Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
(1)
Overview. An individual may
seek additional certification in the selected teaching field(s) of early
childhood education (P-3), elementary education (K-6), and most middle level
(4-8), secondary (6-12), and elementary-secondary (P-12) teaching fields if a
valid Alabama Professional Educator Certificate in a teaching field is held,
appropriate experience is verified, and the appropriate Alabama prescribed
Praxis II subject area test(s) is passed. This approach is commonly referred to
as Certification Based on Test (CBT).
(2)
Limitations on Issuance.
(a) This approach is not available to an
individual who holds only a valid Professional Educator Certificate in an area
of instructional support or a Professional Leadership Certificate.
(b) This approach is not available to an
individual who holds only a Provisional Certificate, Interim Employment
Certificate, Business and Industry to Educational Administrator Certificate,
Career and Technical (Level, Type, Specialty Area, Degree Equivalent, and/or
Temporary) Certificate, Speech-Language Pathology Assistant Certificate,
Speech-Language Pathology Temporary Certificate, Speech-Language Pathology
Professional Educator Certificate, Child Nutrition Program Director
Certificate, Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) Certificate,
Emergency Certificate, or Substitute License.
(c) Certification through this approach in
the teaching fields of early childhood education (P-3) and elementary education
(K-6) is only available to an individual who holds a valid Professional
Educator Certificate in one of the following teaching
fields: early childhood education (P-3), elementary education (K-6 or K-9),
early childhood special education (P-3), collaborative teacher (K-6), or
elementary multiple abilities (K-6).
(d) Additional certification is available
only in the teaching fields and grade levels listed on the current application
for this approach.
(3)
Application. The applicant is required to submit to the Educator
Certification Section the current application for this approach and
documentation of having met all requirements as prescribed in Rule 290-3-2-.05 and on the application.
(4)
Requirements. All requirements must be successfully completed
prior to the date the application is received in the Educator Certification
Section.
(a) Successful completion of the
Alabama Special Requirements in Rule
290-3-2-.02(4).
(b) A valid Professional Educator Certificate
in a teaching field as prescribed in Rules
290-3-2-.03 and 290-3-2-.05(2).
(c) Experience
Requirement.
1. Teaching fields of early
childhood (P-3) and elementary education (K-6): Verification of two full
scholastic years of full-time classroom teaching experience within the grade
range of the new certificate being sought. Partial years cannot be combined to
meet this requirement. Experience must be verified on Supplement EXP.
2. Other teaching fields: Verification of two
full scholastic years of full-time classroom teaching experience within a P-12
setting. Partial years cannot be combined to meet this requirement. Experience
must be verified on Supplement EXP.
(d) Verification of a
current passing score for the prescribed Praxis II
subject area test(s) of the Alabama Educator Certification Assessment Program
(AECAP) for the teaching field.
(5)
Degree Level. The
Professional Educator Certificate issued through this approach shall be issued
only at the Class B (bachelor's degree) level.
(6)
Valid Period. The valid
period of the 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.
(7)
Historical Information. The Additional Teaching Field approach
became effective on April 14, 2006, upon adoption and implementation of the
prescribed Praxis II subject area test(s).
Author: Dr. Thomas R. Bice
Statutory Authority: Ala. Const. Amend. 284;
Code of Ala. 1975, §§
16-3-11,
16-23-1,
16-23-2.
