24:15:06:03.  Kindergarten education endorsement. A kindergarten education endorsement requires completion of nine semester hours in early childhood education, including a course in kindergarten education, and a practicum, internship, or student teaching in kindergarten. Verified teaching experience in kindergarten within the five-year period immediately preceding the application may be accepted in lieu of the above field experiences at the equivalency of one year’s teaching experience for one semester hour credit for a maximum of three semester hours of the total credit hours required. No state test is required or available to validate this endorsement.

          Source: 25 SDR 13, adopted July 21, 1998, effective September 1, 2000; transferred from § 24:16:08:07, 30 SDR 211, effective July 5, 2004; 32 SDR 41, effective September 11, 2005; 36 SDR 169, effective May 11, 2010.

          General Authority: SDCL 13-1-12.1, 13-42-3.

          Law Implemented: SDCL 13-42-3, 13-42-4.