Mont. Admin. R. 10.57.412 - CLASS 1 AND 2 ENDORSEMENTS
(1) Subject field
endorsement must be in areas approved for endorsement by the Board of Public
Education.
(2) Areas approved for
endorsement on Class 1 and 2 licenses include the following: agriculture, art
K-12, biology, business education, chemistry, communication, computer science,
early childhood (P-3), earth science, economics, elementary education (K-8),
English, English as a second language K-12, family and consumer sciences,
geography, health, health and physical education K-12, history, industrial
trades and technology education, journalism, library K-12, mathematics, music
K-12, physical education K-12, physics, political science, psychology, reading
K-12, science (broadfield), social studies (broadfield), sociology, special
education P-12, special education P-12 hearing impairment, special education
P-12 vision impairment, theater, traffic education, and world languages
K-12.
(3) As appropriate, grade
level endorsements may be issued as consistent with the educator preparation
program completed by the applicant.
(4) Permissive special competencies or
endorsements identified on an educator license, but no longer offered, may be
retained as long as the licensee continues to renew the license.
(5) To obtain an early childhood (P-3),
elementary (K-8), middle grades (4-8), secondary (5-12 content-specific), K-12,
or P-12 (special education) endorsement, an applicant must provide verification
of completion of an approved educator preparation program at the grade level(s)
identified by the program, including supervised teaching experience or a waiver
of this requirement if the applicant has previously had supervised teaching
experience.
(6) Applicants must
also submit a recommendation for any endorsement requested from the appropriate
official from an approved educator preparation program.
(7) Applicants who have completed an approved
educator preparation program outside of Montana and hold endorsements in
specific disability areas (for example, early childhood special education,
autism, hearing impaired) may qualify for a special education P-12 endorsement
in hearing and vision upon verification of program completion and proof of a
minimum passing score on the PRAXIS Subject Assessment applicable to the
special education endorsement.
(8)
Applicants with graduate degrees in an endorsable area may use experience
instructing in relevant college or university courses as credit in that
endorsement area for licensure.
Notes
AUTH: Mont. Const. Art. X, sec. 9, 20-4-102, MCA; IMP: Mont. Const. Art. X, sec. 9, 20-4-106, 20-4-108, MCA
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