Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
(1)
Overview. An individual may seek additional certification in
selected secondary (6-12) technical education program areas or health science
if a valid Alabama Professional Educator Certificate in a teaching field is
held, appropriate experience is verified, and the appropriate occupational
proficiency assessment (test scores, license, or credential) is passed.
Evaluation and approval by the Office of Career and Technical Education of the
Department is required prior to issuance of the certificate.
(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) Additional certification is available
only in health science and the technical education program areas listed on the
current application for this approach.
(3)
Application for the Professional
Educator Certificate. 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-.14 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 Rule
290-3-2-.03.
(c) 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 passing score on the appropriate Department-approved occupational proficiency
assessment (test score, license, or credential). Information on the approved
occupational proficiency assessments can be obtained from the Office of Career
and Technical Education of the Department.
(e) Verification of successful completion of
Session A of the Career and Technical Education Teacher Certification Program
(CTE TCP). Session A of the CTE TCP is not required for holders of a valid
Professional Educator Certificate in a career and technical education teaching
field, a valid Specialty Area Career and Technical Certificate, or a valid
Degree Equivalent Career and Technical Certificate. Successful completion must
be verified by submission of
one of the following:
1. Department-approved professional
development training history.
2.
Certificate of completion.
(5)
Degree Level. The Secondary
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.
Author: Dr. Thomas R. Bice
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
1975, Ala. Const. Amend. 284, §§
16-3-11,
16-23-1,
16-23-2.
