Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 391 - EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL
GENERAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING LICENSURE
Section 391.042 - Initial license requiring student teaching experience: Conditions for substitution of teaching experience

Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 391.042

Current through September 16, 2024

An applicant for an initial license for which student teaching experience is required may substitute in place of such experience:

1. Three years of teaching experience if:

(a) Each public or private school in which the teaching experience occurred was licensed by the state or accredited or certified by a regional or national association for private schools;

(b) For each year of teaching experience, the applicant taught at the appropriate grade level in a full-time capacity;

(c) The applicant held a bachelor's degree or higher during each year of teaching experience;

(d) The applicant was eligible for reemployment in the school district or school in which the teaching experience occurred;

(e) The area of endorsement, degree level and grade level of the license being applied for are consistent with the teaching experience completed by the applicant; and

(f) The teaching experience completed by the applicant is verified by the superintendent of the school district or the principal of the school in which the experience occurred.

2. A paid or unpaid supervised internship if:

(a) The internship was taken as part of a course of study at a regionally accredited college or university;

(b) The applicant earned a number of semester hours of credit for completing the internship that is equivalent to the number of semester hours of student teaching required for the license; and

(c) The internship was at a grade level appropriate to the license being sought.

3. A license or certificate to teach that was issued by another state if:

(a) Student teaching was required as a condition of obtaining the license or certificate; and

(b) The applicant fulfilled that requirement.

4. The supervised, school-based experience provided by a qualified provider for the completion of a program for an alternative route to licensure.

Added to NAC by Comm'n on Prof. Standards in Education, eff. 3-27-92; A 3-1-96; R094-99, 11-2-99; R115-11, 10-4-2013

NRS 391.019, 391.032

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