K-6

Persons with this endorsement may teach and provide services in accordance with 92 NAC 51 for children and youth who have one or more verified disabilities.

Certification Endorsement Requirements: This endorsement requires:

For a Subject endorsement, kindergarten through grade six (K-6), or grades seven through twelve (7-12), a minimum of 42 semester hours is required, of which 30 semester hours must be special education content coursework; or

Persons with this endorsement may teach children in all elementary subjects in kindergarten through grade 6 in all schools; and in grades 7 and 8 in self-contained classrooms. Self-contained classrooms exist when students spend more than half the school day with one teacher who provides instruction in more than half of the academic areas of the curriculum.

This endorsement requires an applicant to hold, or earn concurrently, an English as a Second Language (ESL) endorsement in addition to a subject or field endorsement.

Persons with this endorsement may teach in a bilingual program in the grade levels for which they are prepared.

Certification Endorsement Requirements: This endorsement requires a minimum of 12 semester hours of course work related to methodology, content instruction, and content literacy in bilingual education programs which includes nine (9) credit hours of course work taught in the target language.