Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 9, September, 2024
RULES GOVERNING INITIAL, STANDARD/ADVANCED LEVEL AND
PROVISIONAL TEACHER LICENSURE July 2010
1.00
REGULATORY AUTHORITY
1.01 These shall be known as the Arkansas
Department of Education Rules Governing Initial, Standard/Advanced Level and
Provisional Teacher Licensure.
1.02
These rules are enacted pursuant to the authority of the State Board of
Education under Ark. Code Ann. §§
6-11-105,
6-17-410,
25-15-204,
6-17-411.
2.00
PURPOSE
2.01 The purpose of these rules is to
establish the requirements and procedures for obtaining an Initial,
Standard/Advanced Level or Provisional Teaching License.
3.00
DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of these Rules the following definitions
shall apply.
3.01
Area
of Licensure - a particular content field as identified in Appendix A,
Areas and Levels of Licensure.
3.02
Central Registry - The Child Maltreatment Central Registry
established within the Arkansas Department of Human Services, which contains
records of cases on all true investigations determination of child
maltreatment.
3.03
Content/Standard Teaching Area refer to the specific subject areas
listed under Integrated Curriculum Humanities, Integrated Science Curriculum,
Integrated Visual and Performance Arts, Integrated Vocational Education,
Integrated Physical Education and Health and Special Education as listed in the
State Board Approved Levels and Areas of Licensure.
3.04
Induction - the period of
time beginning with a teacher's first employment as the teacher of record in an
Arkansas public school, cooperative, or agency that requires an Arkansas
teaching license. The novice teacher, operating under an Initial License, is
provided mentoring support and accelerated professional development during the
Initial license period. It concludes with successful completion of the
state-mandated performance assessment. Induction shall not be less than one
year and no more than three years.
3.05
Initial Licensure - The
first teaching license issued to an applicant for teacher licensure. This
license may a provisional, initial, or standard teacher license.
3.06
Initial Teaching License -
a three-year teaching license, issued by the state, which allows one to teach
in traditional P-12 setting.
3.07
Level of Licensure - the grade/age level parameter of the
teaching license as identified in Appendix A, Areas and Levels of
Licensure.
3.08
Mentor
- a licensed teacher with a minimum of three years successful teaching
experience who is trained in the state-adopted mentoring model. Mentors are
assigned in their districts to assist a novice teacher by providing focused
feedback with regard to instructional skills, classroom management, and
professional behaviors.
3.09
Mentoring - the act of a certified mentor providing support and focused
feedback to a novice teacher (through the state-adopted mentoring model) with
the goal of enhanced instructional skills, competency, and professional
development.
3.10
Non-Traditional Licensure Program - the teacher training program
approved and administered by the Arkansas Department of Education, whose
participants hold a minimum of a baccalaureate degree and are allowed to teach
in an Arkansas traditional P-12 setting via a Non-Traditional Provisional
license.
3.11
Novice Teacher
- any licensed teacher-of-record with less than one year of public
school, or accredited private school, classroom teaching experience, not
including student internship or substitute teaching.
3.12
Performance Assessment -
an assessment tool used for evaluation of the classroom performance of a novice
teacher, conducted by a trained assessor who utilizes a framework of essential
teaching skills in which the novice teacher must demonstrate competency in an
authentic classroom setting.
3.12.1 Successful
completion of the performance assessment is defined as meeting the
state-adopted cut-score and the cut-score for each of the four
Domains.
3.13
Advanced Level License- A standard Arkansas teaching license, that is
issued upon request of a teacher who has documented the completion of a
Master's Degree and three years of teaching experience or who has documented
current National Board Certification.
3.14
Program of Study - a
state-approved teacher preparation curriculum offered at an Arkansas college or
university, based on the Arkansas Licensure Standards. The
program requires a candidate to demonstrate and document competency in the
specific knowledge, skills, and dispositions for a particular licensure area
and level.
