Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 188 - Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board
Chapter 8710 - TEACHER AND OTHER SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES
Part 8710.0313 - TIER 3 LICENSE
Universal Citation: MN Rules 8710.0313
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1. Purpose.
A Tier 3 license must be issued to an applicant, consistent with this part, aligned to the scope and field of the applicant's training and experience. A Tier 3 license authorizes the license holder to teach within the specific licensure field for which board rules exist.
Subp. 2. Requirements.
The board must issue a Tier 3 license if the applicant meets all of the requirements of this subpart.
A. The applicant must:
(1) hold the minimum of a bachelor's degree
from a college or university located in the United States that is regionally
accredited by the Higher Learning Commission or by the regional association for
accreditation of colleges and secondary schools, as verified by a college
transcript;
(2) hold a credential
from outside the United States that is equivalent to a bachelor's degree, as
verified by a credential evaluation completed by a credential evaluator
approved by the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services or other
board-approved credential evaluation service; or
(3) for applicants in career and technical
education fields and career pathway courses of study, have one of the
following:
(a) five years of relevant work
experience aligned to the licensure area sought;
(b) an associate's degree aligned to the
licensure area sought; or
(c) a
professional certification aligned to the licensure area sought from an
approved certifying organization.
B. The applicant must obtain passing scores
on the board-approved pedagogy and content examinations aligned to the
licensure area sought. Any licensure area that does not have a board-approved
content examination is exempt from the content examination
requirement.
C. The applicant must
show one of the following:
(1) completion of
a board-approved teacher preparation program aligned to the licensure area
sought. The board must accept certifications for related services professionals
under parts 8710.6000 to
8710.6400 in lieu of completion of
a board-approved teacher preparation program;
(2) completion of a preparation program
approved in another state aligned to the licensure area sought that included
field-specific student teaching equivalent to field-specific student teaching
in Minnesota-approved teacher preparation programs. The applicant is exempt
from field-specific student teaching if the applicant has at least two years of
field-specific experience teaching as the teacher of record in the licensure
area sought;
(3) recommendation for
licensure via portfolio application aligned to the licensure area
sought;
(4) holds or held a
professional license from another state in good standing aligned to the
licensure area sought with at least two years of experience teaching as the
teacher of record in the state where the license is held aligned to the
licensure area sought; or
(5) has
at least three years of experience teaching as the teacher of record aligned to
the licensure area sought under a Tier 2 license and presents evidence of
summative teacher evaluations that did not result in placing or otherwise
keeping the teacher on an improvement process aligned to the district's teacher
development and evaluation plan.
Subp. 3. Duration.
A Tier 3 license is valid for up to three years and expires on June 30 of the expiration year.
Subp. 4. Renewal.
A Tier 3 license may be renewed an unlimited number of times. To renew a Tier 3 license, the applicant must complete:
A. mentorship and evaluation aligned to the
district's teacher development and evaluation model under Minnesota Statutes,
section 122A.40, subdivision 8, or
122A.41, subdivision 5; and
B.
board-approved licensure renewal requirements, including obtaining approval
from the applicant's local continuing education/relicensure committee, under
parts 8710.7100 and
8710.7200 and Minnesota Statutes,
section, 122A.187, subdivision 3.
Subp. 5. Restrictions and expansions.
A. An applicant whose
content training or experience does not align to a currently approved Minnesota
license, but for which past rules have been adopted, and who meets all other
requirements of subpart
2, must be issued a Tier 3
license restricted to the scope and licensure area of the applicant's content
training or experience.
B.
Applicants with content training or experience within two grade levels of a
currently approved Minnesota licensure scope must be granted the full scope of
the Minnesota license.
(1) the teacher has
two years of teaching experience in the content area within two grade levels of
a currently approved Minnesota licensure scope ;
(2) the teacher has completed field-specific
student teaching within two grade levels of a currently approved Minnesota
licensure scope; or
(3) the teacher
has completed:
(a) field-specific methods in
a state-approved teacher preparation program aligned to the scope of the
currently approved Minnesota license; and
(b) an evaluated field experience aligned to
the scope of the currently approved Minnesota license.
C. Upon
request and at the time of application or renewal, a teacher who holds a Tier 3
license that is restricted or limited in scope must be granted the full scope
of a currently approved Minnesota license when:
Subp. 6. Addition to Tier 3 license.
When a licensure area is added to a Tier 3 license issued under this part, the expiration date is the date previously established for the Tier 3 license in effect.
Subp. 7. Middle level licenses.
A. The board must issue a Tier 3 license to
teach middle level communication arts and literature, mathematics, social
studies, and general science, pursuant to parts
8710.3310 to
8710.3340, to an applicant who:
(1) holds a professional license in another
state aligned to the license sought and has two years of teaching experience;
or
(2) has completed a
state-approved teacher preparation program aligned to the license sought that
includes field-specific student teaching equivalent to field-specific student
teaching in board-approved teacher preparation programs. The field-specific
student teaching requirement does not apply to an applicant who has two years
of teaching experience.
B. The scope of the license shall not exceed
grades 5 through 8.
If the applicant holds two or more professional licenses, the board may not issue a stand-alone middle level license.
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