Current through September 16, 2024
1. Before teaching
pupils who have disabilities and who are under 8 years of age in a program of
early childhood special education, a person must:
(a) Hold an endorsement issued pursuant to
this section; or
(b) Hold a
teacher's elementary or secondary license, a license to teach special
education, or a license to teach middle school or junior high school education,
complete 6 semester hours from the courses prescribed in paragraph (a) of
subsection 3 within 1 year after beginning that teaching and complete a program
of preparation leading to licensing in early childhood special education within
3 years after beginning that teaching.
2. To receive an endorsement to teach pupils
who have disabilities and who are under 8 years of age in a program of early
childhood special education, a person must:
(a) Hold a current license or certificate
with a similar endorsement issued by another state;
(b) Hold a bachelor's or a more advanced
degree in early childhood special education and have completed 8 semester hours
of student teaching, equivalent field experience or 1 year of verifiable
teaching experience in early childhood special education; or
(c) Satisfy the requirements of subsection
3.
3. A person may also
receive the endorsement if he or she:
(a)
Holds a bachelor's or a more advanced degree and has completed at least 24
semester hours which, except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, must
include, without limitation, a course in each of the following subjects:
(1) Foundations or overview of early
childhood special education;
(2)
Typical and atypical development of children who are under 8 years of
age;
(3) Assessment of children who
have disabilities and who are under 8 years of age;
(4) Strategies for intervention or
development of curriculum for children who have disabilities and who are under
8 years of age;
(5) Working with
families of children who have disabilities and who are under 8 years of
age;
(6) Characteristics of autism
spectrum disorders or intellectual disabilities in children who are under 8
years of age;
(7) Development of
language and strategies for intervention for children who have disabilities and
who are under 8 years of age;
(8)
Social and emotional development and strategies for intervention for children
who have disabilities and who are under 8 years of age; and
(9) Coordination and collaboration of
services through multi-tiered systems of support among other agencies and
disciplines which serve children who have disabilities and who are under 8
years of age; and
(b) Has
completed a minimum of 8 semester hours of credit through a regionally
accredited college or university in student teaching of pupils who have
disabilities or developmental delays and who are under 8 years of age or has 1
year of verifiable experience, at the conclusion of which the person is
eligible for reemployment, working as a teacher in a program of early childhood
special education in a public or private agency that is licensed by the State
or that has been approved by a national organization and which serves such
pupils and their families or has completed equivalent field experience with
such pupils through a regionally accredited college or
university.
4. For the
purpose of completing the requirements for the subjects listed in subparagraphs
(1) to (9), inclusive, of paragraph (a) of subsection 3, a single course of 3
semester hours may be applied to satisfy the required course work in no more
than two of those subjects.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
Education, eff. 3-7-84; A 11-25-86; A by Comm'n on Prof. Standards in
Education, 7-18-88; 10-18-89; 11-27-91, eff. 1-11-92; 3-18-94; 2-24-95;
1-10-96; R122-99, 12-13-99; R005-05, 10-31-2005; R028-11, 10-26-2011; A by
R118-18A,
eff. 6/14/2019; A by
R065-23A,
eff. 8/28/2024; A by
R012-24A,
eff. 9/16/2024
NRS
391.019