3.15
Provisional
Teaching License - A temporary one-year teaching license available to
candidates who have not met all requirements for the Initial or
Standard/Advanced Level Arkansas teaching licenses.
3.16
Standard Non-Instructional
Student Services License - a five-year renewable license, issued by the
state, which allows one to practice in Arkansas public schools as a School
Psychology Specialist or Speech Language Pathologist.
3.17
Standard Teaching License
- a five-year renewable license, issued by the state, which allows one
to teach in Arkansas public schools.
3.18
Teacher-of-Record - an
instructional teacher employed under contract (in a licensed staff position) by
a school district or other Arkansas agency or organization requiring an
Arkansas teaching license.
3.19
Traditional P-12 Setting - Employment in a public, including the
Arkansas Correctional Schools, or private school between P-12 grade levels (or)
a setting pre-approved by the Arkansas Department of Education.
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REQUIREMENTS
FOR OBTAINING AN INITIAL TEACHING LICENSE
4.01 There are five routes for obtaining an
Initial Arkansas teaching license.
4.01.1
Completion of a regionally accredited and NCATE approved, Arkansas
college/university teacher preparation program,
OR
4.01.2
Completion of a college/university teacher preparation degree program that
holds regional/national accreditation recognized by the U.S. Department of
Education or Council for Higher Education Accreditation and whose teacher
preparation program is accredited by a national accrediting body that is
recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, Council for Higher Education
Accreditation or that is state approved.
OR
4.01.3
Completion of the Arkansas Department of Education Approved Non-Traditional
Licensure Program,
OR
4.01.5
Conversion of a Provisional license
4.02 An Initial Arkansas teaching license
shall be issued when the following has been submitted to the office of
Professional Licensure:
4.02.1 A completed
application for Initial licensure.
4.02.2 An official score report reflecting
current passing scores, as approved by the State Board of Education, on all
state required assessments for Initial licensure (the basic skills assessment
[all parts], the state required content area assessment(s) for the specific
licensure area(s) sought, and the state required pedagogical
assessment).
4.02.3 Documentation
that the candidate has successfully completed the required background checks by
the Arkansas State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation as required by
Ark. Code Ann.§
6-17-410.
4.02.4 Documentation that the applicant has
requested and cleared a child maltreatment central registry check to be
conducted by the Department of Human Services as required by law.
4.02.5 Documentation reflecting completion of
a teacher preparation program. This shall be:
4.02.5.1 Official transcripts reflecting a
Bachelor=s Degree (or Master=s Degree when required) from:
4.02.5.1.1 A regionally accredited and NCATE
approved, Arkansas college/university teacher preparation program
OR
4.02.5.1.2 Completion of a college/university
teacher preparation degree program that holds regional/national accreditation
recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or Council for Higher Education
Accreditation and whose teacher preparation program is accredited by a national
accrediting body that is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education,
Council for Higher Education Accreditation or that is state approved.
OR
4.02.5.1.3 Verification from the Arkansas
Non-Traditional Licensure Program.
4.03 The Initial Arkansas Teaching License
application must be signed and verified by the Licensure Officer from the
Arkansas college or university where the approved teacher preparation program
was completed, or by the designated representative of the Non-Traditional
Teacher Licensure Program.
4.04 The
Initial Arkansas teaching license shall be issued only for those areas and
levels of licensure that have been approved by the State Board of Education
(Appendix A, Areas and Levels of Licensure).
4.05 Candidates may obtain concurrent
licensure in more than one licensure/endorsement area.
4.06 Candidates seeking Initial licensure in
Early Childhood Education (P-4), both Middle School integrated areas (4-8) or
Secondary Social Studies (7-12), shall complete a three-credit-hour course in
Arkansas History in addition to the required testing and program of study when
applicable.
4.07 Candidates seeking
Initial licensure in Special Education must complete concurrent licensure in a
general education area at the same level as the Special Education license.
