Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
KRS
161.020,
161.028(1)(a),
(c),
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 qualification for their respective positions to be issued
upon completion of a program of preparation prescribed by the Education
Professional Standards Board. Pursuant to
KRS
161.028, a teacher education institution is
required to 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. This administrative regulation
establishes a plan for recruiting certified classroom teachers into positions
for teachers of engineering and technology.
Section
1. Definition. "Qualified teacher" means a teacher who holds
certification as an engineering and technology teacher unless the
superintendent of the employing school district has documented evidence that
the teacher is unsuitable for appointment.
Section 2. Requirements for a Probationary
Certificate for Teachers of Engineering and Technology.
(1) If a qualified teacher is not available
for the position of engineering and technology teacher as attested to by the
local superintendent, the superintendent may request, by filing a Form CA-ET
with the Education Professional Standards Board, that a one (1) year
probationary certificate be issued as approved by the Office of Career and
Technical Education to a teacher who:
(a)
Holds a valid classroom teaching certificate for teaching in the middle school
or secondary school;
(b)
1. Has a cumulative grade point average of at
least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale; or
2. Has
a grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale on the last sixty (60)
hours of credit completed, including undergraduate and graduate
coursework;
(c) Meets
the minimum standards for admission to an educator education preparation
program at an approved institution of higher education;
(d) Has enrolled in an educator preparation
program approved pursuant to 16 KAR Chapter 5, for engineering and technology;
and
(e) Documents 1,000 clock hours
or six (6) months of full-time employment of work related experience or other
exceptional life experience related to teaching engineering and
technology.
(2) Upon
completion of all requirements established in subsection (1) of this section,
the candidate shall be issued a probationary certificate for teachers of
engineering and technology, valid for one (1) year.
Section 3. Requirements for Renewal of a
Probationary Certificate for Teachers of Engineering and Technology.
(1) The first renewal of the probationary
certificate for teachers of engineering and technology shall be for one (1)
year, based upon:
(a) Evidence of employment
by a participating district;
(b)
Completion of eighteen (18) clock hours of orientation and management training
provided through the technology education new teacher institute, within the
first six (6) weeks of employment;
(c) Completion of at least six (6) semester
hours toward the completion of the educator preparation program in which the
applicant is enrolled; and
(d)
Successful completion of the internship program required by
KRS
161.030 and
16 KAR
7:010.
(2) The probationary certificate may be
renewed a maximum of two (2) times and shall require at application, proof of
the completion of at least six (6) hours of additional credit from the
preapproved continuous curriculum plan.
(3) Upon successful completion of all
requirements for an approved teacher preparation program, including successful
completion of all required assessments established in
16 KAR
6:010, a professional certificate for engineering and
technology shall be issued valid for five (5) years.
Section 4. Upon recommendation by the teacher
education institution, teaching experience performed in a full-time position
requiring certification for engineering and technology teachers shall be
substituted for the student teaching requirement.
Section 5. Incorporation by Reference.
(1) Form CA-ET, 08/15, 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(1)(a), (c),
161.030
