Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 391 - EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL
SPECIAL LICENSES AND ENDORSEMENTS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Section 391.089 - Qualifications for teaching pupils from birth through second grade
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 391.089
Current through December 12, 2024
To receive a license to teach pupils in a program of early childhood education, a person must hold a bachelor's degree or graduate degree from an accredited college or university and must:
1. Have completed a program of preparation to teach such pupils that is approved by the Department;
2. Hold a license to teach such pupils that was issued by another state and approved by the Commission;
3. Hold an elementary license and:
(a) Have experience teaching pupils under 6
years of age that consists of:
(1) Eight
semester hours of student teaching;
(2) One year of verifiable experience
teaching pupils in a program of early childhood education conducted by a public
school, a public agency or a private school licensed pursuant to chapter 394 of
NRS at the conclusion of which the person was eligible for reemployment;
or
(3) An equivalent field
experience or practicum conducted by an accredited college or
university;
(b) Have
completed at least 6 semester hours of courses in early childhood education
consisting of courses in any of the following subjects:
(1) Early childhood curriculum;
(2) Emergent language and literacy;
or
(3) Play theory and creativity;
and
(c) Have completed at
least 6 additional semester hours of courses in any of the courses described in
paragraph (b) or in any of the following subjects:
(1) Child development and learning;
(2) Culturally and linguistically responsive
pedagogy; or
(3) Classroom
management, which must include, without limitation, positive discipline and
guidance and social, emotional and academic development; or
4. Have completed:
(a) Twenty-seven semester hours of courses in
early childhood education for children who are developing typically and
atypically consisting of three semester hours in each of the following, with
instruction in assessment and evaluation embedded in all required courses:
(1) Child development and learning;
(2) Language and literacy;
(3) Mathematics;
(4) Science;
(5) Social studies;
(6) Strategies for working with children with
disabilities;
(7) Classroom
management, which must include, without limitation, positive discipline and
guidance and social, emotional and academic development;
(8) Culturally and linguistically responsive
pedagogy; and
(9) Play theory and
creativity; and
(b)
Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, 8 semester hours of supervised
student teaching in a program of early childhood education involving pupils
from birth through grade 2. In lieu of completing 8 semester hours of student
teaching, a person may have 1 year of verifiable experience teaching pupils in
a program of early childhood education conducted by a public school, a public
agency or a private school licensed pursuant to chapter 394 of NRS.
Added to NAC by Comm'n on Prof. Standards in Education by R120-99, eff. 3-13-2000; A by R005-05, 10-31-2005; A by R114-18A, eff. 6/14/2019; A by R090-19A, eff. 7/28/2021
NRS 391.019
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