4.07.1 If the Special Education level is
4-12, the individual shall have a choice of concurrent licensure in a general
education area at the 4-8 or 7-12 levels.
4.08
Candidates who completed
an Arkansas teacher preparation program but never received a Standard teaching
license (when it has been longer than five years since program
completion) shall meet current requirements for an Initial license.
5.00
GENERAL
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES RELATING TO AN INITIAL TEACHING LICENSE
5.01 The Initial Arkansas teaching license:
5.01.1 is valid for no less than one and no
more than three years;
5.01.2
expires three years from the effective date, unless requirements for a Standard
teaching license are met; and
5.01.3 requires that all Novice Teachers
participate in Induction.
5.02 Additional areas and levels of licensure
may be added to the Initial Arkansas teaching license.
5.03 The beginning and expiration dates of an
Initial teaching license shall not change upon adding additional licensure
areas or advanced degrees.
5.04 The
grade level and license/teaching area are reflected on the Initial Arkansas
Teaching license.
5.05 The degree a
teaching license is based upon shall be reflected on the Initial Arkansas
Teaching license.
5.06 Advanced
degrees shall not be reflected on the Initial teaching license unless that
degree is designated on the official transcript as an education degree or a
degree in a content teaching area as approved by the State Board of Education.
The degree must be from an institution of higher education holding
regional/national accreditation recognized by the U.S. Department of Education,
or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. If the degree is a teacher
preparation degree it must be from a program that holds national accreditation
recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, the Council for Higher
Education Accreditation, or be state approved.
5.07 Teachers who hold an Initial Arkansas
teaching license shall complete induction while teaching primarily in the
general education area of licensure.
5.07.1
Upon successful completion of induction, the candidate shall be awarded a
standard license for all general education and endorsement areas reflected on
the initial teaching license.
5.08 Candidates receiving Initial, concurrent
licensure in a general education area and the endorsement area of coaching
shall complete Induction in the general education area. Coaching shall not be
the primary area of teaching during induction.
5.09 The Initial Arkansas teaching license
shall become effective upon date of issue. The Initial Arkansas teaching
license shall expire three years from the effective date as reflected on the
Initial teaching license.
5.10
Teachers holding an Initial Arkansas teaching license, who have not been
employed as teacher-of-record for up to three years (and have therefore not
successfully completed Induction), may re-apply for the three-year Initial
Arkansas teaching license through the Office of Professional
Licensure.
5.11 A teacher shall
have three years while employed as teacher of record to successfully complete
Induction (mentoring and Praxis III - performance assessment) and convert the
three-year Initial Arkansas teaching license to the Standard/Advanced Level
five-year teaching license.
5.12
Teachers that were employed for three years as teacher of record while holding
an Initial Arkansas teaching license and did not successfully complete
Induction shall be eligible for a one-time, non-renewable, One-Semester Permit
upon meeting the following requirements:
5.12.1 The teacher shall submit an
application for the One-Semester Permit.
5.12.1.1 The Initial Arkansas teaching
license shall not have been expired longer than two years at the time of
application.
5.12.1.2 The teacher
shall provide verification of having been employed as the teacher of record for
three years.
5.12.1.3 The
application shall not be processed when received later than the registration
deadline for the state mandated performance assessment for either the Fall or
Spring Semester.
5.12.1.4 The
teacher shall be employed as teacher of record.
5.12.1.5 The teacher shall pay the current
fee that covers the cost of the state mandated performance
assessment.
5.13 Teachers employed under the One-Semester
Permit shall not be deemed Highly Qualified for the semester
employed.
5.14 The One-Semester
Permit shall be effective for only the Fall or Spring semester of the school
year issued.
5.15 The
Standard/Advanced Level teaching license shall be issued to the holder of the
One-Semester Permit upon verification by the Arkansas Department of Education
that the Induction requirements have been completed.
5.16 The Initial Arkansas teaching license
shall not be issued for the Non-Instructional Student Services and Professional
& Technical areas.
