La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXXXI-531

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section CXXXI-531 - Temporary Employment Permit (TEP)

A. Temporary Employment Permit (TEP) is issued for one year, renewable annually, and may be held a maximum of five years while the holder pursues standard certification via successful years of teaching or satisfaction of state exam requirements. Upon completion of the five years of employment on a TEP, for continued employment in a Louisiana school system, the holder must fulfill guidelines for a level 1 or higher-level certificate.

1. The Louisiana employing authority must submit to the LDOE:

a. the application recommending certification or requesting renewal; and

b. an affidavit signed by the local superintendent, or designee, attesting that after posting positions for which a TEP is issued, good faith efforts failed to recruit competent and suitable certified personnel.

2. For all teacher candidates serving on the TEP, the candidate must participate in a school-based mentoring program.

B. Eligibility Guidelines 1. Applicant meets all certification requirements with the exception of passing all exam requirements in accordance with §303 of this Part but scores within 10 percent of the score required for passage of exams. The BESE-approved teacher preparation provider must verify that all program requirements are met with the exception of exam(s).

1. - 4. Repealed.

C. Eligibility Guidelines 2. Applicant has not completed a teacher preparation program but holds a graduate degree from a college or university accredited in accordance with 34 CFR 602 in the subject area for which employment is granted. The applicant must complete pre-service training prior to the first day as a teacher of record.

1. - 3. Repealed.

D. Eligibility Guidelines 3. Applicant has not completed a teacher preparation program but holds a bachelor's degree from a college or university accredited in accordance with 34 CFR 602 in the secondary subject area for which employment is granted and has a 2.5 cumulative undergraduate GPA or higher on a 4.00 scale.

1. The applicant must complete pre-service training prior to the first day as a teacher of record.

2. The applicant must pass the adopted content exam in alignment with the degree and the courses hired to teach prior to the first day as a teacher of record.

3. - 6. Repealed.

E. Eligibility Guidelines 4. Applicant has completed a BESE-approved teacher preparation program with a GPA lower than required but the program provider verifies that all other program requirements have been met.

F. Renewal Requirements. A TEP can be renewed up to four times upon verification of the following:

1. For a candidate issued the TEP via completion of a teacher preparation program but lacking passing scores on required exams, required exams are retaken twice within one year from the date the TEP was issued or renewed.

2. Standards of effectiveness are successfully met at the level of highly effective or effective proficient in accordance with LAC 28:CXLVII (Bulletin 130) during each year on the TEP.

3. The candidate must participate in a school-based mentoring program during each year of the TEP until the candidate has received three years of successful evaluations.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXXXI-531

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 32:1804 (October 2006), amended LR 43:1311 (July 2017), LR 48438 (3/1/2022), Repromulgated LR 481041 (4/1/2022), Amended LR 4940 (1/1/2023), Amended LR 49, 8/23/2023, exp. 2/19/2024(Emergency), Amended LR 5027 (1/1/2024).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6, R.S. 17:7(6), and R.S. 17:8.1-8.3.