North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board
Article 67.1-04 - Professional Development
Chapter 67.1-04-03 - National Board of Professional Teaching Standards Certification
Section 67.1-04-03-01 - National board certification
Universal Citation: ND Admin Code ยง 67.1-04-03-01
Current through Supplement No. 394, October, 2024
1. Definitions.
a. "Board" means the
education standards and practices board.
b. "Certification" means national board
certification as provided by the national board.
c. "National board" means the national board
for professional teaching standards.
2. Board duties. Based upon receiving state dollars, the board shall:
a.
Inform teachers of the national board certification program and the
scholarships and services the national board provides to teachers seeking
certification.
b. Collect and
review in the order received scholarship applications from individuals who are
licensed to teach by the board or approved to teach by the board.
c. Approve first-time applicants based on
funding availability.
d. During
each year of the biennium, reserve three of the available scholarships until
October first for individuals teaching at low-performing schools. At that time,
the three slots, if not filled, become available to other applicants.
e. Require the recipient to serve during the
school year as a full-time classroom teacher in a public or nonpublic
school.
f. Require the recipient to
participate in mentoring developed and implemented in the employing school or
district.
g. Ensure that all
scholarship recipients receive adequate information regarding level of
commitment required to acquire certification.
h. If any individual who receives a
scholarship under this section does not complete the certification process
within the time allotted by the board, the individual must reimburse the state
an amount equal to one-half of the amount awarded to the individual as a
scholarship.
3. Recertification process.
a.
Collect and review in the order received scholarship applications for national
board recertification from individuals who are licensed to teach by the board
or approved to teach by the board;
b. Approve recertification applications,
based upon availability of state funds, applications will be accepted and
funded on a first-come, first-served basis;
c. Require each recipient for a scholarship
under this subsection serve during the school year as a full-time classroom
teacher in a public or nonpublic school in this state; and
d. If available, require each recipient of a
scholarship under this subsection to participate in mentoring programs
developed and implemented in the employing school or school district.
4. Stipends.
a. The board shall pay to any individual who
received national board certification before July 1, 2007, one thousand dollars
for each year the individual has maintained and continues to maintain national
board certification, provided the individual continues to be employed by a
school district in this state. An individual may not receive more than four
thousand dollars under this subsection.
b. At the conclusion of each school year
after the individual received national board certification, the board shall pay
to an individual an additional one thousand state dollars for the life of the
national board certificate, if:
(1) The
individual was employed during the school year as a full-time classroom teacher
by a school district in this state.
(2) If available, require the participant for
a scholarship under this section to participate in any efforts of the employing
school district to develop and implement teacher mentoring programs.
c. The payment provided for in
this subsection is available beginning with the 2007-08 school year.
d. As a prerequisite, the applicant must:
(1) Have acquired a baccalaureate degree from
a state-approved or accredited teacher education program;
(2) Hold a valid North Dakota educator's
professional license;
(3) Have
successfully completed three years of teaching at one or more elementary,
middle, or secondary schools in North Dakota; and
(4) Currently be North Dakota kindergarten
through grade twelve public or nonpublic classroom instructors.
e. The applicant may apply for the
guide to national board certification, which includes the application process
by contacting the education standards and practices board, and for one-half of
the application fee by submitting the completed application to the education
standards and practices board by December first. Based upon availability of
state funds, applications will be accepted and funded on a first-come,
first-served basis.
5. Successful completion. Upon documented successful completion, the national board for professional teaching standards certification may be added between renewal periods for a fee as pursuant to the five-year renewal fee in section 67.1-02-02-04, and additional years equivalent to the number of years left of national certification is also added to the license expiration date at the time of the addition of national board for professional teaching standards certification.
6. Renewal. The board recognizes the national board certification as fulfilling the requirement for license renewal until expiration of the national board certificate.
General Authority: NDCC 15.1-13-09, 15.1-13-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 15.1-13-08, 15.1-13-10, 15.1-13-11, 15.1-13-12.1, 15.1-13-22, 15.1-18-02, 15.1-18-03
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