Current through Register Vol. 18, September 20, 2024
(1) A Class 2
standard teacher's license shall be valid for a term of five years.
(2) Applicants for an initial Montana Class 2
standard teacher's license whose degree is more than five years old and who do
not have current out-of-state licensure must have earned 60 professional
development units as defined in ARM
10.57.215(4)
within the five-year period preceding the effective date of the license. For
the purposes of this provision, current licensure does not include provisional
or restricted licenses.
(3) To
obtain a Class 2 standard teacher's license an applicant must submit
verification of all of the following:
(a) a
bachelor's or master's degree from an institutionally accredited college or
university, or a completed evaluation of foreign transcripts that demonstrates
equivalency to a bachelor's degree through a National Association of Credential
Evaluation Services (NACES) agency;
(b) completion of an approved educator
preparation program including appropriate supervised teaching experience as the
terms are defined in ARM
10.57.102 with a recommendation
for the license requested from the appropriate official from the educator
preparation program;
(c)
qualification for one or more endorsement as outlined in ARM
10.57.412;
(d) verified completion of the online course
"An Introduction to Indian Education for All in Montana"; and
(e) proof of:
(i) a minimum passing score on the PRAXIS
Subject Assessment applicable to the requested endorsement as established by
the Office of Public Instruction and approved by the Board of Public Education;
or
(ii) a passing score on a
student-teaching portfolio as defined in ARM
10.57.102 and verified by the
appropriate official from the educator preparation program; or
(iii) a 3.00 or higher course work grade
point average (GPA) as defined in ARM
10.57.102 and verified by the
appropriate official from the educator preparation program; or
(iv) verified completion of an educator
preparation program, a current standard, unrestricted out-of-state educator
license, and two years of successful teaching experience as defined in ARM
10.57.102 as documented by a
recommendation from the out-of-state P-12 school employer on a form prescribed
by the superintendent of public instruction.
(4) A Class 2 standard teacher's license is
renewable pursuant to the requirements of ARM 10.57.215.
(5) A lapsed Class 2 standard teacher's
license may be reinstated by earning 60 professional development units as
defined in ARM
10.57.215(4)
during the five-year period preceding the date of application for the new
license.
AUTH: Mont. Const. Art. X, sec. 9,
20-2-121,
20-4-102, MCA; IMP: Mont. Const.
Art. X, sec. 9,
20-4-102,
20-4-103,
20-4-106,
20-4-108,
MCA
