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Practitioners can go to http://www.boee.iowa.gov and click on “Search for Information on a Teacher’s or Administrator’s License or Assignment”. By entering your social security number, folder number and birth date you can access your complete license records including license(s), endorsement (s), issue and expiration dates, educational degrees and current assignment. You can update demographic information and save it at the site. Application forms for license and renewal can be downloaded. A duplicate license may be printed for a fee. Educators can apply electronically for license renewal, pay by credit card and submit paper documentation within 30 days to the BOEE. Effective September 1, 2006 background checks with the child abuse, dependent adult abuse and sex abuse registry will be conducted for each educator renewing a license. The public can search for a specific educator by entering district/school name and educator’s name. This will allow an individual to view records showing license(s), endorsement (s), issue and expiration dates, and current assignment. This site will be updated annually.
The Board of Educational Examiners has approved new rules for the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics. A new Chapter 25 is intended to replace Chapters 12 and 13 of the Board's current rules, which were established in 1989 when the Board was recreated. The rules establish standards for ethical and professional conduct of all licensed practitioners. Additionally, new rules were adopted concerning the Practitioner's Rights and Responsibilities in becoming a member of the profession. These are listed in Chapter 26. You can access both Chapter 25-Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics and Chapter 26-Code of Rights and Responsibilities at http://www.boee.iowa.gov under Licensure Rules (Iowa Administrative Code).
Administrative Programs
Administrative approval has gone to the Principals Academy, ISU, UNI, U of I, and Drake. All of these programs have the new evaluator approval as a part of their program. Current administrators must have the evaluator training by January 2005; conditional licenses for the evaluator training cannot be issued after January 2005. The new Evaluator Approval will be available in the fall of 2007.
Conditional Licenses
Because of states using different terminology for emergency and conditional licenses, Iowa has changed the names of the licenses to avoid this discrepancy. If a teacher does nothing to make progress towards getting credits needed to get off of the conditional license, they will not be eligible to receive the Class E Conditional. If they have made progress, they can still get their Class E (Emergency) license.
Class A - One-year conditional given as one year based on expired
Class B - A regular educational conditional (two years)
Class C - Special education conditional ( 1, 2 or 3 years)
Class D - Career and technical conditional (2 years)
Class E - Emergency conditional (making progress in a course of study)
Class G - Counselors who have not completed a teacher education program and have completed all requirements except internship/practicum
License names have changed from
Provisional to Initial
Educational to Standard
Professional to Master Educator
Change in Renewal Dates: (Board of Educational Examiners Web Site)
All educator licenses will expire at the end of the practitioner's birth month. This includes Initial licenses, Standard licenses, Master Educator licenses, Administrator licenses, Evaluator licenses, Conditional licenses, Emergency licenses, Postsecondary licenses, and Occupational licenses. Coaching Authorizations expire 5 years after issuance and will not be impacted by this legislation. The BOEE will send out electronic reminders 1 year and again 1 month in advance of expiration date if they have a current e-mail address.
College Credits Not Needed For Renewal
As of September 1, 2000, college credit is no longer needed to renew a teacher or administrator license in Iowa. College credits may be used for renewal, but you may also use all license renewal credits from your AEA. "License renewal credit" is the term for the credit that approved license renewal programs may attach to qualifying courses. Both the programs and courses are approved by guidelines of the Board of Education Examiners of Iowa.
College or graduate credits may still be a good idea if your school district requires them for salary advancement or if you may be moving out of state during your career. License renewal credits do not usually transfer to other state systems but graduate credits usually do.
The type of graduate credit that is attached to most license renewal courses is termed "graduate credit for license renewal purposes only." As such, there is no guarantee that any of these credits will be accepted into any graduate programs such as those for advanced degrees or endorsements. Colleges and universities do sometimes accept them but you should view this as the exception, not the rule.
Most license renewal courses from AEA programs are for one credit and require fifteen contact hours with the instructor in addition to the completion of the course objectives.
Courses approved for both license renewal credit and graduate credit through the Grant Wood AEA Professional Development Program involve the same objectives and assignments for all participants. The only difference is the choice of credit, the cost, and the grading system. Graduate grades are on the letter scale, while license renewal credit is graded satisfactory, unsatisfactory, or incomplete.
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