Subpart 1.
Definition.
"Clock hour" means an hour of actual instruction, or planned
group or individual professional development activity as approved by the local
continuing education/relicensure committee.
Subp. 2.
Renewal clock hours.
Verification by the local continuing education/relicensure
committee that the applicant has completed 75 approved clock hours for a Tier 3
license and 125 approved clock hours for a Tier 4 license is required for
renewal. Instruction and professional development activities meet requirements
to renew licenses only if they address one or more of the standards in part
8710.2000.
Subp. 2a.
Professional development requirements.
To renew a Tier 3 or 4 license, an applicant who has been
employed as a teacher during the renewal period of the expiring license must
demonstrate the completion of requirements of this subpart to a local
continuing education/relicensure committee for verification by the Professional
Educator Licensing and Standards Board.
A. The applicant must show evidence of
professional refection and growth in best practices, including but not limited
to the following areas:
(1) cultural
competency training; and
(2)
district-approved training in meeting the needs of English learners that has
job-embedded opportunities for learning and practice and aligns with Interstate
Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (InTASC) standards for English
learners.
An applicant may satisfy the requirements of this subpart by
submitting the teacher's most recent summa-tive evaluation or improvement plan
aligned to the district's teacher development and evaluation process. An
applicant not teaching in a Minnesota district may work with the applicant's
local continuing education/relicensure committee for the purposes of providing
evidence of renewal requirements.
B. The applicant must show evidence of
professional development in the following areas:
(1) positive behavior interventions under
Minnesota Statutes, section
122A.187,
subdivision 4, for Tier 3 or 4 licenses issued under parts 8710.0313 and
8710.0314, or their previous equivalencies, which expire on June 30, 2001, and
thereafter;
(2) reading preparation
under Minnesota Statutes, section
122A.187,
subdivision 5, for Tier 3 or 4 licenses issued under parts 8710.0313 and
8710.0314, or their previous equivalencies, which expire on June 30, 2004, and
thereafter;
(3) mental illness
training under Minnesota Statutes, section
122A.187,
subdivision 6, for Tier 3 or 4 licenses issued under parts 8710.0313 and
8710.0314, or their previous equivalencies, which expire on June 30, 2005, and
thereafter; and
(4) at least one
hour of suicide prevention training under Minnesota Statutes, section
122A.187,
subdivision 6, for Tier 3 or 4 licenses issued under parts 8710.0313 and
8710.0314, or their previous equivalencies, which expire on June 30, 2016, and
thereafter.
Subp.
2b.
Renewal emergency extension.
If an emergency prevents an applicant from completing rule
requirements to renew a license, the applicant may submit an application to the
Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board for an emergency extension
of time to renew the license. Within 30 days of receiving the application, the
board must determine whether an extension of time should be granted based on
documentation of the emergency.
Subp.
3.
Categories for clock hour allocation.
Verification of completion of experiences must be submitted
by the applicant to the local committee. Clock hours must be earned in two or
more of the categories in items A to I:
A. relevant coursework completed at
accredited colleges and universities;
B. educational workshops, conferences,
institutes, seminars, or lectures in areas appropriate to licenses
held;
C. staff development
activities, inservice meetings, and courses;
D. site, district, regional, state, national,
or international curriculum development;
E. engagement in formal peer coaching or
mentorship relationships with colleagues that addresses one or more of the
standards in part
8710.2000;
F. professional service in the following
areas:
(1) supervision of clinical experiences
of persons enrolled in teacher preparation programs;
(2) participation on national, state, and
local committees involved with licensure, teacher education, or professional
standards; or
(3) participation in
national, regional, or state accreditation;
G. leadership experiences in the following
areas:
(1) development of new or broader
skills and sensitivities to the school, community, or profession;
(2) publication of professional articles in a
professional journal in an appropriate field; or
(3) volunteer work in professional
organizations related to the areas of licensure held;
H. opportunities to enhance knowledge and
understanding of diverse educational settings in the following areas:
(1) experiences with students of another age,
ability, culture, or socioeconomic level; or
(2) systematic, purposeful observation during
visits to schools and to related business and industry; and
I. preapproved travel or work
experience:
(1) travel for purposes of
improving instructional capabilities related to the field of licensure;
or
(2) work experience in business
or industry appropriate to the field of licensure.
