Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
KRS
161.020,
161.027,
161.028
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS requires a certificate
of legal qualifications for each public school position for which a certificate
is issued.
KRS
161.027 requires that an applicant for
certification as school principal with less than two (2) years of appropriate
service complete a one (1) year principal internship program. This
administrative regulation establishes the requirements for the Kentucky
Principal Internship Program required by
KRS
161.027.
Section
1. An applicant for principal certification requesting exemption
from the Kentucky Principal Internship Program as allowed by
KRS
161.027 shall submit to the Education
Professional Standards Board proof of:
(1) A
minimum to two (2) years successful experience serving as a certified principal
in a Kentucky public school or a nonpublic school which meets the state
performance standards as established in
KRS
156.160 or which has been accredited by a
regional or national accrediting agency. The two (2) years of experience shall
have been within a period of ten (10) years prior to the most recent
application for principal certification and shall be confirmed by the school
official responsible for evaluating the applicant during the time of employment
as a school principal; or
(2) A
minimum of two (2) years of successful out of state experience serving as a
state certified school principal.
Section 2.
(1) An applicant shall be eligible to
participate in the Kentucky Principal Internship Program established in this
administrative regulation, if the applicant:
(a) Has successfully completed all
prerequisites to certification specified by
KRS
161.027 and KAR Title 16; and
(b) Has been issued either a statement of
eligibility, a temporary provisional, or a temporary certificate by the
Education Professional Standards Board.
(2) The principal internship specified by
KRS
161.027 shall take place when a person
holding either a valid statement of eligibility, temporary provisional, or
temporary certificate is employed as a principal or full-time assistant
principal in a public school or a nonpublic school which meets the state
performance standards as established in
KRS
156.160 or is accredited by a regional or
national accrediting agency.
Section
3.
(1) The purposes of the
Kentucky Principal Internship Program shall be:
(a) To provide beginning principals with the
opportunity for learning under the supervision of experienced educators;
and
(b) To provide continuing
certification upon the demonstration of the principal intern's ability to meet
the administrator standards developed by the Interstate School Leadership
Licensure Consortium (ISSLC) established in Section 4(1) of this administrative
regulation.
(2) These
purposes shall be accomplished through the Kentucky principal internship
committee which shall be assigned to supervise, assist, and assess the
principal intern.
Section
4.
(1) The administrator
standards used in the assessment of the principal intern shall be as follows:
(a) A school administrator is an educational
leader who promotes the success of all students by facilitating the
development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a vision of
learning that is shared and supported by the school community;
(b) A school administrator is an educational
leader who promotes the success of all students by advocating, nurturing, and
sustaining a school culture and instructional program conducive to student
learning and staff professional growth;
(c) A school administrator is an educational
leader who promotes the success of all students by ensuring management of the
organization, operations, and resources for a safe, efficient, and effective
learning environment;
(d) A school
administrator is an educational leader who promotes the success of all students
by collaborating with families and community members, responding to diverse
community interests, and needs, and mobilizing community resources;
(e) A school administrator is an educational
leader who promotes the success of all students by acting with integrity,
fairness, and in an ethical manner; and
(f) A school administrator is an educational
leader who promotes the success of all students by understanding, responding
to, and influencing the larger political, social, economic, legal, and cultural
context.
(2) The intern
shall demonstrate to the principal internship committee the ability to meet the
administrator standards through observations of performance and the preparation
of a portfolio.
(3) The required
entries in the portfolio shall be documentation which illustrates each of the
administrator standards and the Kentucky Principal Internship Program
professional growth targets.
Section
5.
(1) Members of the principal
internship committee shall include a principal mentor, employing school
district superintendent or designee, and an administrator educator.
(2) The principal mentor shall be selected by
the superintendent of the school district employing the principal
intern.
(3) An individual selected
to serve as a principal mentor shall have a minimum of three (3) years of
experience serving as a principal while holding a valid Professional
Certificate for Instructional Leadership-School Principal. The three (3) years
of principal experience shall have been within five (5) years of appointment to
the principal internship committee. Preference in selection shall be given to
the following criteria in the order stated:
(a) A currently-employed principal within the
intern's school;
(b) A
currently-employed principal within the employing school district;
(c) A currently-employed principal in a
nearby school district; or
(d) A
recently-retired principal;
(4) If the district is unable to identify a
principal mentor in accordance with the hierarchy established in subsection (3)
of this section, the district shall request that the Education Professional
Standards Board staff assist i the identification of a principal
mentor.
(5) Selection of a
principal mentor from another school district shall be subject to the approval
of the superintendent of the proposed principal mentor. An assistant principal
shall not serve in this capacity.
(6) The superintendent of the employing local
school district shall serve on the committee or shall appoint a designee who
has had experience as a principal or assistant principal.
(7) An administrator educator, who is a
faculty member in a state-approved administrator training program at an
institution of higher education, shall be appointed by the Education
Professional Standards Board in consultation with the employing institution of
higher education. Preference in selection shall be given to an administrator
educator who has had experience as a principal or an assistant principal. If an
administrator educator is not available, the Education Professional Standards
Board staff shall identify a person who has had principal experience.
