N.D. Admin. Code 67.1-02-03-09
The birth to grade three early childhood education endorsement may be completed by an applicant with a nonteaching degree in a related field or holding a valid North Dakota educator's professional license. The applicant must complete all requirements for initial licensure in section 67.1-02-02-02, submit a program of study from a state-approved teacher education program including thirty-two semester hours in early childhood education, twenty-two semester hours of professional education, and field experience or student teaching of ten weeks in grades prekindergarten through grade three. If the applicant has completed a previous student teaching experience of ten weeks, the re-education early childhood student teaching experience may be five weeks.
The early childhood education coursework must include six semester hours in child development and learning; three semester hours in building family and community relations; three semester hours in observation and assessment; eighteen semester hours in methods of mathematics, science, social studies, reading, language arts, early language literacy, and play; three semester hours in administration and leadership; twenty-two semester hours in education foundations, educational psychology, teaching and learning theory, educational diagnosis and assessment, inclusive education, educational technology, classroom and behavioral management, and multicultural or native American studies specific to teaching; and field experience must include three supervised field experiences and two student teaching experiences for a minimum of ten weeks (five weeks student teaching for applicants with an existing teaching license). One student teaching experience must be in an accredited prekindergarten or kindergarten setting and the other in grade one, two, or three, and include the opportunity to work with children with special needs.
Effective July 1, 2006, all early childhood endorsement applicants will need to meet or exceed the cut scores as determined by the board for the early childhood education test and the pedagogical assessment.
Re-education of a licensed teacher for early childhood schoolteaching may also be accomplished by holding a North Dakota professional educator's regular license and completion of the pedagogical test birth through grade three, and early childhood content test meeting or exceeding the minimum scores determined by the education standards and practices board in the content area to be taught.
The applicant must apply online at www.nd.gov/espb using the online application ND Teach, submit transcripts, and the review fee of eighty dollars.
N.D. Admin Code 67.1-02-03-09
General Authority: NDCC 15.1-13-09, 15.1-13-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 15.1-13-10, 15.1-13-11, 15.1-13-14