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 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.
- 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 chapter for endorsement and licensure.
Subsection 1 amended
2001 Acts, ch 161, §17; 2003 Acts, ch 180, §18; 2016 Acts, ch 1132, §11, 19