NC-ACTE Licensure Session Steleana Rountree Steleana.Rountree@dpi.nc.gov Andrew Sioberg andrew.sioberg@dpi.nc.gov NCDPI- Educator Preparation

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115C-270.20 Licensure Requirements Continuing Professional License (CPL) A five-year renewable license issued to a teacher who has at least three years of licensed teaching experience and meets other requirements established by the State Board. Emergency license (EL) one-year nonrenewable license issued to an individual who holds a bachelor's degree with coursework relevant to the requested licensure area, but has not successfully completed a recognized educator preparation program and does not qualify for a residency license. An emergency license shall only be requested by the local board of education, and applicants for emergency licenses shall meet all other requirements established by the State Board, including preservice training, prior to teaching.

115C-270.20 Licensure Requirements Initial Professional License (IPL) A three-year nonrenewable license issued to an individual who has successfully completed a recognized educator preparation program and meets other requirements established by the State Board. Lifetime License A license to a teacher with 50+ years of teaching and requires no renewal.

115C-270.20 Licensure Requirements Residency License: A one-year license, renewable once, that meets both of the following requirements: Is requested by the local board of education and accompanied by a certification of supervision from the recognized educator preparation program in which the individual is enrolled.

115C-270.20 Licensure Requirements Residency License: The individual for whom the license is requested meets all of the following requirements: Holds a bachelor's degree. Has either completed coursework relevant to the requested licensure area or passed the content area examination relevant to the requested licensure area that has been approved by the State Board. Is enrolled in a recognized educator preparation program. Meets all other requirements established by the State Board, including completing preservice requirements prior to teaching.

115C-270.25 Out of State License Initial applications from an individual with an out-of-state teacher's license shall require the applicant to provide evidence of that teacher's effectiveness, when available, as measured by the evaluation system used in that applicant's state of current licensure at the time of application, including any growth measures included in that evaluation system. Applications include the evidence of that educator's effectiveness shall be prioritized for review over initial applications from applicants with out-of-state licenses that do not include that information. An individual who does not include evidence of that teacher's effectiveness with the initial application shall only be eligible for an IPL.

115C-270.35 License Suspension and Revocation List of offenses that get you dismissed Dismissal Procedures

115C-299.5 State of the Teaching Profession BOE annually creates a report on the state of the profession The number of teachers who left the profession without remaining in the field of education and the reasons for teachers leaving the profession. The number of teachers who left their employment to teach in other states. The number of teachers who left their employment to work in another school in North Carolina, including nonpublic schools and charter schools. The number of teachers who left a classroom position for another type of educational position. The number of teachers who left employment in hard-to-staff schools. The number of teachers who left employment in hard-to-staff subject areas.

115C-299.5 State of the Teaching Profession Will also include data on positions that are not getting filled Number of vacancies by subject area Number of vacancies by school in hard to staff schools First report due Dec 15, 2017

115C-269.30 Section 6(q)a1 the State Board of Education shall reimburse the initial application fee for any new graduate from any recognized EPP the first time an applicant submits an application for teacher licensure, if the applicant has successfully earned an initial professional license in North Carolina. The State Board shall issue the reimbursement to the application fee within 30 days of the date the applicant successfully earns an initial professional license in North Carolina.".

S257: Bonus Salary Potential They define a highly qualified or graduate as an individual entering the teaching profession who has graduated from an approved educator preparation program located in North Carolina (i) with a grade point average of 3.75 or higher on a 4.0 scale, or its equivalent, and (ii) with a score of 48 or higher on the edTPA assessment or an equivalent score on the nationally normed and valid pedagogy assessment used to determine clinical practice performance

Highly qualified candidates can receive a salary supplement each month in the following scenarios. salary supplement during the graduate's first year of employment as a teacher, without a break in service, equivalent to the difference between the State-funded salary of the graduate and the State-funded salary of a similarly situated teacher with one year of experience on the "A" Teachers salary schedule. Example: an A0 ($3500) now paid at an A1 ($3600) monthly rate the first year, and repeated at A1 their second year as they settle into the traditional salary schedule

Highly qualified candidates can receive a salary supplement each month in the following scenarios. If STEM or SPED: salary supplement during the graduate's first two years of employment as a teacher, without a break in service, equivalent to the difference between the State-funded salary of the graduate and the State-funded salary of a similarly situated teacher with two years experience on the "A" Teachers salary schedule. Example: an A0 ($3500) now paid at an A2 ($3630) monthly rate the first year, and repeated at A2 their second and third year as they settle into the traditional salary schedule

Highly qualified candidates can receive a salary supplement each month in the following scenarios. If low performing school: salary supplement during the graduate's first three years of employment as a teacher, without a break in service, equivalent to the difference between the State-funded salary of the graduate and the State-funded salary of a similarly situated teacher with three years experience on the "A" Teachers salary schedule. Example: an A0 ($3500) now paid at an A3 ($3730) monthly rate the first year, and repeated at A3 their second, third and fourth year as they settle into the traditional salary schedule

2017-2018 Supplemental Salary Differences Regular Teacher Salary $3500 $3600 $3630 $3730 Highly Qualified in Reg School Highly Qualified in STEM or SPED School Highly Qualified in Low Performing School A0 A1 A2 A3 A1 A1 A2 A3 A2 A2 A2 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3

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