Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 282 - Educational Examiners Board
Chapter 13 - Issuance of Teacher Licenses and Endorsements
Rule 282-13.29 - Adding, Removing or Reinstating a Teaching Endorsement
Universal Citation: IA Admin Code 282-13.29
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 6, September 18, 2024
(1) Adding an endorsement. After the issuance of a teaching license, an individual may add other endorsements to that license upon proper application, provided current requirements for that endorsement have been met. An updated license with expiration date unchanged from the original or renewed license will be prepared.
a.
Options. To add an endorsement, the applicant must follow one
of these options:
(1) Option 1. Receive the
Iowa teacher education institution's recommendation that the current approved
program requirements for the endorsement have been met.
(2) Option 2. Receive verification from the
Iowa teacher education institution that the minimum state requirements for the
endorsement have been met in lieu of the institution's approved
program.
(3) Option 3. Apply for a
review of the transcripts by the board of educational examiners' staff to
determine if all Iowa requirements have been met. The applicant must submit
documentation that all of the Iowa requirements have been met by filing
transcripts and supporting documentation for review. The fee for the transcript
evaluation is in 282-Chapter 12. This fee shall be in addition to the fee for
adding the endorsement.
b.
Additional requirements for adding
an endorsement.
(1) In addition to
meeting the requirements for Iowa licensure, applicants for endorsements shall
have completed a methods class appropriate for teaching the general subject
area and grade levels of the endorsement added.
(2) Practitioners who are adding a K-8
endorsement and have not student taught at the elementary level shall complete
a teaching practicum in an elementary setting. Applicants seeking the early
childhood or elementary endorsements set forth in rule
282-13.26
(272) must complete the required field experience and teaching practicum
specific to the endorsement desired.
(3) Practitioners who are adding a 5-12
endorsement and have not student taught at the secondary level shall complete a
teaching practicum in a high school setting.
(4) Practitioners holding the K-8 endorsement
in the content area of the 5-12 endorsement being added may satisfy the
requirement for the secondary methods class and the teaching practicum by
completing all required coursework and presenting verification of competence.
This verification of competence shall be signed by a licensed evaluator who has
observed and formally evaluated the performance of the applicant at the
secondary level. This verification of competence may be submitted at any time
during the term of the Class B license. The practitioner must obtain a Class B
license while practicing with the 5-12 endorsement.
(5) Applicants seeking a board of educational
examiners transcript review must have achieved a C- grade or higher in the
courses that will be considered for an endorsement.
(2) Removal of an endorsement; reinstatement of removed endorsement,
a. Removal of an endorsement. A practitioner may
remove an endorsement from the practitioner's license as follows:
(1) To remove an endorsement, the
practitioner shall meet the following conditions:
1. A practitioner who holds a standard or
master educator license is eligible to request removal of an endorsement from
the license if the practitioner has not taught in the subject or assignment
area of the endorsement in the five years prior to the request for removal of
the endorsement, and
2. The
practitioner must submit a notarized written application form furnished by the
board of educational examiners to remove an endorsement at the time of
licensure renewal (licensure renewal is limited to one calendar year prior to
the expiration date of the current license), and
3. The application must be signed by the
superintendent or designee in the district in which the practitioner is under
contract. The superintendent's signature shall serve as notification and
acknowledgment of the practitioner's intent to remove an endorsement from the
practitioner's license. The absence of the superintendent's or designee's
signature does not impede the removal process.
(2) The endorsement shall be removed from the
license at the time of application.
(3) If a practitioner is not employed and
submits an application, the provisions of 13.29(2)
"a"(1)"3" shall not be required.
(4) If a practitioner submits an application
that does not meet the criteria listed in
13.29(2)"a"(1)"1" to "3,"
the application will be rendered void and the practitioner will forfeit the
processing fee.
(5) The executive
director has the authority to approve or deny the request for removal. Any
denial is subject to the appeal process set forth in rule
282-11.35
(272).
b.
Reinstatement of a removed endorsement.
(1) If the practitioner wants to add the
removed endorsement at a future date, all coursework for the endorsement must
be completed within the five years preceding the application to add the
endorsement.
(2) The practitioner
must meet the current endorsement requirements when making
application.
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