2006 New Mexico Statutes - Section 22-10A-11 — Level three licensure; tracks for teachers and school administrators.

22-10A-11. Level three licensure; tracks for teachers and school administrators.

A.     A level three-A license is a nine-year license granted to a teacher who meets the qualifications for that level and who annually demonstrates instructional leader competencies.  If a level three-A teacher does not demonstrate essential competency in a given school year, the school district shall provide the teacher with additional professional development and peer intervention during the following school year.  If by the end of that school year the teacher fails to demonstrate essential competency, a school district may choose not to contract with the teacher to teach in the classroom.

B.     The department shall grant a level three-A license to an applicant who has been a level two teacher for at least three years and holds a post-baccalaureate degree or national board for professional teaching standards certification; demonstrates instructional leader competence as required by the department and verified by the local superintendent through the highly objective uniform statewide standard of evaluation; and meets other qualifications for the license.

C.     With the adoption by the department of a highly objective uniform statewide standard of evaluation for level three-A teachers, the minimum salary for a level three-A teacher for a standard nine and one-half month contract shall be as follows:

(1)     for the 2003-2004 school year,  thirty thousand dollars ($30,000);

(2)     for the 2004-2005 school year,  thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000);

(3)     for the 2005-2006 school year,  forty thousand dollars ($40,000);

(4)     for the 2006-2007 school year,  forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000); and

(5)     for the 2007-2008 school year,  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).

D.     A level three-B license is a nine-year license granted to a school administrator who meets the qualifications for that level.  Licenses may be renewed upon satisfactory annual demonstration of instructional leader and administrative competency.

E.     The department shall grant a level three-B license to an applicant who has been a level three-A instructional leader for at least one year, has satisfactorily completed department-approved courses in administration and a department-approved administration apprenticeship program and demonstrates instructional leader competence required by the department and verified by the local superintendent through the highly objective uniform statewide standard of evaluation.

F.     Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, the standard contract and minimum annual salary for a level three-B school principal shall be based on the size of the school in which the school principal is employed, as follows:

(1)     for school principals of schools with two hundred or fewer students, a minimum salary of  fifty-eight thousand dollars ($58,000) for a standard  ten-month contract;

(2)     for school principals of schools with two hundred one to four hundred students, a minimum salary of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) for a standard ten-month contract;

(3)     for school principals of schools with four hundred one to six hundred students, a minimum salary of sixty-two thousand dollars ($62,000) for a standard ten-month contract;

(4)     for school principals of schools with six hundred one to eight hundred students, a minimum salary of sixty-four thousand dollars ($64,000) for a standard  ten-month contract;

(5)     for school principals of schools with eight hundred one to one thousand students, a minimum salary of sixty-six thousand dollars ($66,000) for a standard  ten-month contract; and

(6)     for school principals of schools with more than one thousand students, a minimum salary of  sixty-eight thousand dollars ($68,000) for a standard  ten-month contract.