5.17
Beginning May 1, 2007, all teachers licensing in P.E./Wellness/Leisure shall
receive the new licensure code numbers 235 for (P-8) and 236 for (7-12).
5.17.1 Teachers holding the new licensure
code numbers 235 and/or 236 shall not be automatically approved to be employed
as a coach in the public schools of Arkansas.
5.17.2 Teachers holding the new licensure
code numbers 235 and/or 236 shall work under the ALP (Additional Licensure
Plan) for the coaching endorsement (7-12) when employed as a coach.
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REQUIREMENTS
FOR OBTAINING A STANDARD/ADVANCED LEVEL TEACHING LICENSE
6.01 Requirements for a Standard/Advanced
Level teaching license are:
6.01.1
Transcripts reflecting the completion of a Bachelor=s Degree (Master=s Degree
when required) from a regionally accredited and NCATE approved, Arkansas
college/university teacher preparation program.
OR
6.01.1.1
Transcripts reflecting the completion of a Bachelor's Degree (Master's Degree
when required) from a college/university holding regional/national
accreditation recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or the Council for
Higher Education Accreditation and whose teacher preparation program is
accredited by a national accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of
Education, Council for Higher Education Accreditation or that is state
approved.
6.01.2 Passing
the required basic skills assessment (all parts),
6.01.3 Passing the required content area
assessment(s) for the specific licensure area and level sought,
6.01.4 Passing the required pedagogical
assessment(s),
6.01.5 Successful
completion of Induction (mentoring and performance assessment), and
6.01.6 Successful clearance of background
checks performed by the Arkansas State Police and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation as required by Ark. Code Ann. §
6-17-410.
6.01.7 Successful clearance of the child
maltreatment central registry check performed by the Arkansas Department of
Human Services.
6.02
Candidates for a Standard/Advanced Level teaching license in the areas of Early
Childhood Education (P-4), both Middle School integrated areas (4-8) or
Secondary Social Studies (7-12) must have completed a three-credit-hour course
in Arkansas History in addition to the required testing and program of study
when applicable.
6.03 Candidates
for a Standard/Advanced Level teaching license in the Non-Instructional Student
Service areas of Speech Language Pathologist shall complete the following
requirements:
6.03.1 Completion of a Master's
Degree in Speech Pathology from a college/university holding regional/national
accreditation recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or the Council for
Higher Education Accreditation and whose Speech Pathology program holds
national accreditation recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or
Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
6.03.2 Successful completion of the state
required specialty area assessment for Speech Pathology.
6.03.3 Successfully clearing the required
State Police, FBI, and Child Maltreatment Central Registry background checks as
required by law.
6.03.4 Candidates
for licensure in Speech Pathology shall not be eligible for a provisional
teaching license.
6.04
Candidates for a Standard/Advanced Level teaching licensed in the
Non-Instructional Student Services Area of School Psychology Specialist shall
meet the following requirements:
6.04.1
Completion of an advanced degree in School Psychology or completion of an
advanced degree in counseling with a graduate level program of study in School
Psychology from a college/university holding regional /national accreditation
recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or the Council for Higher
Education Accreditation.
6.04.2 The
School Psychology program shall hold national accreditation recognized by the
U.S. Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education
Accreditation.
6.04.3 Successful
completion of the state required specialty area assessment.
6.04.4 Successfully clearing the required
State Police, FBI, and Child Maltreatment Central Registry background checks as
required by law.
6.04.5 Candidates
for licensure as a School Psychology Specialist shall not be eligible for a
provisional teaching license.
6.05 A content/standard teaching area may be
added to the Speech Pathology or School Psychology specialist teaching license
by meeting the following requirements.
6.05.1
Completion of a program of study to include an internship in the teaching
area.
6.05.2 Successful completion
of the required basic skills assessments, the required specialty area
assessment(s) & the required pedagogical assessment at the appropriate
level of licensure.
