Alabama Administrative Code
Title 290 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Chapter 290-3-2 - EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION
Section 290-3-2-.03 - Professional Educator Certificate and Professional Leadership Certificate

(1) General Information.

(2) Class B, Class A, or Class AA Professional Educator Certificate for Teaching Fields.

a Meet all requirements for the Professional Educator Certificate as prescribed in Rule 290-3-2-.02 and as prescribed in the Rule specific to each applicable approach in this chapter.

b Hold at least an earned bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited senior institution or have met requirements as prescribed in Rule 290-3-2-.02(7).

c Be issued only in teaching fields listed in the current edition of the Subject and Personnel Codes of the Alabama State Department of Education.

d Hold at least an earned master's degree from a regionally accredited senior institution.

e Complete a planned sixth-year program at a regionally accredited senior institution. Program completion may result in an education specialist or higher degree.

f Initial Class B Professional Educator Certificates in speech and language impaired have not been issued with a valid period beginning after July 1, 2007. Information about the Speech-Language Pathology Assistant Certificate is in Rule 290-3-2-.30.

(3) Class A or Class AA Professional Educator Certificate or Professional Leadership Certificate for Areas of Instructional Support Other Than Instructional Leader.

aMeet all requirements for the Professional Educator Certificate or the Professional Leadership Certificate as prescribed in Rule 290-3-2-.02 and as prescribed in the Rule specific to each applicable approach in this chapter.

bHold at least an earned master' s degree from a regionally accredited senior institution.

cComplete a planned sixth-year program at a regionally accredited senior institution. Program completion may result in an education specialist or higher degree.

dMeet requirements for certification in career and technical administrator, educational administrator, principal, superintendent, or supervisor only through the certificate issued by another state approach.

eApplicants for certification in career and technical administrator, educational administrator, principal, superintendent, or supervision through the certificate issued by another state approach must verify three full years of full-time professional educational work experience in a P-12 school system(s) which must include at least one full year of full-time classroom teaching experience.

fApplicants for certification in library media, school counseling, school psychology, school psychometry, and sport management must verify two full years of full-time, professional educational work experience in a P-12 school system(s), except for those seeking certification through the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) approach or the Nationally Certified School Psychologist approach.

gMeeting requirements for certification in career and technical administrator, educational administrator, principal, superintendent, and supervisor leads to the issuance of the Professional Leadership Certificate.

hMeeting requirements for certification in library media, school counselor, school psychologist, school psychometrist, speech-language pathologist, and sport manager leads to the issuance of the Professional Educator Certificate.

iMeet requirements for certification in speech-language pathology only through the Speech-Language Pathology approach.

(4) Class A or Class AA Professional Leadership Certificate in Instructional Leader.

aMeet all requirements for the Professional Leadership Certificate as prescribed in Rule 290-3-2-.02 and as prescribed in the Rule for the State-approved program approach.

bHold at least an earned master' s degree from a regionally accredited senior institution.

cComplete a planned sixth-year program at a regionally accredited senior institution. Program completion may result in an education specialist or higher degree.

(5) Valid Period. The valid period of the Professional Educator Certificate shall be from the date of issuance through the remainder of the same scholastic year, and thereafter, for the next five consecutive scholastic years. The valid period of the Professional Leadership Certificate shall be from the date of issuance through the remainder of the same scholastic year, and thereafter, for the next five consecutive scholastic years.