Section 515IAC1-6-3. General provisions

   (a) If an institution of higher learning offers an approved program for an initial practitioner license, the institution of higher learning must offer a course of study under the transition to teaching program.

  (b) A course of study under the transition to teaching program shall be designed to prepare an eligible person to meet developmental and content standards adopted by the board.

  (c) The transition to teaching program does not affect a graduate level program designed to earn an initial practitioner license, such as a master of teaching (MAT) program. The program does not replace or require the replacement of an approved program. An approved program that offers the program in a content area may:

(1) add a separate transition to teaching program in the content area;

(2) discontinue the transition to teaching program in a content area if it discontinues its approved program in the content area; or

(3) agree with another approved program to jointly provide, through a consortium, the preparation component for an eligible person.

  (d) A participant is eligible to apply for an initial practitioner license when the participant successfully completes the program and successfully passes the assessment requirements of the transition to teaching program. (Advisory Board of the Division of Professional Standards; 515 IAC 1-6-3; filed May 29, 2002, 4:05 p.m.: 25 IR 3175; errata filed Aug 22, 2002, 12:38 p.m.: 26 IR 36; readopted filed Sep 24, 2008, 2:49 p.m.: 20081008-IR-515080232RFA; filed Mar 31, 2010, 3:43 p.m.: 20100414-IR-515090481FRA)