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	28	+	HOUSE MEMORIAL 32
	29	+	57
	30	+	TH LEGISLATURE
	31	+	- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -
	32	+	FIRST SESSION
	33	+	, 2025
	34	+	INTRODUCED BY
	35	+	Randall T. Pettigrew and Catherine J. Cullen
28	36		A MEMORIAL
29	37		REQUESTING THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO STUDY THE
30		-	POSSIBILITY OF GRANTING TEACHERS MASTER'S LEVEL COLLEGE
31		-	~~CREDIT~~ FOR EARNING MICROCREDENTIALS TO ADVANCE FROM LEVEL ONE
32		-	~~TO LEVEL~~ TWO LICENSURE AND FROM LEVEL TWO TO LEVEL THREE
33		-	~~LICENSURE,~~ INCLUDING THE IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL BARRIERS
34		-	~~AND~~ PATHWAYS.
	38	+	POSSIBILITY OF GRANTING TEACHERS MASTER'S LEVEL COLLEGE CREDIT
	39	+	FOR EARNING MICROCREDENTIALS TO ADVANCE FROM LEVEL ONE TO LEVEL
	40	+	TWO LICENSURE AND FROM LEVEL TWO TO LEVEL THREE LICENSURE,
	41	+	INCLUDING THE IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL BARRIERS AND
	42	+	PATHWAYS.
35	43		WHEREAS, a level one teaching license is a provisional,
36		-	nonrenewable license and a teacher is given up to five years
37		-	to develop the academic and pedagogical knowledge and skills
38		-	to become a level two teacher; and
	44	+	nonrenewable license and a teacher is given up to five years to
	45	+	develop the academic and pedagogical knowledge and skills to
	46	+	become a level two teacher; and
39	47		WHEREAS, to move from a level one license to a level two
40	48		license, the public education department requires teachers to
41	49		have a baccalaureate degree, teach for at least three years,
42	50		participate in a formal teacher mentorship program and earn
43		-	microcredentials in five areas: classroom environment;
44		-	assessment literacy; multilayered systems of support;
45		-	culturally and linguistically responsive instruction; and
46		-	family engagement; and
47		-	WHEREAS, a teacher must earn a proficiency score of
48		-	eighty-five percent or higher in each of the microcredential
49		-	courses; and
50		-	WHEREAS, it is also possible for a level one teacher to
51		-	advance to level two by receiving certification from the HM 32
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	78	+	microcredentials in five areas: classroom environment;
	79	+	assessment literacy; multilayered systems of support;
	80	+	culturally and linguistically responsive instruction; and
	81	+	family engagement; and
	82	+	WHEREAS, a teacher must earn a proficiency score of
	83	+	eighty-five percent or higher in each of the microcredential
	84	+	courses; and
	85	+	WHEREAS, it is also possible for a level one teacher to
	86	+	advance to level two by receiving certification from the
78	87		national board for professional teaching standards, an
79	88		exceptionally rigorous program; and
80	89		WHEREAS, a teacher who holds a level three license will
81	90		have completed nine microcredentials or five microcredentials
82	91		and national board certification or a master's degree, all of
83	92		which take significant time and financial resources; and
84	93		WHEREAS, currently, higher education does not offer
85	94		master's degree credits for completion of microcredentials or
86	95		national board certification;
87	96		NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
88	97		REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the public
89	98		education department be requested to collaborate with the
90		-	teacher preparation programs at state universities to study
91		-	~~the~~ possibility of giving master's degree credit to level one
	99	+	teacher preparation programs at state universities to study the
	100	+	possibility of giving master's degree credit to level one
92	101		teachers for the professional work required to move to level
93	102		two and to level two teachers for the professional work
94		-	required to move to level three; and
95		-	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the study consider the pros
96		-	and cons of giving credit toward a master's degree, potential
97		-	pathways to realize the proposal as well as academic barriers
98		-	such as accreditation requirements; and
99		-	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the department report to the
100		-	legislative education study committee by December 1, 2025;
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102		-	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be HM 32
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	131	+	required to move to level three; and
	132	+	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the study consider the pros
	133	+	and cons of giving credit toward a master's degree, potential
	134	+	pathways to realize the proposal as well as academic barriers
	135	+	such as accreditation requirements; and
	136	+	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the department report to the
	137	+	legislative education study committee by December 1, 2025; and
	138	+	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
129	139		transmitted to the secretary of public education.
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