Mont. Admin. R. 10.57.410 - CLASS 2 STANDARD TEACHER'S LICENSE
(1) A Class 2
standard teacher's license shall be valid for a term of five years.
(2) Applicants for an initial Montana Class 2
standard teacher's license whose degree is more than five years old and who do
not have current out-of-state licensure must have earned 60 professional
development units as defined in ARM 10.57.215(4) within the five-year period
preceding the effective date of the license. For the purposes of this
provision, current licensure does not include provisional or restricted
licenses.
(3) To obtain a Class 2
standard teacher's license an applicant must submit verification of all of the
following:
(a) a bachelor's or master's
degree from an institutionally accredited college or university, or a completed
evaluation of foreign transcripts that demonstrates equivalency to a bachelor's
degree through a National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES)
agency;
(b) completion of an
approved educator preparation program including appropriate supervised teaching
experience as the terms are defined in ARM 10.57.102 with a recommendation for
the license requested from the appropriate official from the educator
preparation program;
(c)
qualification for one or more endorsement as outlined in ARM
10.57.412;
(d) verified completion
of the online course "An Introduction to Indian Education for All in Montana";
and
(e) proof of:
(i) a minimum passing score on the PRAXIS
Subject Assessment applicable to the requested endorsement as established by
the Office of Public Instruction and approved by the Board of Public Education;
or
(ii) a passing score on a
student-teaching portfolio as defined in ARM 10.57.102 and verified by the
appropriate official from the educator preparation program; or
(iii) a 3.00 or higher course work grade
point average (GPA) as defined in ARM 10.57.102 and verified by the appropriate
official from the educator preparation program; or
(iv) verified completion of an educator
preparation program, a current standard, unrestricted out-of-state educator
license, and two years of successful teaching experience as defined in ARM
10.57.102 as documented by a recommendation from the out-of-state P-12 school
employer on a form prescribed by the superintendent of public
instruction.
(4) A Class 2 standard teacher's license is
renewable pursuant to the requirements of ARM 10.57.215.
(5) A lapsed Class 2 standard teacher's
license may be reinstated by earning 60 professional development units as
defined in ARM 10.57.215(4) during the five-year period preceding the date of
application for the new license.
Notes
AUTH: Mont. Const. Art. X, sec. 9, 20-2-121, 20-4-102, MCA; IMP: Mont. Const. Art. X, sec. 9, 20-4-102, 20-4-103, 20-4-106, 20-4-108, MCA
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