This text of Iowa § 256.166 (Temporary initial license for applicants who complete an alternative teacher certification program) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Iowa primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
certification program.
1.The board shall grant a temporary initial teaching license to an applicant who meets
all of the following requirements:
a.The applicant shall hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
b.The applicant shall have at least sixty contact hours in the classroom, of which at least
thirty hours shall be teaching in a classroom under a licensed teacher. The applicant may
complete any remaining contact hours by working as a para-educator or in another relevant
role. Theprincipaloftheschoolwheretheapplicantcompletedthecontacthoursshallcertify
to the board the applicant’s completion of the requirements in this paragraph.
c.The applicant shall successfully complete an alternative teacher certification program
that has been approved by the state boa
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certification program.
1. The board shall grant a temporary initial teaching license to an applicant who meets
all of the following requirements:
a. The applicant shall hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
b. The applicant shall have at least sixty contact hours in the classroom, of which at least
thirty hours shall be teaching in a classroom under a licensed teacher. The applicant may
complete any remaining contact hours by working as a para-educator or in another relevant
role. Theprincipaloftheschoolwheretheapplicantcompletedthecontacthoursshallcertify
to the board the applicant’s completion of the requirements in this paragraph.
c. The applicant shall successfully complete an alternative teacher certification program
that has been approved by the state board of education pursuant to subsection 2 and that
includes the required content training in the area in which the applicant seeks to be licensed.
2. a. The department shall recommend to the state board of education that an alternative
teacher certification program be approved or denied within sixty days after the alternative
teacher certification program applies to the department for approval and provides to the
department sufficient evidence that the alternative teacher certification program meets all of
the following requirements:
(1) The alternative teacher certification program must operate in at least five states.
(2) The alternative teacher certification program must have been in operation for at least
ten years.
(3) The alternative teacher certification program must incorporate pedagogy training,
including an examination, that teaches effective instructional delivery, classroom
management and organization, assessment, instructional design, and professional learning
and leadership.
(4) The alternative teacher certification program must include the administration of an
assessment that is identical to the foundations of reading assessment administered in 2012
as part of the Massachusetts tests, or the most current version of such assessment, and
must adhere to the same reporting requirements related to the assessment that this chapter
imposes upon higher education institutions, if any.
b. (1) If the state board of education approves an alternative teacher certification
program, the approval shall be for seven years, or less if the state board of education
determines that a shorter term is warranted.
(2) If the state board of education approves an alternative teacher certification program,
the approved alternative teacher certification program shall submit an annual report to the
department, on or before March 15 each year, that contains all of the following:
(a) The number of students participating in the approved alternative teacher certification
program.
(b) The number of students who completed the approved alternative teacher certification
program.
(c) Information related to student retention.
(d) Data that allows the department to match records associated with licensing and
employment within this state.
(e) Any other information requested by the department that will allow the department to
monitor and assess the quality of the approved alternative teacher certification program.
c. (1) If the state board of education denies an alternative teacher certification program,
the state board of education shall provide the alternative teacher certification program with
advice concerning the areas in which the alternative teacher certification program needs to
improve,orchangesthealternativeteachercertificationprogramotherwiseneedstomake,in
orderforthestateboardofeducationtoapprovethealternativeteachercertificationprogram.
(2) The state board of education shall allow an alternative teacher certification program
that has been denied approval to present factual information concerning the alternative
teachercertificationprogramataregularlyscheduledmeetingofthestateboardofeducation
within three months after such denial.
(3) (a) An alternative teacher certification program that has been denied approval shall
not apply to the department for approval pursuant to paragraph “a” within six months after
such denial.
(b) If an alternative teacher certification program does apply to the department for
approval after a denial, the alternative teacher certification program shall provide to the
department, in addition to the information described in paragraph “a”, subparagraphs (1)
through (4), sufficient evidence that the alternative teacher certification program has taken
actions to address any areas that needed to be improved or changes the alternative teacher
certification program otherwise needed to make.
3. An individual who successfully completes an approved alternative teacher certification
program and who is granted a temporary initial teaching license by the board under this
section is authorized to teach the subjects and grade levels that the individual successfully
completed during the alternative teacher certification program.
4. An individual who successfully completes an approved alternative teacher certification
program and who is granted a temporary initial teaching license by the board under this
section shall not provide instruction to students who are eligible for services under chapter
256B until the individual successfully completes a practicum relating to providing instruction
to such students that includes short-term field experiences in educational settings that are
connected to specific coursework.
5. The board shall treat an individual who successfully completes an approved alternative
teacher certification program and who is granted a temporary initial teaching license by the
board under this section in the same manner as an individual who completes a traditional
teacher preparation program and who receives an initial teaching license, including during
theprocessofconvertingthetemporaryinitialteachinglicensetoastandardteachinglicense.