Kentucky Administrative Regulations
Title 16 - EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS BOARD
Chapter 2 - Teaching Certificates
Section 16 KAR 2:040 - Interdisciplinary early childhood education, birth to primary
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 157.3175, 161.020, 161.030
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 161.020 and 161.030 require that a teacher and other professional school personnel hold a certificate of legal qualifications for the respective position to be issued upon completion of a program of preparation prescribed by the Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB). KRS 161.028(1)(a) requires the EPSB to establish the standards for obtaining and maintaining a teaching certificate. KRS 161.028(1)(b) requires an educator preparation provider be approved for offering the preparation program corresponding to a particular certificate on the basis of standards and procedures established by the EPSB. This administrative regulation establishes the professional certificate for interdisciplinary early childhood education, birth to primary and the standards for approval of a program leading to this certificate.
Section 1. Definition."Interdisciplinary" means a preparation program combining early childhood and early childhood special education.
Section 2. A candidate shall be eligible for the professional certificate for interdisciplinary early childhood education, birth to primary, upon application to the EPSB, compliance with 16 KAR 2:010, Section 3(1), and successful completion of the following requirements:
Section 3. The professional certificate for interdisciplinary early childhood education, birth to primary, shall be renewed in accordance with 16 KAR 4:060.
Section 4.
Section 5. The interdisciplinary early childhood education, birth to primary, program shall be subject to the program approval requirements established in 16 KAR 5:010 and shall incorporate the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators and the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Early Interventionist/ Early Childhood Special Educator Preparation Standards.
Section 6. Incorporation by Reference.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 161.028, 161.030