Information on Instruction for English Lanuage Learners

Chapter 115

 

PART II:        Requirements for Specific Certificates and Endorsements

 

Summary: This part of Chapter 115 provides the specific requirements for each certificate and endorsement for teachers, educational specialists, and administrators. For each certificate or endorsement in Part II, applicants shall meet the requirements of Part I Section 3.1, Section 3.2, and Section 4.1.

 

 

SECTION 5.   native langage endorsement

 

5.1 Endorsement: Native Language

A.              Function:  This endorsement on a teacher certificate allows the holder to teach students kindergarten through grade 12 in Waponahki languages.

 

2. Eligibility:  Applicants shall meet eligibility requirements specified in Part I.  In addition, eligibility for this endorsement shall be established by the following pathways. Individuals who are not eligible through one of the following pathways may be eligible for a conditional certificate, in accordance with Section 3 below, and Part I Section 5.4 of this rule. 

1.   Endorsement Eligibility Pathway 1

(a)    Graduated from a Maine program approved for the education of Waponahki language teachers, together with a formal recommendation from the preparing institution;

(b)   Earned a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, in accordance with Part I Section 4.4 of this rule;

(c)    Completed an approved course for “Teaching Exceptional Students in the Regular Classroom”;

(d)   Passed content area assessment, in accordance with Me. Dept. of Ed. Reg. 013; and

(e)    Passed Basic Skills Test in reading, writing, and mathematics, in accordance with Me. Dept. of Ed. Reg. 013.

2.   Endorsement Eligibility Pathway 2

(a)    Receipt by the Department of documentation that the applicant meets tribal proficiency standards to teach that tribe’s native language, which documentation is signed by the officer designated for that purpose by the governing body of any federally recognized Indian tribe in Maine, or by the Chair of the body so designated, and whose signature in either case is attested by the Tribal clerk; and

(b)   Completed an approved course for “Teaching Exceptional Students in the Regular Classroom”;

2.      Conditional Certificate

An applicant who has satisfied the requirements set forth in Section 5.1.B.1 (a) or Section 5.1.B.2 (a), above, may obtain a conditional teaching certificate in this endorsement area.