Iowa Code 256.163 – Licensure beyond initial license
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1. Requirements for teacher licensure beyond an initial license shall include successful completion of a beginning teacher mentoring and induction program approved by the state board of education pursuant to section 284.5; or two years of successful teaching experience in a school district with an approved career paths, leadership roles, and compensation framework or approved comparable system as provided in section 284.15; or evidence of not less than three years of successful teaching experience at any of the following:
a. An accredited nonpublic school in this state.
b. A preschool program approved by the United States department of health and human services.
c. Preschool programs at school districts approved to participate in the preschool program under chapter 256C.
d. Shared visions programs receiving grants from the child development coordinating council under section 256A.3.
e. Preschool programs receiving moneys from the school ready children grants account of the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 256.163
- Child: includes child by adoption. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Department: means the department of education. See Iowa Code 256.2
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- School: means an agency of the state or political subdivision of the state, individual, partnership, company, firm, society, trust, association, corporation, or any combination which meets any of the following criteria:a. See Iowa Code 261B.2
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
- State board: means the state board of education. See Iowa Code 256.2
- United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. A teacher from an accredited nonpublic school or another state or country is exempt from the requirement of subsection 1 if the teacher can document three years of successful teaching experience and meet or exceed the requirements contained in rules adopted under this part for endorsement and licensure.