(a)

1. (1) A provisional license is a temporary license issued in specific circumstances approved by the State Board of Education, under which an applicant for a standard license has not completed all of the requirements for the standard license.
2. (2) A provisional license authorizes the license holder to teach in the identified licensure level and content areas during the term of the license.

(b) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall issue a provisional license for up to three (3) years to an applicant upon submission of the following:

1. (1) A completed application form for the provisional license; and

2. (2) One (1) of the following:

   1. (A)

(b) (b) Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

1. (ii) See Appendix C;

   1. (B) For out-of-country candidates, an official college transcript evaluation from a private credential evaluation agency recognized by the division;

   2. (C)

      1. (i) An official score report evidencing passing scores on the state-required assessments for the licensure content area in which the applicant seeks to teach.
      2. (ii) An applicant may also be eligible for the Alternate Assessment Plan for specific areas as referenced in 6 CAR § 180-206(b)(3)(C);
   3. (D) An official score report evidencing passing alternate scores on the state-required assessment for the licensure content area in which the applicant seeks to teach;
   4. (E) An offer of employment in a position as a teacher of record at an educational entity or approved accredited private school in Arkansas teaching a minimum of three (3) hours per day in the appropriate licensure area or areas;
   5. (F) Documentation of the completion of the professional development as identified in Appendix B;

   6. (G)

      1. (i) Documentation of the successful completion of professional educator ethics training that meets the guidelines established by the Professional Licensure Standards Board.
      2. (ii) The division may deny a provisional license to an applicant who has been determined to have an ethics violation under the Rules Governing the Code of Ethics for Arkansas Educators, 6 CAR pt. 192;
   7. (H) Before a candidate may enter a public school classroom, evidence that the applicant successfully completed the background checks required under the Rules Governing Background Checks, 6 CAR pt. 194; or

   8. (I) An applicant enrolled in a master’s degree in a teaching program (MAT, M.Ed., or MTLL) in special education shall document successful completion of the following before a provisional license may be issued:

      1. (i) SPED 101 Academy or course aligned to the SPED 101 educator competencies;
      2. (ii) Three (3) credit hours in special education; and
      3. (iii) The appropriate content area assessments for special education.
      4. (c) A provisional license under this section is issued to a participant in one (1) licensure content area based upon the areas and levels of teaching assignment that have been approved by the state board, except as follows:
2. (1) A middle childhood (4-8) participant may license in one (1) or more of the four (4) middle childhood licensure content areas of math, science, social studies, and language arts, and may have one (1) or more endorsements at kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) or grades four through eight (4-8);

3. (2) A secondary (7-12) participant must successfully complete one (1) secondary licensure content area and may have one (1) endorsement:

   1. (A) Grades seven through twelve (7-12);
   2. (B) Kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12); or
   3. (C) Grades four through twelve (4-12) level; and

4. (3) A participant must have a teaching assignment in each licensure content area of the provisional license.

   1. (d) A provisional license may be extended for up to three (3) years after the applicant completes an educator preparation program if the applicant is working to meet the requirements for a standard license.

(e)

1. (1) The provisional license may be converted to a standard license upon completion of the remaining requirements for a standard license.
2. (2) An applicant who has completed the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence program shall provide a recommendation for a standard license from the applicant’s superintendent.