Subp. 4.
Maximum
allocation.
Effective for all experiences completed after June 30, 2000,
the local continuing education/relicensure committee shall grant clock hours on
the following basis:
A. Relevant
coursework under subpart
3, item A, must be granted 16
clock hours for each quarter credit earned, and 24 clock hours for each
semester credit earned.
B.
Successful completion of activities under subpart
3, items B to I, must be
granted one clock hour for each hour of participation with the following
exceptions:
(1) Supervision of clinical
experiences of persons enrolled in teacher licensure programs for one quarter
equals 16 clock hours or one semester equals 24 clock hours. No more than 30
clock hours may be granted in a five-year relicensure period for
supervision.
(2) One week of
preapproved travel or work experience for purposes of improving instructional
capabilities equals ten clock hours. No more than 30 clock hours may be granted
in a five-year relicensure period for travel or work experience. The limit of
30 clock hours may be waived when the local committee determines that the
preapproved travel or work experience is critical to the teacher's advanced or
current skills for the teacher's assignment; for example, travel to experience
language or cultural immersion by a teacher of world language.
Subp. 5.
Exception for national board certification.
A local continuing education committee shall accept
verification that a teacher is actively engaged in and making progress toward
National Board of Professional Standards Certification or other national
professional teaching certification approved by the Professional Educator
Licensing and Standards Board at the time of renewal as equivalent to
fulfilling all clock hour requirements for Tier 3 or 4 license renewal. A local
continuing education committee shall accept verification that a teacher has
earned National Board or other approved certification as equivalent to all
clock hour requirements during the life of the certificate. If the certificate
expires during the applicable renewal period, the local committee shall prorate
hours completed under this exception and require completion of a prorated
number of clock hours for the years the certificate is not in effect.
Subp. 6.
Exception for local
option.
The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board shall
approve requests submitted by local committees that, through their school
district master contracts or other official agreements between the local school
board and its teachers, wish to substitute development and implementation of
individualized professional development plans for some or all of the clock hour
requirements for renewal of Tier 3 or 4 teaching licenses, provided that each
individualized professional development plan:
A. is designed primarily to enhance the
teacher's ability to effect increased student learning;
B. focuses on standards in part
8710.2000 and specific content
knowledge required for the teacher's assignment;
C. includes management and monitoring of
student learning, including positive behavioral interventions and adaptation
and modification of curriculum, instruction, and assessment to assist varied
student learners in achieving graduation standards;
D. includes a focus on research-based best
practice;
E. identifies the
procedures and criteria by which successful development and implementation of
the individualized professional development plan will be validated and
communicated with the local continuing education committee; and
F. requires that each teacher's
individualized professional development plan equal or exceed 75 hours of
professional development activities during the three-year period for a Tier 3
license and 125 hours of professional development activities during the
five-year period for a Tier 4 license.
Subp. 7.
Experience for clock hour
credit.
Except for subpart
3, item H, subitem (1),
teaching experiences for which licensure is required shall not qualify for
clock hour credit.
Subp. 8.
Period for earning clock hours.
An applicant requesting renewal of a license to teach must
earn a minimum of 75 clock hours during each three-year period preceding
application for a Tier 3 licensure renewal and 125 clock hours during each
five-year period preceding application for a Tier 4 licensure renewal. An
applicant may not bank clock hours for purposes of relicensure, but clock hours
earned after an application for renewal has been submitted may be applied to
the next renewal period.
Subp.
9.
School staff development.
Instruction and professional development activities provided
by a school may be included among the clock hours in this part.
Subp. 10.
Renewal of license
for two or more areas.
An applicant who seeks renewal of a Tier 3 or 4 teaching
license for two or more areas should allocate at least 30 clock hours to each
of the licensure areas for a total of no fewer than 75 clock hours for a Tier 3
license and 125 clock hours for a Tier 4 license, with priority given to work
in areas where the candidate is employed during the licensure period. An
applicant who holds an administrative license or licenses may allocate clock
hours for the renewal of teaching licensure under this subpart.
Subp. 11.
Denial of clock
hours.
A local committee shall not grant clock hours for experiences
that are primarily for personal rather than professional improvement or for
experiences that duplicate other granted clock hour experiences without new or
enhanced professional development value.
