282—14.106 (272) Adding endorsements to licenses. After the issuance of a teaching, administrative, or school service personnel license, an individual may add other endorsements to that license upon proper application, provided current requirements for that endorsement, as listed in 282—14.140(272) and 282—14.141(272), have been met. An updated license with expiration date unchanged from the original or renewed license will be prepared.
In addition to the requirements listed in 282—14.140(272) and 282—14.141(272), applicants for endorsements shall have completed a methods class appropriate for teaching the general subject area of the endorsement added.
Practitioners who are adding a secondary teaching endorsement and have not student taught on the secondary level shall complete a teaching practicum appropriate for teaching at the level of the new endorsement.
Practitioners holding the K-8 endorsement in the content area of the 5-12 endorsement being added may satisfy the requirement for a teaching practicum by completing all required coursework and presenting verification of competence. This verification of competence shall be signed by a licensed evaluator who has observed and formally evaluated the performance of the applicant at the secondary level. This verification of competence may be submitted at any time during the term of the conditional license. The practitioner must obtain a two-year conditional license while practicing with the 5-12 endorsement.
	 14.106(1) To add an endorsement, the applicant must follow one of these options:
Option 1. Receive the Iowa teacher education institution’s recommendation that the current approved program requirements for the endorsement have been met.
Option 2. Receive verification from the Iowa teacher education institution that the minimum state requirements for the endorsement have been met in lieu of the institution’s approved program.
Option 3. Receive verification from a state approved and regionally accredited institution that the Iowa minimum requirements for the endorsement have been met.
Option 4. Apply for a review of the transcripts by the board of educational examiners’ staff to determine if all Iowa requirements have been met. The applicant must submit documentation that all of the Iowa requirements have been met by filing transcripts and supporting documentation for review. The fee for the transcript evaluation is $60 for each new endorsement requested. This fee shall be in addition to the fee for adding the endorsement.
	 14.106(2) Appeal. Rescinded IAB 4/23/08, effective 5/28/08.