Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
KRS
157.3175,
161.020,
161.030,
34
C.F.R. 200.56,
20
U.S.C. 7801(23)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
161.020 and
161.030
require that a teacher and other professional school personnel hold a
certificate of legal qualification for the respective position to be issued
upon completion of a program of preparation prescribed by the Education
Professional Standards Board.
KRS
161.028(1)(a) requires the
Education Professional Standards Board to establish the standards for obtaining
and maintaining a teaching certificate.
KRS
161.028(1)(b) requires that
a teacher education institution be approved for offering the preparation
program corresponding to a particular certificate on the basis of standards and
procedures established by the Education Professional Standards Board.
KRS
161.028(1)(f) requires the
Education Professional Standards Board to issue and renew any certificate. This
administrative regulation establishes a plan for recruiting qualified
individuals into positions for teachers of children ages birth to primary
age.
Section 1. Definition. "Qualified
teacher" means a teacher who holds an interdisciplinary early childhood
education certificate or who has received an approval as established in
16
KAR 2:040, Section 5, unless the superintendent of the
employing school district has documented evidence that the teacher is
unsuitable for appointment.
Section
2. If a qualified teacher is not available for the position as
teacher of children birth to primary age, as attested by the local school
superintendent, the superintendent, on behalf of the local board of education,
may request a one (1) year probationary interdisciplinary early childhood
education certificate be issued as provided in this administrative regulation.
(1) A prerequisite for a one (1) year
probationary interdisciplinary early childhood education certificate for
teaching children, birth to primary age, shall be:
(a) A certificate or statement of eligibility
in kindergarten or elementary special education; or
(b) A certificate in another area, if the
applicant has had one (1) year of teaching children birth through age five (5)
years.
(2) The applicant
shall have:
(a) Enrolled in an approved
preparation program for certification in interdisciplinary early childhood
education established in
16
KAR 2:040; and
(b) Completed a minimum of nine (9) semester
hours of credit in the development of children below primary age or in special
education.
(3) The
requirements established in subsection (2) of this section shall be verified by
submission of a curriculum contract completed by the teacher education
institution with an interdisciplinary early childhood education preparation
program approved pursuant to
16
KAR 2:040.
(4) The applicant shall complete twelve (12)
clock hours of training established by the Kentucky Department of Education
prior to employment.
(5) The
applicant shall complete an additional six (6) clock hours of training
established by the Kentucky Department of Education within the first three (3)
months of employment.
(6) To apply
for the probationary interdisciplinary early childhood education certificate,
the applicant shall submit a completed Form CA-BP to the Education Professional
Standards Board.
Section
3. Requirements for Renewal of a Probationary Interdisciplinary
Early Childhood Education Certificate.
(1)
The first renewal of the probationary interdisciplinary early childhood
education certificate shall be for one (1) year based upon:
(a) Evidence of employment in a Kentucky
school district or nonpublic school as a teacher of children ages birth to
primary;
(b) Completion of at least
six (6) semester hours or its equivalent from the interdisciplinary early
childhood education preparation program as approved pursuant to
16
KAR 2:040 and indicated on the teacher's curriculum
contract; and
(c) Successful
completion of the Kentucky Teacher Internship Program established in
16 KAR
7:010. A teacher who has successfully completed the
Kentucky Teacher Internship Program prior to issuance of the initial
probationary certificate or who is not required to complete the internship
program under the requirements for out-of-state teachers established in
KRS
161.030(5) shall not be
required to complete the internship program again while serving on the
probationary certificate.
(2)
(a)
Subsequent one (1) year renewals of the probationary interdisciplinary early
childhood education certificate shall require at least six (6) semester hours
or its equivalent of additional credit from the interdisciplinary early
childhood education preparation program as approved pursuant to 16 KAR 2:40 and
as indicated on the teacher's curriculum contract.
(b) The total validity period of the
probationary certificate for interdisciplinary early education shall not exceed
three (3) years in compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001,
20
U.S.C. 7801(23) and
34
C.F.R. 200.56.
(3) Upon successful completion of all program
requirements for the approved interdisciplinary early childhood education
preparation program established in
16
KAR 2:040, including successful completion of all
required assessments established in
16 KAR
6:010, a professional certificate for
interdisciplinary early childhood education, birth to primary, valid for five
(5) years shall be issued.
(4)
Program requirements for completion of the interdisciplinary early childhood
education preparation program while serving on the probationary certificate
established in this administrative regulation shall not include student
teaching.
Section 4.
Incorporation by Reference.
(1) Form CA-BP,
08/15, Education Professional Standards Board, is incorporated by
reference.
(2) This material may be
inspected, copied, or obtained, subject to applicable copyright law, at the
Education Professional Standards Board, 100 Airport Road, 3rd Floor, Frankfort,
Kentucky 40601, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS
161.028,
161.030
