Alabama Administrative Code
Title 290 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Chapter 290-3-2 - EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION
Section 290-3-2-.12 - Business And Industry To Educational Administrator Certificate (BIEA) Approach

Universal Citation: AL Admin Code R 290-3-2-.12

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024

(1) Overview. When no other certification approach is applicable, a superintendent who wishes to employ an individual as an educational administrator, or the chairperson of the Board of Education of a public school system that wishes to employ an individual as a superintendent, may request a Business and Industry to Educational Administrator Certificate (BIEA). The individual must be employed full-time in the area of educational administration while completing the requirements of the BIEA approach to earn at least a Class A Professional Leadership Certificate. A BIEA is available only in educational administration.

(2) General Information.

(a) An individual must complete two full scholastic years of full-time professional educational work experience in the area of educational administration while holding the valid BIEA in no more than two public school systems within the four scholastic years from the July 1 beginning date of the first BIEA.

(b) An individual who holds a valid BIEA must be assigned only to the area of educational administration.

(c) The superintendent, or chairperson of the Board of Education if the applicant is serving as the superintendent, must monitor the applicant's compliance with the requirements of the BIEA approach.

(d) An individual who held the first Preliminary Certificate Through Exception (PRE EX) in instructional leadership, school counseling, or a teaching field valid for the 2013-2014, 2014-2015, or 2015-2016 scholastic year may be issued the second PRE EX in the same area if all requirements have been met. The individual must meet requirements prescribed on the individual's application for the first PRE EX.
1. An individual who held the first PRE EX valid for the 2013-2014 scholastic year may be issued the second PRE EX valid for the 2016-2017 scholastic year.

2. An individual who held the first PRE EX valid for the 2014-2015 scholastic year may be issued the second PRE EX valid for the 2016-2017 or 2017-2018 scholastic year.

3. An individual who held the first PRE EX valid for the 2015-2016 scholastic year may be issued the second PRE EX valid for the 2016-2017, 2017-2018, or 2018-2019 scholastic year.

(3) Limitations on Issuance.

(a) An individual may not be employed for more than three scholastic years on the basis of holding an Alternative Baccalaureate-Level Certificate, a Career and Technical Alternative Baccalaureate-Level Certificate, a Preliminary Certificate, a Preliminary Certificate Through Exception, a Special Alternative Certificate, a Provisional Certificate, an Interim Employment Certificate, a Business and Industry to Educational Administrator Certificate, an alternative-approach certificate issued by another state or issuing authority, or any combination thereof.

(b) A BIEA is only valid for employment with the public school system to which the BIEA was issued.

(c) An individual who has not completed all requirements for Professional Leadership Certification through this approach by the expiration date of the second BIEA shall no longer be eligible for certification through the BIEA approach.

(d) An individual who earns a Professional Educator Certificate or Professional Leadership Certificate in the area for which the alternative certificates were issued may be eligible to follow an alternative approach to earning a Professional Educator Certificate or Professional Leadership Certificate in another area.

(e) A BIEA in educational administration will not be considered for an individual who is eligible to earn a Professional Leadership Certificate through another approach.

(f) Individuals who held a first Preliminary Certificate Through Exception (PRE EX) prior to the 2011-2012 scholastic year are no longer eligible for a subsequent PRE EX under the rules that were in effect at the time the first PRE EX was issued nor are they eligible for the second BIEA. The individual may meet requirements of another certification approach.

(4) First BIEA in Educational Administration.

(a) Application.
1. The applicant is required to submit to the superintendent, or to the chairperson of the Board of Education if the applicant is to serve as superintendent, the current application for this approach and documentation of having met all requirements as prescribed in Rule 290-3-2-.12 and on the application.

2. The superintendent, or the chairperson of the Board of Education if the applicant is to serve as superintendent, who wishes to employ the applicant to serve full-time in the area of educational administration is required to submit to the Educator Certification Section:
(i) A recommendation on the current application for this approach no later than October 1 of the scholastic year for which the BIEA is requested.

(ii) The applicant's current application and documentation of having met all requirements.

(b) Requirements. All requirements must be successfully completed prior to October 1 of the scholastic year for which the first BIEA is requested.
1. Successful completion of the Alabama Special Requirements in Rule 290-3-2-.02(4).

2. Verification of a current passing score on the prescribed Praxis II subject area test(s) of the Alabama Educator Certification Assessment Program (AECAP). Additional information is in Rule 290-3-2-.02(9).

3. Verification on official transcript(s) of all degrees earned.

4. Verification on an official transcript(s) of at least an earned master's degree from a regionally accredited senior institution. Verification on an official transcript of an earned education specialist degree or doctoral degree from a regionally accredited senior institution may also meet the degree requirement.
(i) The master's or higher degree must be posted with a minimum overall grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0. For issuance of the first BIEA with a valid period beginning July 1, 2017, and thereafter, the master's or higher degree must be posted with a minimum overall GPA of at least 3.25. The overall GPA is the GPA posted on the official transcript of the degree granting institution that was used as the basis for granting the degree.

(ii) The GPA requirement does not apply to an applicant holding a valid Class A or Class AA Professional Educator Certificate or Professional Leadership Certificate.

5. Verification on official transcript(s) from a regionally accredited senior institution of credit earned in the areas of diversity, ethics, financial management, human resource management, nonhuman resource management, planning, public relations, and technology.

6. Verification of having attained, within the ten years immediately preceding October 1 of the calendar year during which the certificate is to become valid, a minimum of five years of leadership experience in a compensated executive, management, supervisory, or leadership position in a business and industry entity or field other than education. Supplement BIEA must be submitted.

7. An assigned mentor as required in Rule 290-3-2-.01(29).

(5) Second BIEA in Educational Administration.

(a) Application.
1. The applicant is required to submit to the superintendent, or to the chairperson of the Board of Education if the applicant is to serve as superintendent, the current application for this approach and documentation of having met all requirements as prescribed in Rule 290-3-2-.12 and on the application.

2. The superintendent, or the chairperson of the Board of Education if the applicant is to serve as superintendent, who wishes to employ the applicant to serve full-time in the area of educational administration is required to submit to the Educator Certification Section:
(i) A recommendation on the current application for this approach no later than October 1 of the scholastic year for which the BIEA is requested.

(ii) The applicant's current application and documentation of having met all requirements.

(b) Requirements. All requirements must be successfully completed prior to October 1 of the scholastic year for which the second BIEA is requested.
1. Successful completion of the Alabama Special Requirements in Rule 290-3-2-.02(4).

2. Verification on Supplement EXP of a full scholastic year of full-time professional educational work experience in the area of educational administration while holding the first BIEA in educational administration.

3. Verification of completion of:
(i) Superintendent's Academy for applicants serving in an educational administration role other than the superintendent, or

(ii) Superintendent's Professional Development Program for applicants serving as the superintendent.

4. An assigned mentor as required in Rule 290-3-2-.01(29).

(6) Degree Level. A BIEA shall be issued at the master's or education specialist level based upon the applicant's highest earned degree from a regionally accredited senior institution.

(7) Valid Period. The certificate shall be valid for one scholastic year (July 1 to June 30).

(8) Professional Leadership Certificate. The applicant must apply for the Professional Leadership Certificate. Information pertaining to this approach may be found in Rule 290-3-2-.13.

Author: Dr. Thomas R. Bice

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, Ala. Const. Amend. 284, §§ 16-3-11, 16-23-1, 16-23-2.

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