Preference in selection shall be given in the following order:
(a) A district level administrator with
previous principal experience in the employing district;
(b) A district level administrator with
previous principal experience in a nearby school district; or
(c) A recently retired principal with a
minimum of three (3) years of experience as a principal within a period of five
(5) years prior to appointment to the principal internship committee.
Section 6.
(1) Each member of the principal intern
committee shall successfully complete a training program approved by the
Education Professional Standards Board in the supervision, assistance, and
assessment of principal interns.
(2) Updated training shall be required for an
intern committee member if the member has not assessed an intern within the
previous two (2) years.
(3) The
cost of travel expenses incurred by trainers during the training shall be
reimbursed to the universities by the Education Professional Standards Board in
accordance with
200 KAR
2:006.
(4)
Training sessions shall be scheduled during the summer months if
possible.
(5) Training for all
individuals assigned to principal internship committees shall be scheduled
through an institution of higher education.
Section 7.
(1) The period of internship shall include no
less than 140 contract days during the term of employment covered by the
contract with the school district.
(2) If a principal intern is employed after
the school year has commenced, the period of internship shall not be less than
140 contract days. If less than 140 contract days remain in the school year
when the principal intern is hired, the period of internship shall continue
into the following school year until a minimum of 140 contract days has been
completed.
Section 8.
(1) The school district employing a principal
intern shall submit a Confirmation of Employment in hard copy or its electronic
equivalent, if available, to the Education Professional Standards Board on or
before July 15 of the employment year.
(2) If a principal intern is employed after
July 15, the Confirmation Of Employment shall be submitted not later than
twenty (20) calendar days following the principal intern's hire date.
(3) Upon receipt of the Confirmation of
Employment, the Education Professional Standards Board shall appoint the
administrator educator member to the principal internship committee.
Section 9. The
superintendent of the employing school district shall provide an orientation
meeting for each principal intern to clearly inform the intern of the
requirements of the program. At that time, or as soon as possible thereafter,
the principal intern shall be provided the names of the members of the
principal internship committee.
Section
10. The employing school district shall provide the Education
Professional Standards Board with the name, Social Security number, address,
and telephone number for each principal mentor and superintendent or designee
for each principal intern assigned within the district.
Section 11.
(1) The superintendent of the local school
district employing the principal intern shall schedule a meeting of the members
of the principal internship committee to be held not later than fifteen (15)
days following appointment of all committee members. At that time, the
committee shall meet with the principal intern to clarify roles, procedures and
expectations. The committee shall also select a chairperson who shall be
responsible for scheduling all future visits and conferences and for the
completion of required reports.
(2)
The principal mentor shall spend a minimum of fifty (50) hours outside of
scheduled school hours with the principal intern. The number of hours spent
with the intern and the administrator standards and performance indicators
addressed shall be reported to the principal internship committee at each
committee meeting, and a final report of the total number of hours shall be
made in writing by the committee to the superintendent of the local school
district employing the principal intern. A copy of the committee's report
confirming the number of hours spent by the principal mentor shall be submitted
to the Education Professional Standards Board by the local school district in
applying for reimbursement of funds as specified in Section 13(1) of this
administrative regulation.
(3) Each
committee member shall make a minimum of three (3) performance observations of
the principal intern and conduct a review as described in subsection (4) of
this section of the principal intern portfolio. Each observation shall be a
minimum of three (3) hours in duration. Following each sequence of performance
observations and portfolio review, all committee members shall meet to discuss
observed performance and the portfolio. A conference shall then be held with
the principal intern by committee members to provide information on the skill
level on each administrator standard demonstrated and suggestions for
professional growth.
(4) The
committee shall follow these guidelines for scheduling a sequence of
observations, portfolio review, meetings, and conferences:
(a) There shall be a minimum of thirty (30)
work days between each formal sequence.
(b) Except for an internship provided
pursuant to Section 7(2) of this administrative regulation, the three (3)
sequences shall be completed by May 15.
(5) The final meeting of the principal
internship committee shall include a decision reached by a majority vote
regarding completion of the internship.
Section 12.
(1) In arriving at a professional judgment of
the completion of the internship, the committee shall consider the progress of
the principal intern throughout the entire internship, with particular emphasis
on the progress demonstrated during the final months of the
internship.
(2) At the completion
of the internship experience, the chairperson shall report to the Education
Professional Standards Board and to the superintendent of the employing local
school district, if the superintendent is not a member of the committee, the
committee's decision regarding the principal intern's completion of the
internship.
(3) If a principal
intern's performance is judged by the internship committee to be
unsatisfactory, the principal intern shall have the opportunity to repeat the
internship during one (1) additional year contingent upon employment within the
period of validity of the statement of eligibility for internship. If the
principal intern does not successfully complete the internship during the
period of validity of the statement of eligibility, the principal intern shall
requalify for admission to the remaining one (1) year of internship by meeting
the requirements in effect at the time of reapplication for certification.
