AGENDA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION - real facts omsd

Public Comments: Rules Governing Educator Licensure – June - July 2012
6. Section 6.01.6 - revise as follows:
Documentation of at least four (4) years of P-12 experience as a licensed classroom teacher , school
counselor, or library media specialist.
We do not feel that four years of experience as a school counselor or a library/media specialist should
count toward satisfying the experience requirement for building level administrator licensure.
However, we DO feel that one (1) year of such experience can count - see comments in #7 below.
7. Section 6.01.6.3 - revise as follows:
One (1) or more years year of the experience requirement may be satisfied by equivalent working
experience, including without limitation employment with an education service cooperative, or the
Department, as a school counselor, or as a library/media specialist.
This section indicates that it is possible for the minimum four-year experience requirement for
building level administrator licensure to be met with experience at an education service cooperative
or through the ADE without classroom teaching experience. The PLSB strongly feels that a building
principal should have classroom teaching experience. However, we are agreeable to up to one
year of experience in an education service cooperative or at the ADE.
We further feel that up to one year of experience as a counselor or library/media specialist should
apply to the experience requirement for building level administrator licensure.
8. Section 6.02.4 - revise as follows:
An official transcript documenting successful completion of a graduate-level program of study reflective
of the standards for curriculum/program administrator licensure, to include an internship and portfolio;
See #2 above for further comments. We further recommend that any other requirements for
portfolios that are required for licensure be deleted.
9. Section 6.02.6.5 - revise as follows:
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