Current through Register Vol. 18, September 20, 2024
(1) Montana Class
1, 2, 3, and 6 educator licenses may be renewed with verification of 60
professional development units earned during the five years of validity through
August 31 of the year the license expires.
(a) Applicants for an initial Montana Class
1, 2, 3, and 6 license whose degree is more than five years old and who do not
have a current out-of-state license may be issued with verification of 60
professional development units earned within the five-year period preceding the
effective date of the license.
(2) Participation in professional development
activities is equivalent to the following professional development units:
(a) one hour of attendance at a professional
development activity = one professional development unit;
(b) one quarter college credit = 10
professional development units;
(c)
one semester college credit = 15 professional development
units.
(3) Professional
development activities used to renew or obtain all licenses must be a planned
and structured experience, of benefit to the licensee's professional
development as defined in ARM
10.55.714, an exposure to a new
idea or skill or an extension of an existing idea or skill, and in compliance
with (4).
(4) Activities acceptable
to renew or obtain licenses are professional development, training, workshops,
or coursework consistent with P-12 public school curriculum and may include:
(a) credits earned from an institutionally
accredited college or university;
(b) activities offered by professional
development unit providers approved pursuant to ARM
10.57.216 and documented on an OPI
professional development unit certificate;
(c) other professional development activities
offered by providers who have not been approved as a professional development
unit provider pursuant to ARM 10.57.216, when licensees have received approval
for the professional development activity from the Superintendent of Public
Instruction;
(d) another state's
validated professional development activities other than college or university
credit when the intent and structure of the process ensures the meeting or
exceeding of Montana professional development unit requirements for
licensure;
(e) the instruction of a
relevant college or university course by a Montana licensee who has achieved a
graduate degree in an endorsed field of specialization; or
(f) verification of completing the National
Board Certification (NBC) process through the National Board of Professional
Teaching Standards or successfully achieving and renewing NBC licensure shall
result in 60 professional development units. NBC professional development units
may apply to renewal of an expiring license.
(5) The licensee shall be solely responsible
for retaining the professional deveopment unit verification to be used in the
application for license renewal.
AUTH: Mont. Const. Art. X, sec. 9,
20-2-121,
20-4-102, MCA; IMP: Mont. Const.
Art. X, sec. 9,
20-4-102,
20-4-108,
MCA