7.00
GENERAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
RELATING TO A STANDARD/ADVANCED LEVEL TEACHING LICENSE
7.01 The standard/advanced level teaching
license shall be issued only for those areas and levels of licensure that have
been approved by the State Board of Education.
7.02 The standard/advanced level teaching
license shall be a renewable teaching license, valid for a period of five
years.
7.03 The standard/advanced
level teaching license shall become effective January 1 of the year it is
issued and shall expire December 31 of the fifth year.
7.04 The standard/advanced level teaching
license will reflect all general education and endorsement areas reflected on
the Initial teaching license.
7.05
Additional areas and levels of licensure may be added to the Standard/Advanced
Level teaching license.
7.06 The
beginning and expiration dates of a Standard/Advanced Level teaching license
shall not change upon adding licensure areas or advanced degrees.
7.07 The degree a teaching license is based
upon shall be reflected on the Standard/Advanced Level teaching
license.
7.08 Advanced degrees
shall not be reflected on the Standard/Advanced Level teaching license unless
that degree is designated on the official transcript as an education degree, or
a degree in a content teaching area as approved by the State Board of
Education. The degree must be from an institution of higher education holding
regional/national accreditation recognized by the U.S. Department of Education,
or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. If the degree is a teacher
preparation degree it must be from a program that holds national accreditation
recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, the Council for Higher
Education Accreditation or be state approved.
8.00
REQUIREMENTS FOR OBTAINING A
PROVISIONAL TEACHING LICENSE
8.01 A
one-year
(1084) non-renewable provisional teaching license shall
be available for graduates of an Arkansas teacher preparation program who have
not completed the following requirements:
8.01.1 All required subject-specific and
pedagogical assessments, and/or
8.01.2 A three-credit-hour Arkansas History
course when required.
8.02 A one-year
(1084)
non-renewable provisional teaching license shall be issued upon
providing the following documentation.
8.02.1
A completed application reflecting completion of an approved teacher
preparation program from an Arkansas college or university;
8.02.2 Official transcripts reflecting the
completion of a Bachelor's Degree (Master's Degree when required);
8.02.3 Successful completion of both parts of
the required background checks (Arkansas State Police and Federal Bureau of
Investigation);
8.02.4
Documentation that the applicant has requested and cleared a child maltreatment
central registry check to be conducted by the Department of Human Services as
required by law.
8.02.5 Score
report reflecting successful completion of the state required basic skills
assessment (all parts); and
8.02.6
Proof of employment on the verification of provisional licensure eligibility
form indicating employing school district and hire date.
9.00
REQUIREMENTS
FOR CONVERTING A PROVISIONAL TEACHING LICENSE TO AN INITIAL TEACHING
LICENSE
9.01 The one-year
(1084)
non-renewable provisional teaching license shall be converted to the
three-year Initial teaching license when the following documentation has been
submitted:
9.01.1 A completed application for
licensure requesting conversion of the provisional license;
9.01.2 Score reports reflecting successful
completion of the required assessment(s), and/or
9.01.3 Official transcript reflecting the
successful completion of a three-credit-hour Arkansas History course when
required.
10.00
RULES PERTAINING TO NOVICE
TEACHER INDUCTION
10.01 All
Novice Teachers employed as teacher-of-record in a traditional
P-12 setting shall participate in Induction for no less than one
year.
10.02 Induction includes
mentoring, and successful completion of the state mandated performance
assessment.
10.03 The School
District Induction Assurances Form is to be submitted to the Office of Teacher
Quality at the Arkansas Department of Education no later than September 15 of
each year.
10.04 All Arkansas
public schools or agencies who employ a novice teacher as a licensed
teacher-of-record shall:
10.04.1 Register all
novice teachers in their employ and their mentors with the Office of Teacher
Quality using the Induction Pairing Form no later than September
15th of each year,
10.04.2 Assign to the novice teacher a mentor
teacher who is located in the same building, and who, as much as possible, has
a compatible background in content area and level of licensure, is trained and
certified in the state adopted mentoring model, and has at least three (3)
years of successful teaching experience. Districts shall contact the Induction
Program Advisor in the Office of Teacher Quality for consideration of any
exceptions to these requirements.
