Year Two Teachers

Mentoring and Induction License information

Almost there!

Only a few months left of your mentoring and induction experience!

What do you yet need? Evidence of meeting the Iowa Teaching Standards?Licensure information?Change a name or add an endorsement?

Another Option!

If you aren’t fond of powerpoints, then stop right here. You can find all the answers provided in this powerpoint on the Board of Educational Examiners website.

http://www.boee.iowa.gov/index.html

Points of Interest

Your principal will evaluate you on the Iowa Teaching Standards. By using the webpage below... under Additional Information… you will find a copy of the Iowa Teaching Standards. http://www.boee.iowa.gov/index.html

What does your district want?

There is no “set” way of showing evidence of the Iowa Teaching Standards. It varies from district to district and sometimes there are different expectations between buildings in the same district. Ask your principal specifically what you will need.

Your evaluator will determine if you have met the Iowa teaching standards and thus are eligible for a standard license or if you will be recommended for a third year conditional license before a licensure decision is made.

The Board of Educational Examiners defines a year of teaching experience as 160 days. Thus if you have completed 160 days in your second year of experience and have been comprehensively evaluated, you may apply for your standard license.

Common Question

My Initial License expires this year; what do I have to do to renew it? See the next 3 slides.

• if you have two years of teaching experience• have been teaching in an Iowa public school• have completed a mentoring and induction

program• have met the Iowa Teaching Standards;• have your principal sign the application for

conversion of the Initial License to the Standard License and mail it to our office with the fee. $85.00. Must download and mail.

If you have met all other requirements for your Standard License, but don’t yet have two years of teaching experience (or three years in a non-public school) apply for a one year extension of your Initial License and mail it to our office with the fee. $85.00. Must download and mail.

If you have been teaching but are more than a year away from being able to apply for your Standard License, apply to renew your Initial License and mail it to our office with the fee. $85.00. Must download and mail.

Common Questions

What if my license expires before I receive my renewed license in the mail? •As long as your complete application is in our office by the expiration date of the license, your application is considered to be on time and you may legally continue to teach, and no late fee will be assessed.

I just got my new license back. I had requested a name change. Why wasn’t my name changed on my license? In order to change your name on your teaching license, we need some sort of legal proof of the name change. A photocopy of the appropriate document (marriage certificate, divorce decree, etc.) will be sufficient. If you provide this documentation within thirty days of the printing of your license, we will change the name and print a new license for you at no charge. Beyond that date, you can submit verification of name change, and we will be happy to make the change that will appear on future licenses; there is a charge only if you ask for an updated copy of the license.

All fees are non-refundable. Be sure you check off everything you need to send in!

If your questions weren’t answered in the previous slides, try these webpages.

For more information go to…http://www.boee.iowa.gov/FAQRenew.html#i

To read the licensure handbook go tohttp://www.boee.iowa.gov/forms/handbook.pdf

Call or email me if you have questions!mknupp@aea267.k12.ia.us319-404-2241