New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 63 - SCHOOL PERSONNEL - LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR ANCILLARY AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL
Part 14 - CERTIFICATION IN NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE, PRE K-12
Section 6.63.14.9 - STANDARDS FOR COMPETENCE AND LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Each New Mexico Native American tribe and pueblo in collaboration with the PED in certifying Native American language and culture teachers, shall develop standards and criteria for determining competency for initial certification and renewal of certification, and shall verify in writing to the PED that these standards and criteria have been developed and that they are maintained on file with the certifying community, tribe or pueblo.
B. Each New Mexico Native American tribe and pueblo in collaboration with the PED in certifying Native American language and culture teachers, shall develop and consistently use a process for determining if candidates for the initial or continuing certification for Native American language and culture have met the standards of competence and language proficiency required for certification and shall verify in writing to the PED that the process has been developed and is the sole basis for determining language and culture competence, and that a description of the process is maintained on file with the certifying tribe or pueblo.