10.04.3 Assign the mentor to the novice
teacher within three weeks of the novice teacher's first contract day of the
school year,
10.04.4 Assign only
one novice teacher per mentor teacher unless preapproved by the ADE to
accommodate the additional mentoring responsibility, as approved by the
Induction Program Advisor.
10.04.5
Contact the Induction Program Advisor and provide information on the Induction
Project Director that has been appointed by the school district no later than
August 1 of each year who will act as the liaison for the program to ADE.
10.04.5.1 Project Directors are responsible
for coordinating mentor assignments, oversight of mentoring funding
appropriations and the district mentoring plan, approval of appropriate
professional development expenditures for the novice teacher, and all written
and fiscal reporting and communications to the ADE,
10.04.6 Release mentors, novice teachers,
and/or the Induction Project Director from the district to attend any mandatory
statewide orientation or informational meetings held by the ADE,
10.04.7 Notify the ADE, Office of Teacher
Quality within 15 days of any personnel changes that might affect annual
mentoring budget allocations (such as hiring of a novice teacher midyear, or a
novice teacher resigning midyear and being replaced by an experienced teacher
for whom mentoring is not appropriate); and
10.04.8 Submit the End-of-Year Budget Report
Form on-line, reflecting Induction expenditures, no later than June
30th each year.
10.05 For the teacher to be eligible for the
Standard/Advanced Level Teaching license, Induction shall be completed by the
teacher within three years, while the teacher is employed as teacher of
record.
10.06 Novice teachers
become eligible to participate in the state-mandated performance assessment
after a minimum of six months employed and mentored as teacher-of-record.
10.06.1 To take the performance assessment
candidates shall notify Office of Teacher Quality by following current standard
application procedures.
10.07 All Arkansas School Districts shall
implement, support, and monitor the quality of mentoring as outlined in ADE
Induction Guidelines.
10.07.1 Implementation
of the district mentoring plan shall include
10.07.1.1 Selecting mentor candidates
according to the Arkansas Mentor Qualifications form; and
10.07.1.2 Providing a trained certified
mentor for each novice teacher.
10.07.2 Support includes:
10.07.2.1 Providing a minimum of 2 hours
every two weeks of released time (on average) during the contract day for the
mentor and novice teacher to work together,
10.07.2.2 Assisting the novice and mentor to
schedule focused observations and professional development activities,
and
10.07.2.3 Providing activities
for mentors and novice teachers, which engage them in collaborative dialogue,
problem solving, and professional development.
10.07.3 The quality of the District Induction
Program is assessed by monitoring.
10.07.3.1
A trained monitor, sent from the ADE, interviews the Project director and
novice teacher-mentor pair.
10.07.3.2 The required mentoring
documentation shall be collected by the district Project Director, and reviewed
by the ADE monitor.
10.07.4 All observation documents shall be
collected by the Project Director.
10.07.4.1
At the end of the school year the Professional Growth Plan and Observation
forms would become the sole possession of the novice teacher and shall not be
utilized for employment decisions or employment evaluation decisions.
10.08 Mentoring
observational information shall not be utilized in any way for employment
decisions unless students are at risk, either physically or
emotionally.
10.09 School districts
shall distribute any associated mentoring support funding within the parameters
established by the Arkansas Department of Education.
10.10 Mentor teachers shall perform a minimum
of three (3) formal classroom observations per school year for novice teachers
and provide feedback focused on increased professional growth.
10.10.1 All observations, both formal and
informal, shall be noted as designated by the Arkansas Department of
Education.
10.11
Materials purchased by the novice with mentoring funding shall follow the
novice teacher to a new teaching assignment if the novice teacher continues
teaching in an Arkansas public school.
