Section 8-54-9.5 - Adding a field to a license(a) If a licensee wants to add additional teaching fields to their teaching license the person shall: (1) Complete a state-approved teacher education program that includes appropriate experiences in a P-12 setting in the new field; or(2) Submit documentation of meeting content knowledge verification for licensure in the new field using a method specified by the board and submit one of the following: (A) The equivalent of one (1) year of satisfactory half time or more contracted P-12 teaching experience in the new field within the last five (5) years of application date; or(B) Submit verification of three (3) or more years of contracted P-12 experience within the last five (5) years of application date in the same license grade level span under a Hawai'i Standard License or its equivalent in another state; or(C) Submit passing scores on a pedagogy licensure examination approved by the board in the new grade level; or(D) Submit verification of previous completion of a state approved educator preparation program in the same license grade level as the new field; or(3) Possess an Advanced License in one field and submit one of the following: (A) The equivalent of a content major in the new field; or(B) Passing score for the subject area test in the new field; and(C) The grade level(s) of the new license field(s) must be the same as the existing license level (s) unless the applicant submits verification as outlined in 8-54-9.5 (2) A - D for the new level(s).(b) Adding school librarian, reading specialist, literacy specialist, and early childhood education as a field shall be subject to the provisions of (a) (1) of this subsection.(c) Upon submittal of appropriate documentation of the method selected by the licensee and receipt of the required fees, and subject to meeting all requirements, the board will add the new field to the license. The licensee's license will include the new teaching field and be subject to the same expiration date for renewal of the current license. [Eff 7/1/01; am and comp 12/20/01; am and comp 8/13/04; am and comp 11/9/07; am and comp 10/27/11; am and ren § 8-54-9.5 10/30/14; Am 9/5/2019] (Auth: HRS § 302A-802-803) (Imp: HRS §§ 302A-801 to -808)