Mont. Admin. R. 10.57.410 - CLASS 2 STANDARD TEACHER'S LICENSE
(1) A Class 2 standard
teacher's license shall be valid for a term of five years.
(2) Applicants for an initial Montana Class 2
standard teacher's license whose degree is more than five years old and who do not
have current out-of-state licensure must have earned 60 professional development
units as defined in ARM
10.57.215(4)
within the five-year period preceding the effective date of the license. For the
purposes of this provision, current licensure does not include provisional or
restricted licenses.
(3) To obtain a
Class 2 standard teacher's license an applicant must submit verification of all of
the following:
(a) a bachelor's degree from a
regionally accredited college or university;
(b) completion of an approved educator preparation
program including appropriate supervised teaching experience as the terms are
defined in ARM
10.57.102 with a
recommendation for the license requested from the appropriate official from the
educator preparation program;
(c)
qualification for one or more endorsement as outlined in ARM
10.57.412;
(d) verified completion of the online course "An
Introduction to Indian Education for All in Montana"; and
(e) proof of:
(i) a minimum passing score on the PRAXIS Subject
Assessment applicable to the requested endorsement as established by the Office of
Public Instruction and approved by the Board of Public Education; or
(ii) a passing score on a student-teaching
portfolio as defined in ARM
10.57.102 and verified by
the appropriate official from the educator preparation program; or
(iii) a 3.00 or higher course work grade point
average (GPA) as defined in ARM
10.57.102 and verified by
the appropriate official from the educator preparation program; or
(iv) verified completion of an educator
preparation program, a current standard, unrestricted out-of-state educator license,
and two years of successful teaching experience as defined in ARM
10.57.102 as documented by
a recommendation from the out-of-state P-12 school employer on a form prescribed by
the superintendent of public instruction.
(4) A Class 2 standard teacher's license is
renewable pursuant to the requirements of ARM 10.57.215.
(5) A lapsed Class 2 standard teacher's license
may be reinstated by earning 60 professional development units as defined in ARM
10.57.215(4)
during the five-year period preceding the date of application for the new
license.
Notes
AUTH: Mont. Const. Art. X, sec. 9, 20-2-121, 20-4-102, MCA; IMP: Mont. Const. Art. X, sec. 9, 20-4-102, 20-4-103, 20-4-106, 20-4-108, MCA
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