10.11.1
If the novice teacher chooses to teach in a non-public school, leave the
profession of teaching, or teach out of the state of Arkansas, materials bought
with state mentoring allocations shall remain in the public school district in
which the novice teacher was last employed.
10.12 Performance Assessment School districts
shall:
10.12.1 Provide released time for the
novice teacher to participate in the performance assessment for Standard
licensure.
10.12.2 Provide released
time for Assessors from the district to attend mandatory statewide meetings
required by the Arkansas Department of Education.
10.12.3 Provide released time for Assessors
from the district to conduct a minimum of two performance assessments per
semester.
10.12.4 Not dictate when
the novice teacher takes the performance assessment; and
10.12.5 Not use the performance assessment
results for contract renewal or dismissal purposes.
10.13 Novice
10.13.1 A novice teacher applying for the
performance assessment must teach in an a traditional Arkansas public or
private school in grades P-12
10.13.2 Teachers in distance learning labs
will follow the protocol for distance learning lab observations.
10.13.3 Novice teachers must teach a class or
small group of students without any other licensed teacher present (except the
Assessor)
10.13.4 A novice teacher
may have an instructional aide (non licensed teacher) present in the room if he
or she is normally scheduled to be present and does not contribute to class
discipline.
10.13.5 Any novice
teacher who is unsuccessful in the performance assessment will automatically be
assigned a highly trained mentor and will receive mentoring with financial
support for another year.
10.13.6 A
novice teacher-may re-take the performance assessment each semester until the
three year license expires.
10.13.7
Arkansas Department of Education Office of Teacher Quality will fund the first
attempt to pass Praxis III assessment. Any remaining attempts will be paid for
by the Novice Teacher.
10.13.8 The
novice teacher will receive copies of the assessment summary statements and the
Superintendent receives the scores by domain.
10.13.9 If a novice whose Initial license
expires prior to passing the performance assessment, the novice teacher may
apply through the Office of Professional Licensure for a one semester permit.
10.13.9.1 The novice teacher-must take the
performance assessment within that six month window.
10.13.9.2 The novice teacher will incur the
cost of the performance assessment plus a financial penalty.
10.13.9.3 If the novice teacher is not
successful at the performance assessment within the six months, the novice
teacher will not be allowed another opportunity. This results in the permanent
loss of licensure.
10.14 School districts that do not comply
with these rules shall be placed in accredited-cited status for licensure
deficiencies. Licensure deficiencies for these purposes are defined as:
10.14.1 Failure to register all novice
teachers with the Office of Teacher Quality, and/or
10.14.2 Failure to comply with established
guidelines for assignment, support, and monitoring of mentor teachers and
novice teachers.
10.14.3 Failure to
submit all appropriate documentation.
10.15 Project Director's Stipend
10.15.1 As funds are available school
district personnel who serve as Project Directors for the Induction programs
will be compensated with a stipend via a sliding scale (currently not to exceed
$1,000) based on the number of novice teachers and beginning administrators in
the district.
11.00
GENERAL POLICIES PERTAINING TO
ALL LICENSES
11.01 Teachers who need a
duplicate Arkansas teaching license must submit a completed application form
(indicating "duplicate") to the office of Professional Licensure and
appropriate fee.
11.01.1 A duplicate license
will be issued only for a license that is current.
11.02 All information and documentation
submitted for an Arkansas teaching license must be accurate, authentic, and
unaltered.
11.02.1 Any license issued as a
result of a violation of the above-mentioned will be null and void.
11.03 The Office of Professional
Licensure, as authorized by the State Board of Education, reserves the right to
amend and/or rescind any Arkansas Teaching License that has been issued in
error.
11.04 Teachers holding a
provisional or initial teaching license who have never completed a Child
Maltreatment Central Registry check shall do so at the conversion, of their
provisional or initial teaching license to the standard teaching
license.