Tuesday, May 20, 2025

May Board of Ed: educator licensure

 Tutwiler: one additional change from public comment

Claire Abbott: permanently offer alternatives to the MTEL 
new endorsement in media arts
change to "comprehensive health"
bilingual as alternative to SEI endorsement
increased flexibility for 12 credit option
all emergency license extension beyond June 30, 2027

Liz Bennett: "robust set of public comment" mostly through survey tool
mostly supportive of proposed revisions
LEADS Act is separate and distinct
"working to build out these proposed alternative licensure pathways"
plan to bring proposed regulation to Board in upcoming school year

one change to expand list of CTE licenses that are prerequisite for Media Arts endorsement

Craven: have never seen this level of detail in public comment feedback

Stewart: can you say more about emergency license?
Devine (this is going over things that already happened but aren't happening anymore)

have seen real shifts in number of teachers on emergency licenses; assume shift to regular licenses

Hills: guidance for when you might not use alternative assessments
Abbott: don't have a target on a percentage
"really want to be sure that if you're interested in becoming a teacher, you have options"
"that's really the goal"
did see a higher number of emergency license teachers accessing the alternative during the pilot
as researchers noted, population of those accessing alternatives may shift over time
Hills: "just throwing in my two cents" like the idea of expanding ways of having teachers
"not just because we have a supply-side issue" but it's a good process

ROLL CALL: 9 in favor, Tutwiler abstain

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