NAC391.0575. Conditional licensure: Requirements to apply for initial license to teach secondary education or to teach pupils in prekindergarten through grade 12 in specific area.

A person who is issued a conditional license pursuant to NAC 391.057 may apply for an initial license to teach secondary education or to teach pupils in prekindergarten through grade 12 in a specific area listed in subsection 1 of NAC 391.0573, as applicable, if the applicant:

     1. Successfully completes at least 18 semester credits of course work in pedagogy provided by a qualified provider for a program for an alternative route to licensure, consisting of at least:

     (a) Three semester credits in a course of study regarding classroom management, which may include, without limitation, instruction concerning adolescent growth and development;

     (b) Three semester credits in a course of study regarding English as a second language, which may include, without limitation, instruction concerning methods and materials for teaching English as a second language, theories for the acquisition of a second language, testing and evaluation of pupils studying English as a second language and developing a curriculum for pupils studying English as a second language;

     (c) Three semester credits in a course of study regarding curriculum and instruction, which may include, without limitation, multicultural education and instruction concerning the use of technology in education, methods for teaching the integration of technology in secondary education, pedagogy and the teaching of literacy and language arts;

     (d) Three semester credits in a course of study regarding assessment, which may include, without limitation, instruction concerning educational psychology and tests and measurement;

     (e) Three semester credits in a course of study regarding education or curricular adaptation for pupils with disabilities; and

     (f) Three semester credits in the methods and materials:

          (1) For teaching in the applicant’s desired area of licensure at the secondary grade level; or

          (2) For teaching pupils in prekindergarten through grade 12 in a specific area listed in subsection 1 of NAC 391.0573;

     2. Submits proof satisfactory to the Superintendent of Public Instruction that the applicant passed the competency test in basic reading, writing and mathematics that is required by NAC 391.036 or is eligible for an exemption from that test; and

     3. Pays the required fee pursuant to NAC 391.045.

     (Added to NAC by Comm’n on Prof. Standards in Education by R133-13, eff. 2-26-2014)