New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 61 - SCHOOL PERSONNEL - SPECIFIC LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR INSTRUCTORS
Part 12 - LICENSURE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, PRE K - GRADE 3
Section 6.61.12.8 - REQUIREMENTS
Universal Citation: 6 NM Admin Code 6.61.12.8
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
All persons who perform instructional services in early childhood education (i.e., age three to grade 3) as defined in this rule in public schools or in those special state-supported schools within state agencies must hold valid standard licensure in early childhood education issued by the PED:
A. persons seeking licensure in early childhood education pursuant to the provisions of this rule shall meet the following requirements:
(1)
possess a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university
and including, for those students first entering a college or university
beginning in the fall of 2017, the following:
(a) nine semester hours in
communication
(b) six semester
hours in mathematics
(c) eight
semester hours in laboratory science
(d) nine semester hours in social and
behavioral science
(e) nine
semester hours in humanities and fine arts; and
(2) earn 45 semester credits of professional
education coursework at a regionally accredited college or university in an
early childhood education program approved by the PED in the competencies
identified in
6.61.12.10
NMAC, and
(3) earn a minimum of 15
semester hours, six of which would be practicum or supervised field experience
and nine semester hours of student teaching component in early childhood
education for one of the following age ranges: age three to grade 3 with
children who are developing either typically or atypically; and
(a) earn at least 135 contact hours of
practicum or supervised field experience at a developmental stage (s) other
than the stage selected for student teaching set forth in Paragraph (3) above;
or
(b) evidence of three years of
documented, verified, satisfactory work experiences with at least two of the
age ranges set forth in Paragraph (3) of Subsection A of
6.61.8.8
NMAC above at a center accredited by the national academy of early childhood
programs, a postsecondary laboratory early care and education setting, or an
early childhood program accredited by the PED; and
(4) in addition to the requirements specified
in Paragraphs (1), (3) and (5) Subsection A of 6.61.12.8 NMAC, six hours in the
teaching of reading for those who have first entered any college or university
on or after August 1, 2001 regardless of when they graduate or earn their
degree; and
(5) pass all required
portions of the New Mexico teacher assessment (NMTA) or any successor teacher
examination adopted by the PED; and
(6) satisfy the requirements of a highly
qualified beginning early childhood teacher if new to the profession after June
30, 2006, or
B. possess valid certificate issued by the national board for professional teaching standards for the appropriate grade level and type.
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