Alabama Administrative Code
Title 290 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Chapter 290-3-2 - EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION
Section 290-3-2-.16 - Career And Technical Education Temporary Certificate (CTE T)

Universal Citation: AL Admin Code R 290-3-2-.16

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

(1) Overview. In cases where an individual who holds a valid Alabama certificate endorsed in the appropriate technical education program area or health science is not available, a superintendent who wishes to employ an individual to teach may request a Career and Technical Education Temporary Certificate (CTE T) in health science or the technical education program area to be taught. A superintendent who has established a partnership with a business or governmental agency and wishes for an employee of that business or governmental agency to teach, may request a CTE T in health science or in the technical education program area to be taught. The CTE T is not an alternative certificate. 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) A CTE T is issued for only one technical education program area or health science.

(b) Effective beginning with the 2016-2017 scholastic year, an individual who holds or previously held an Emergency Certificate in health science or in a technical education program area is not eligible to receive a CTE T in the same area.

(c) An individual who has held one CTE T is not eligible to receive another CTE T in any technical education program area or health science.

(3) Application.

(a) The applicant is required to submit to the superintendent the current application for this approach and documentation of having met all requirements as prescribed in Rule 290-3-2-.16 and on the application.

(b) The superintendent who wishes to employ the applicant or wishes for the applicant, who is an employee of a business or governmental agency with which a partnership has been established, to teach health science or in the technical education program area for which a certificate is sought is required to submit to the Educator Certification Section:
1. A recommendation requesting issuance of the Career and Technical Education Temporary Certificate.

2. The applicant's current application and documentation of having met all requirements.

(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) For the CTE T in the technical education program area of cosmetology, verification of a valid Alabama Cosmetology Instructor license is required.

(c) For the CTE T in health science, verification of an active Alabama license in a registered nursing, paramedical, or an approved allied health specialty is required.

(5) Degree Level. The CTE T shall not be issued at a degree level.

(6) Valid Period. The valid period of the CTE T shall be no more than one scholastic year (July 1 to June 30). The CTE T will be valid from the date the certificate is issued through June 30 of the scholastic year for which it is issued. The CTE T shall not be continued, renewed, reinstated, or reissued.

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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