Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
EAs who are assigned to work in a title I targeted assistance
program or in a title I school-wide program under the act, must hold a level 3
license. Level 3 EAs shall be assigned and serve as assistants to school staff
duly licensed by the PED. While there may be brief periods when EAs are alone
with and in control of a classroom of students, their primary use shall be to
work alongside or under the direct supervision of duly licensed staff.
A. A person who seeks a level 3 educational
assistant license, shall meet the following requirements:
(1) hold a high school diploma or
equivalency; and
(2) be eighteen
years of age; and
(3) provide
certification from the public school superintendent, state supported school
superintendent, charter school administrator, private school official that the
educational assistant has satisfactorily completed an orientation session
pertinent to the assignment; and
(4) if the EA holds a level 2 EA license,
provide certification from the public school superintendent, state supported
school superintendent, charter school administrator, private school official
that the educational assistant has satisfactorily demonstrated the PED's
educational assistant competencies.
B. In addition to satisfying the requirements
of Subsection A of 6.63.9.10 NMAC, a person who seeks a level 3 educational
assistant license, shall meet the requirements of Paragraph (1) or Paragraph
(2) or Paragraph (3) of Subsection B before being hired to work in a title I
program:
(1) earn an associate degree from a
nationally or regionally accredited college or university that includes at
least 15 semester hours in non-remedial degree coursework, broken down as
follows:
(a) 3 hours of language arts/reading
or language arts/reading pedagogy;
(b) 3 hours of writing or writing
pedagogy;
(c) 3 hours of
mathematics or mathematics pedagogy;
(d) 6 hours of reading, writing, and math
readiness, or professional education, or classroom management, or teaching
assistance, or special education; or
(2) complete forty-eight (48) semester hours
of academic credit awarded by a nationally or regionally accredited college or
university that includes at least 15 semester hours in non-remedial coursework,
broken down as follows:
(a) 3 hours of
language arts/reading, or language arts/reading pedagogy;
(b) 3 hours of writing or writing
pedagogy;
(c) 3 hours of
mathematics or mathematics pedagogy;
(d) 6 hours of reading, writing, and math
readiness, or professional education, or classroom management, or teaching
assistance, or special education; or
(3) obtain a passing score of at least
seventy (70) percent on a test administered pursuant to Section 11 of 6.63.9
NMAC.
