(a) The
commissioner may issue a limited certificate (Type M), valid for five years, in
the specialty area of Alaska Native language or culture, or of military
science, if the commissioner determines that
(1) baccalaureate degree teacher training in
the specialty area of Alaska Native language or culture, or of military science
is not sufficiently available;
(2)
the applicant has demonstrated both subject matter expertise and teaching
competency, as verified by the local school district;
(3) the school board, through its chief
school administrator, has requested issuance of a limited certificate for the
applicant;
(4) the applicant has
successfully passed the criminal history background check in the same manner as
a teacher certified under
AS
14.20.020 and
4
AAC 12.300; unless the applicant has successfully
passed a criminal history background check to obtain, reinstate, or renew a
current teacher certificate in this state, the applicant must submit to the
commissioner
(A) one completed fingerprint
card, with fingerprinting performed by a law enforcement agency or a person who
has been trained in recording fingerprints, for separate submittal to the
Department of Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the
department will accept a name-based criminal history background check on an
applicant from the agency performing the background check if the requirements
of AS
14.20.020(j) are met;
and
(B) the fee for the criminal
history background check in the amount charged by the Department of Public
Safety as set out in
13 AAC 68.900; and
(5) the applicant has met the
requirements of
4
AAC 12.397(a).
(b) To demonstrate subject matter and
teaching competency required under (a) of this section, the applicant must
submit two letters of recommendation verifying the applicant's length of
experience and competency in the specialty field and,
(1) in the Alaska Native language or culture
specialty,
(A) submit a resume demonstrating
competency in an Alaska Native language or at least four years experience
involving an Alaska Native culture, as verified by the school
district;
(B) submit additional
information requested by the department relevant to the determination of
expertise and teaching competency in this specialty;
(2) in a military science specialty,
(A) meet the criteria of the United States
Department of Defense to be a Junior Reserve Office Training Corps Instructor
(JROTC), as verified by the school district;
(B) submit a resume to the department
demonstrating competency in a military sciences specialty; and
(C) submit additional information requested
by the department relevant to the determination of expertise and teaching
competency in this specialty;
(c) A limited certificate may be renewed any
number of times upon submission to the department of evidence of
(1) satisfactory completion of
(A) three semester hours of credit;
or
(B) additional training or work
experience acceptable to the commissioner;
(2) satisfactory work performance under the
limited certificate; and
(3)
renewal of request for a limited certificate by the school board through its
chief school administrator.
(d) The department will not require the
applicant to possess a baccalaureate degree for issuance of a limited
certificate.
(e) A limited
certificate is valid only in the school district or regional educational
attendance area whose school board requested the certificate.
The subject matter of 4 AAC 12.370 was formerly located at
4
AAC 12.043. The history note for 4 AAC 12.370 does not
reflect the history of the earlier
section.
