256.16 - SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR TEACHER PREPARATION AND CERTAIN EDUCATORS.
256.16 SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR TEACHER PREPARATION AND
CERTAIN EDUCATORS.
1. Pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 5, the state board shall
adopt rules requiring all higher education institutions providing
practitioner preparation to do the following:
a. Administer a basic skills test to practitioner preparation
program admission candidates. Rules adopted shall require
institutions to deny admission to the program to any candidate who
does not successfully pass the test.
b. Include preparation in reading programs, including reading
recovery, and integrate reading strategies into content area methods
coursework.
c. Include in the professional education program, preparation
that contributes to the education of students with disabilities and
students who are gifted and talented, and preparation in classroom
management addressing high-risk behaviors including, but not limited
to, behaviors related to substance abuse. Preparation required under
this paragraph must be successfully completed before graduation from
the practitioner preparation program.
2. A person initially applying for a license shall successfully
complete a professional education program containing the subject
matter specified in this section, before the initial action by the
board of educational examiners takes place. Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1416; 89 Acts, ch 265, § 27; 96 Acts, ch 1129,
§ 67; 99 Acts, ch 191, §1