Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 12, December 20, 2024
A. Beginning September 1, 2020, the mentor
teacher ancillary certificate will be required for individuals who serve as a
mentor of undergraduate or post-baccalaureate teacher residents.
B. Provisional MT Certification. Individuals
serving as mentors who have not successfully completed a BESE-approved mentor
training program or mentor assessments will be issued a nonrenewable
provisional mentor teacher ancillary certificate, valid for a period of two
years from the date of issuance while the holder completes a BESE-approved
mentor training program or mentor assessments.
C. Provisional certification eligibility
requirements:
1. hold, or be eligible to hold,
a valid type C, level 1 or higher Louisiana teaching certificate; or
2. if teaching in a charter school without a
valid type C, level 1 or higher certificate, have at least two years of
successful teaching in accordance with LAC 28:CXLVII (Bulletin 130) and
R.S.
17:3902; or
3. if teaching in a nonpublic school without
a valid type C, level 1, or higher certificate earn at least two years of
effective ratings per local personnel evaluations; and
4. all out-of-state experience must be
verified as successful by the out-of-state employing authority or SEA;
and
5. enrolled in or have
completed a BESE-approved mentor training program.
6. An application for Ancillary Provisional
Mentor Teacher may be submitted by the individual for applicants holding a
valid type C, level 1, or higher Louisiana teaching certificate.
D. MT Ancillary Certification.
Individuals who have completed a BESE-approved mentor teacher training program
and earn a passing score on the Louisiana mentor teacher assessment series will
be issued a mentor teacher ancillary certificate. For teachers holding a valid
type C, Level 1 or higher Louisiana teaching certificate, see
§1369 of this Part. The LDE will begin
issuing mentor teacher ancillary certificates no later than July 1,
2019.
E. MT Ancillary certification
eligibility requirements:
1. if teaching in a
charter school without a valid type C, level 1 or higher certificate, have at
least two years of successful teaching in accordance with LAC 28:CXLVII
(Bulletin 130) and
R.S.
17:3902; or
2. if teaching in a nonpublic school without
a valid type C, level 1, or higher certificate earn at least two years of
effective ratings per local personnel evaluations; and
3. all out-of-state experience must be
verified as successful by the out-of-state employing authority or
SEA;
4. successfully complete a
BESE-approved mentor teacher training program; and
5. earn a passing score on the Louisiana
mentor teacher assessment series.
6. Individuals who successfully complete LDE
mentor teacher training from November 1, 2017 through July 31, 2020, are
eligible for the mentor teacher ancillary certificate after passing the
Louisiana mentor teacher assessment series.
7. Individuals who hold National Board
certification are eligible for mentor teacher ancillary certification after
passing the coaching-related components of the Louisiana mentor teacher
assessment series.
8. Individuals
who currently hold National Institute for Excellence in Training (NIET) Teacher
Evaluator Training Certification may apply for the ancillary certificate, which
makes the individual eligible to serve as a mentor of undergraduate or
post-baccalaureate teacher residents.
9. Certified CLASS observers may apply for
the ancillary certificate and upon issuance are eligible to serve as mentors of
undergraduate or post-baccalaureate residents.
10. Individuals who currently hold Louisiana
Educator Evaluator certification may apply for the certification, which makes
the individual eligible to serve as a mentor of undergraduate or
post-baccalaureate teacher residents.
F. MT Ancillary Certificate Renewal
Guidelines. Mentor teacher ancillary certificates are valid for five years and
may be renewed at the request of the employing authority.
1. Teachers in charter schools who do not
hold a type C, level 1, or higher certificate must successfully meet the
standards of effectiveness for at least three years during the five-year
renewal period in accordance with LAC 28:CXLVII (Bulletin 130) and
R.S.
17:3902.
2. Teachers in nonpublic schools who do not
hold a level 1, 2, or 3 certificate must earn effective ratings per local
personnel evaluations for at least three years during the five-year renewal
period in order to renew the mentor teacher ancillary certificate.
G. The requirement that all
undergraduate residents and post-baccalaureate candidates be placed with mentor
teachers holding the mentor teacher certification or the ancillary provisional
mentor teacher certificate, may be waived with the following contingencies:
1. Mentor teacher waivers will be granted on
an annual case-by-case basis through the application process established by the
LDOE and at no fee to the applicant, school system, or teacher preparation
provider;
2. The waiver will be
issued by the LDOE for educators highly recommended by the mentor's principal
and who possess one or more of the following qualifications:
a. two years of highly effective
evaluations;
b. National Board
Certification;
c. statewide or
national distinction for excellence in teaching;
d. experience as a TAP mentor, master
teacher, executive master teacher or certified TP evaluator;
e. content leader experiences, as evidenced
by participation in content leader training or redelivery of professional
development; or
f. master's or
doctorate in education and exemplary experience hosting student
teachers.
3. An
individual mutually agreed upon by the LEA and the teacher preparation program
provider who does not meet one of the waiver criteria listed in this Subsection
may be approved for the waiver for a period of not more than two
years.
AUTHORITY
NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
17:6 and
17:3902.
