Section 515IAC9-1-30. 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:

(1) the 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 515 IAC 8-1-1.4, 515 IAC 8-1-1.6, 515 IAC 8-1-1.7, 515 IAC 8-1-4, or 515 IAC 8-1-6;

(E) has teaching or related professional experience; and

(F) demonstrates English language proficiency;

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

(3) the 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) or both 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).

  (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. (Advisory Board of the Division of Professional Standards; 515 IAC 9-1-30; filed Oct 1, 2008, 4:13 p.m.: 20081029-IR-515080415FRA; filed Mar 31, 2010, 3:43 p.m.: 20100414-IR-515090481FRA)