Iowa Department of Education

Purpose

The first goal of the Teacher Enhancement grant is to strengthen the content requirements in the areas of math, science and English (literacy.)

This committee discussed strengthening the current English enorsement requirement.

The committee is made up of teachers and college professors of English methods.

A final proposal will be provided to the Board of Educational Examiners.

For further information, contact:

Susan Fischer, Department of Education
susan.fischer@iowa.gov
515-281-3605

Team Members

Susan Fischer (Chair), Board of Educational Examiners
Bill Broz, Department of Education
Mike Hanna, Storm Lake Community School District
Maureen Hoffmann, Department of Education
Eunice Merideth, Drake University
Ann Petersen, Buena Vista University
Martha Pierce, Department of Education
Ann Visser, Pella Community School District

Meetings

The committee met on October 18, 2006 and January 26, 2007.

Reports

Resources

LA Endorsement

The following link will take you to the DE Endorsements site. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Rules/Current/iac/282iac/28214/28214pp7.pdf 

The following endorsement requirements are from Iowa Code 14.141(20)
Language Arts Endorsement Requirements