Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
(1)
Overview. An individual holding a valid Master's Equivalent
Technical Education 4 Certificate or Sixth-Year Equivalent Technical Education
5 Certificate in a technical education program area or a valid Master's
Equivalent Health Science 3 Certificate or Sixth-Year Equivalent Health Science
4 Certificate may meet requirements for a Class B Secondary Professional
Educator Certificate in the same technical education program area or in health
science.
(2)
Limitations on
Issuance. This approach is available only in health science and the
technical education program areas listed on the valid Master's Equivalent
Technical Education 4 Certificate or Sixth-Year Equivalent Technical Education
5 Certificate.
(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-.19 and on the application.
(4)
Requirements for Health Science. 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 Master's Equivalent Health
Science 3 Certificate or Sixth-Year Equivalent Health Science 4
Certificate.
(c) Verification of an
active Alabama license in a registered nursing, paramedical, or approved allied
health specialty.
(d) Verification
on an official transcript(s) of an earned bachelor's or higher degree in a
healthcare or related area from a regionally accredited senior institution. The
Office of Career and Technical Education of the Department must approve the
healthcare or related area.
1. The bachelor's
degree must be posted with a minimum overall GPA of at least 2.75 or the
master's or higher degree must be posted with a minimum overall GPA of at least
3.0. 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.
2. The GPA requirement does
not apply to an applicant holding a valid Professional Educator Certificate or
Professional Leadership Certificate.
(e) Verification on an official transcript of
earned credit, with a grade of "C" or above, for strategies for teaching
special needs students in inclusive settings at an Alabama institution with
State-approved programs. The credit must have been earned within the five years
prior to the date the application is received in the Educator Certification
Section.
(f) Verification of two
full scholastic years of full-time classroom teaching experience in grades 6-12
health science. Partial years cannot be combined to meet this requirement.
Experience must be verified on Supplement EXP.
(g) Verification of a current passing score
for the prescribed Praxis Principles of Learning and Teaching Test of the
Alabama Educator Certification Assessment Program (AECAP). This requirement
does not apply to an applicant holding a valid Professional Educator
Certificate or a valid Professional Leadership Certificate.
(5) Requirements for Technical
Education Program Areas. 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 Master's Equivalent Technical
Education 4 Certificate or Sixth-Year Equivalent Technical Education 5
Certificate in a technical education program area for which the Professional
Educator Certificate is sought.
(c)
Verification of a passing score on the Department-approved MASTER occupational
proficiency assessment (test score, license, or credential) for the technical
education program area for which the certificate is sought. Information on the
approved MASTER occupational proficiency assessments can be obtained from the
Office of Career and Technical Education of the Department.
(d) Verification on an official transcript(s)
of an earned bachelor's or higher degree in the technical education program
area, or in an area related to the technical education program area, for which
the certificate is sought from a regionally accredited senior institution. The
Office of Career and Technical Education of the Department must approve the
academic major.
1.
The bachelor's degree
must be posted with a minimum overall GPA of at least 2.75 or the master's or
higher degree must be posted with a minimum overall GPA of at least 3.0. 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.
2. The GPA requirement does
not apply to an applicant holding a valid Professional Educator Certificate or
Professional Leadership Certificate.
(e) Verification on an official transcript of
earned credit, with a grade of "C" or above, for strategies for teaching
special needs students in inclusive settings at an Alabama institution with
State-approved programs. The credit must have been earned within the five years
prior to the date the application is received in the Educator Certification
Section.
(f) Verification of two
full scholastic years of full-time classroom teaching experience in grades 6-12
in the technical education program area for which the certificate is sought.
Partial years cannot be combined to meet this requirement. Experience must be
verified on Supplement EXP.
(g)
Verification of a current passing score for the prescribed Praxis Principles of
Learning and Teaching Test of the Alabama Educator Certification Assessment
Program (AECAP). This requirement does not apply to an applicant holding a
valid Professional Educator Certificate or a valid Professional Leadership
Certificate.
(6) Degree
Level. The Professional Educator Certificate issued through this approach shall
be issued only at the Class B (bachelor's degree) level.
(7) 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. Eric G. Mackey
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
1975, Ala. Const. Amend. 284, §§
16-3-11,
16-23-1,
16-23-2.
