Section 67-11-05-04 - Types of credentials1. Counselor designate credential CD16 will not be issued after June 30, 2010. Counselor designate credentials must be renewed each time the individual's educator's professional license is renewed. However, an individual who holds a lifetime North Dakota educator's professional license must renew the credential every five years. 2. An individual with a school counselor credential (SC03) will serve prekindergarten through grade twelve. Individuals holding previous school counselor credentials CG01, CG02, or CG03 will be redesignated as school counselor serving prekindergarten, kindergarten, elementary, and secondary students. a. Each school counselor provisional credential (SCP3) is valid for one year, and is renewable for one-year terms for a maximum of seven years. Individuals approved by the education standards and practices board may be eligible for a school counselor provisional credential. b. Each school counselor credential is valid only while the individual holds a North Dakota educator's professional license, or a professional school counseling restricted license. A credential must be renewed each time the individual's educator's professional license is renewed. However, an individual who holds a lifetime North Dakota educator's professional license must renew the credential every five years. 3. Plan of study option to qualify for counselor qualification points to satisfy accreditation requirements. If a school is unable to employ a credentialed counselor, the school may employ a licensed teacher to serve as the counselor on a plan of study approved by the department of public instruction. A written plan of study, from a state-approved school counseling program, including course names, numbers, and credit hours, to become a credentialed counselor must be submitted to the department of public instruction and be approved. Upon written request, the department may authorize a change of the courses selected for a particular year in the written plan of study if the change will not result in fewer than five semester hours per year of core counseling coursework. To be considered for approval.
a licensed teacher must have completed a minimum of three graduate classes that are part of the required curriculum for a master's degree in school counseling or its equivalent from a state-approved counseling program addressing the following content areas:
b. Counseling methods or techniques; c. Program management; and d. Ethics and law. Once the written plan of study is approved, the licensed teacher must submit transcripts documenting completion of a minimum of five semester hours of graduate core counseling coursework, as listed in subsection 1 of section 67-11-05-05, each year until the teacher obtains the required credential.
4. To synchronize credentials issued under this chapter with the licensure period of the educator's professional license, any credential that will expire within twelve months of issuance, because the educator's professional license will expire within twelve months of the issuance of the new credential, will be issued for a period coinciding with the period of licensure of the succeeding educator's professional license. N.D. Admin Code 67-11-05-04
Effective February 1, 2000; amended effective May 16, 2000; November 1, 2002; January 1, 2010; April 1, 2010.General Authority: NDCC 15.1-02-04, 15.1-02-11, 28-32-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 15-20.4-03, 15.1-02-04, 15.1-02-11, 15.1-13-23