordinator: Shawn Sriver, Director, Division of Professional Standards, Indiana Department of Education, Room 229, State House, Indianapolis, IN 46204, (317) 232-9014, ssriver@psb.in.gov
Posted: 08/16/2006 by Legislative Services Agency
DIN: 20060816-IR-515050338FRA
Composed: May 04,2024 5:17:37PM EDT
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