Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart
1.
Scope.
A person working as a superintendent, assistant
superintendent, principal, assistant principal, special education director, or
assistant special education director must hold the appropriate license as a
superintendent, principal, or special education director.
Subp. 2.
Teaching experience.
A. An applicant for licensure as a
superintendent or principal must have three years of combined experience as any
of the following:
(1) a public school
classroom teacher (i) teaching in a position that required a state-issued
license, and (ii) holding the state-issued license for the position or
permission from the licensing agency while holding an educator
license;
(2) a nonpublic school
teacher teaching in a school that (i) is accredited by an accrediting agency
recognized by the state in which the school is operated, (ii) is directly
recognized as a school by the state, or (iii) is a Bureau of Indian Education
school; or
(3) a school
psychologist, school social worker, speech-language pathologist, or school
counselor working in a school if the person held the appropriate state-issued
license at the time of the experience.
B. An applicant for licensure as a director
of special education must have three years of combined special education
experience as any of the following:
(1) a
public school special education classroom teacher (i) teaching in a position
that required a state-issued license, and (ii) holding the state-issued license
for the position or permission from the licensing agency while holding an
educator license;
(2) a nonpublic
school special education teacher teaching in a school that (i) is accredited by
an accrediting agency recognized by the state in which the school is operated,
(ii) is directly recognized as a school by the state, or (iii) is a Bureau of
Indian Education school; or
(3) a
school psychologist, school social worker, or speech-language pathologist
working in a school if the person held the appropriate state-issued license at
the time of the experience.
C. For purposes of this subpart, teaching may
be in an in-person classroom, hybrid classroom, or online classroom.
Subp. 3.
Kindergarten
through grade 12 superintendents, principals, and directors of special
education.
A. An applicant for
licensure as a superintendent, principal, or director of special education must
complete at a regionally accredited institution a specialist or doctoral
program consisting of a minimum of 60 semester credits or a program consisting
of 60 semester credits beyond a bachelors degree that includes a masters degree
and a demonstration of competence in the core areas identified in part
3512.0510. Completion of an
administrative licensure program approved by the board under part
3512.2500 shall be evidence that
an applicant has demonstrated competence in the core areas identified in part
3512.0510. Applicants who complete
preparatory programs that have not received board approval under part
3512.2500 must meet the
requirements of part 3512.2600.
B. An applicant for licensure as a
superintendent or principal must complete within 12 continuous months at least
320 hours of field experience in elementary middle or junior high, and high
schools as an administrative intern to a licensed and practicing school
principal for principal licensure or a licensed and practicing superintendent
for superintendent licensure. The applicant must include complete at least 40
hours of field experience at each school level not represented by the
applicants primary teaching experience.
C. An applicant for licensure as a director
of special education must have complete a practicum or field experience within
12 continuous months, that which must include a minimum of 320 hours in an
administrative position under the immediate supervision of a licensed and
practicing director of special education. The field experience must include at
least 40 hours at a special education administrative unit not represented by
the applicants primary special education experience.
Subp. 4.
Licensed elementary and
secondary school principals.
To qualify for a kindergarten through grade 12 principal
license, a person licensed as an elementary school principal must complete a
field experience of at least 120 hours in secondary administration, and a
person licensed as a secondary school principal must complete a field
experience of at least 120 hours in elementary administration. In addition to
the field experience required in this subpart, an elementary or secondary
school principal must meet the requirements in part
3512.0400, subpart
3.
Subp. 6.
Corrections.
A license issued in error is not valid. To correct a license
issued in error, the board must expunge the license issued in error to the
unqualified applicant or correct at no charge the incorrect license issued to
the qualified applicant. A person denied an administrative license may appeal
the denial under part
3512.1600.
Statutory Authority: MS s 125.05; L 1993 c
224 art 12 s 34;
L
1996 c 412 art 9
s
14;
L
2006 c 263 art 2
s
20
