Section 511IAC16-2-5. Visiting teacher license

   (a) A visiting teacher license is a three (3) year nonrenewable license.

  (b) An applicant is eligible for a visiting teacher license if the:

(1) applicant provides documentation from the Ministry of Education, or comparable office of the teacher's country of origin, that demonstrates the applicant:

(A) is of good moral character;

(B) is a citizen of another country who is in the United States or will be entering the United States, and whom an Indiana school corporation has agreed to employ as a teacher;

(C) holds the United States equivalent of the bachelor's degree from an accredited institution;

(D) has completed curriculum requirements as determined by the department to be equivalent to requirements under 511 IAC 15-1-2, 511 IAC 15-2-2, 511 IAC 15-3-2, 511 IAC 15-4-2, or 511 IAC 15-5-2;

(E) has teaching or related professional experience; and

(F) demonstrates English language proficiency;

(2) employing Indiana school superintendent approves an application for a visiting teacher license; and

(3) applicant provides the established fee to the department for the issuance of the license.

  (c) The license shall include the content area or areas and school setting or settings for which the department determines equivalency under subsection (d).

  (d) The department shall determine the equivalent content area or areas and school setting or settings of the visiting teacher license based on one (1) of the following:

(1) The content area or areas and school setting or settings listed on the license issued by another country.

(2) The applicant's curriculum under subsection (b)(1)(D).

(3) A minimum proficiency level of Advanced Low on the Certified American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Writing Proficiency Test (WPT) and Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI).

  (e) This rule does not apply to teachers licensed in another country and employed by accredited Indiana schools through memoranda of understanding between the department and ministries of education of other countries. (Indiana State Board of Education; 511 IAC 16-2-5; filed Nov 18, 2014, 3:51 p.m.: 20141217-IR-511130399FRA)