Iowa Admin. Code r. 282-20.3 - Renewal requirements for other license types
(1)
Approved renewal credit
options.
a. One credit may be earned
for each semester hour of college credit completed related to education or any
endorsement area.
b. Renewal
credits may be earned for each licensure renewal course or activity completed
as approved through guidelines established by the board of educational
examiners.
c. Four credits may be
earned for successful completion of the National Board for Professional
Teaching Standards certification. This certification may be used one time for
either the standard or master educator license. Four credits may also be earned
for each National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification
renewal and may be used toward the subsequent renewal of either the standard or
master educator license.
d.
One-half of the required renewal credits may be earned upon the successful
completion of an individualized professional development plan as verified by
the supervising licensed evaluator.
(2)
Specific renewal
requirements.
a. The standard
teaching license, career and technical authorization, content specialist
authorization, native language teaching authorization, and orientation and
mobility specialist authorization require six renewal credits.
b. The master educator license, professional
service license, and professional administrator license require four renewal
credits. For an applicant who also holds a specialist's or doctor's degree, two
renewal credits are required. The professional administrator license renewal
also requires verification of completion of an approved evaluator
course.
c. The substitute license
requires one renewal credit, or verification of 30 days of substitute teaching,
or one year of classroom teaching, within the recency requirement.
d. The paraeducator certificate requires
three renewal credits.
e. The
substitute authorization requires two renewal credits.
f. The coaching authorization requires four
approved renewal activities to include concussion training, mandatory reporter
training for child abuse, a current certificate of CPR training, and one
athletic rules meeting or one renewal credit.
g. The activities administrator authorization
requires one of the following renewal options:
(1) Document attendance at one state IHSADA
convention and one LTI course relating to the knowledge and understanding of
professional ethics and legal responsibilities of activities
administrators.
(2) Complete three
LTI courses.
(3) Complete two
semester hours of college credit or renewal credits.
h. The school business official authorization
requires four renewal credits or the equivalent approved contact hours within
the three-year licensure period.
i.
The standard school administration manager requires three renewal credits or
approved SAM trainings.
j. The iJAG
authorization requires verification of iJAG training renewal.
k. The statement of professional recognition
requires verification of the valid license from the other state licensing
board.
l. The behind-the-wheel
authorization and the work-based learning program supervisor authorization
require verification of child abuse training only as stated in 282-subrule
20.1(2).
m. The evaluator license
and charter school administrator authorization require verification of
completion of an approved evaluator course.
(3)
Advanced degree and ten years of
experience. Licensees who hold a master's degree or higher and who
have at least ten years of PK-12 licensed experience may submit verification of
the advanced degree and experience in lieu of renewal credits. The professional
administrator license renewal also requires verification of completion of an
approved evaluator course that is less than ten years old.
Notes
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(1) Issue date. A renewed license is valid only from and after the date of issuance.
(2) General renewal requirements. A license may be renewed for applicants who fulfill the general requirements set out in subrules 20.3(3) through 20.3(5) and the license-specific requirements set out in this chapter under each license.
(3) Background check. Every applicant for renewal or conversion is required to submit a completed application form with the applicant's signature to facilitate a check of the sex offender registry information under Iowa Code section 692A.121, the central registry for child abuse information established under Iowa Code chapter 235A, the central registry for dependent adult abuse information maintained under Iowa Code chapter 235B, and the Iowa court information system. The board may assess the applicant a fee no greater than the costs associated with obtaining and evaluating the background check.
(4) Child and dependent adult abuse trainings. Every renewal applicant must submit documentation of completion of the child and dependent adult abuse trainings approved by the department of human services. The completion documentation must be no more than three years old at the time of application. A waiver of this requirement may apply under the following conditions with appropriate documentation of any of the following:
a. A person is engaged in active duty in the military service of this state or of the United States.
b. The application of this requirement would impose an undue hardship on the person for whom the waiver is requested.
c. A person is practicing a licensed profession outside this state.
d. A person is otherwise subject to circumstances that would preclude the person from satisfying the approved child and dependent adult abuse training in this state.
(5) Recency of units for renewal. If a license is renewed on or before the date of expiration, the units for renewal are acceptable if earned during the term of the license. If a license is not renewed on the date of expiration, the units for renewal must have been completed within the five-year period immediately preceding the date of application for the renewal.
(6) Timely renewal. A license may only be renewed less than one year before it expires.
(7) College or university degrees and credit. Degrees and semester hour credits shall be completed through a college or university accredited by an institutional accrediting agency as recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.