Section 13.
(1) The Education Professional Standards
Board shall reimburse the school district employing the principal intern for
the payment to each principal mentor of mileage expenses in accordance with
200 KAR
2:006. Contingent upon funding, the Education
Professional Standards Board shall provide an amount not to exceed $1,400 to
each principal mentor as compensation for out-of-school time spent with the
principal intern.
(2) The Education
Professional Standards Board shall contract with institutions of higher
education to pay an amount of $300 for each administrator educator contingent
upon funding, and for mileage expenses in accordance with
200 KAR
2:006. Each institution shall make its own
determination as to the frequency of disbursement of funds received from this
program.
(3) If the administrator
educator member of the committee does not represent an institution of higher
education, the Education Professional Standards Board shall reimburse the
appropriate agency or individual for mileage expenses in accordance with
200 KAR
2:006. Contingent upon funding, the Education
Professional Standards Board shall provide for an amount not to exceed
$300.
(4) All costs for the
superintendent or designee, except travel reimbursement to attend required
training, shall be the responsibility of the local school district.
(5) A payment to a member of a principal
internship committee for a secondary vocational principal intern shall be
administered by the Education Professional Standards Board with reimbursement
through the Department of Workforce Investment, Education Cabinet.
Section 14. Appeals.
(1) If an intern is determined by the
principal internship committee to have been unsuccessful, the intern may appeal
to the Education Professional Standards Board within thirty (30) calendar days
of the date of receipt of the notice of a finding of unsuccessful.
(2) The appeals committee shall include one
(1) principal, one (1) superintendent or designee, one (1) administrator
educator, and one (1) employee of the Education Professional Standards Board
who shall serve as designee of the executive director.
(3) The committee members shall be chosen
from a pool of committee candidates appointed annually by the Education
Professional Standards Board.
(4)
An appeals committee member shall not take part in a decision in which the
member has an interest or is biased.
(5)
(a) The
principal intern shall file the appeal within thirty (30) calendar days of the
date written notice of failure of the internship is received by the principal
intern by certified mail return receipt requested. If the principal intern
failed to maintain a current address with the Education Professional Standards
Board or refuses to claim the certified mail, the principal intern shall file
the appeal within thirty-five (35) days of the date the notice is mailed to the
principal intern's last known residence.
(b) Upon receipt of the appeal, the Education
Professional Standards Board shall send a copy to the members of the principal
internship committee. Each member may file a written response within fifteen
(15) days of receipt.
(6)
(a) The
appeals committee shall review the written appeal by the principal intern, all
committee reports, any additional documentation that accompanied the final
report, and any written responses from the members of the principal internship
committee.
(b) The appeals
committee shall base its recommendation upon the following requirements:
1. Evidence of the principal intern's ability
to meet the requirements of the administrator standards;
2. Appropriate documentation of fifty (50)
hours outside normal working hours spent by the principal mentor in assisting
the principal intern;
3. Assignment
of internship committee members in accordance with legal
requirements;
4. Compliance with
the requirements for the timing, content, reporting, and signing of principal
performance records, meeting and observation forms, and principal mentor time
sheets; and
5. Agreement between
principal intern performance records, professional growth plans, principal
mentor committee meeting reports, and the final decision of the
committee.
(7) The appeals committee shall make a
recommendation to the Education Professional Standards Board on the appeal
within sixty (60) days following the receipt of the appeal, unless good cause
exists for additional time. The Education Professional Standards Board shall
issue a final decision in each appeal reviewed by the appeals committee. The
Education Professional Standards Board may consider the appeals committee
recommendation and the records reviewed by the appeals committee in issuing its
decision.
(8) If the decision of
the principal internship committee is not upheld, the Education Professional
Standards Board shall issue the appropriate certificate to the principal
intern.
(9) If the decision of the
principal internship committee is upheld, the Education Professional Standards
Board shall issue another Statement of Eligibility for Principal Internship,
unless:
(a) The principal intern has
exhausted the two (2) year provision for participation in the Kentucky
Principal Internship Program; or
(b) The period of validity of the statement
of eligibility has expired.
(10) If, during the appeal process, it
becomes evident that the principal internship committee has committed a
procedural violation during the internship which makes it impossible to
determine if the principal intern has been unsuccessful, the Education
Professional Standards Board shall nullify the internship and allow the
principal intern to repeat the internship without penalty.
(11) If the principal intern is not satisfied
with the decision of the board based on the recommendation of the appeals
committee, the principal intern may request a formal hearing under the
provisions of KRS Chapter 13B. The principal intern shall file the request in
writing with the Executive Director of the Education Professional Standards
Board within fifteen (15) calendar days of the date the board's decision is
received by the principal intern.
(12) In notifying the principal intern of the
board's decision, the Education Professional Standards Board shall send the
decision of the board to the last known address of the principal intern. If the
principal intern fails to notify the Education Professional Standards Board of
an updated or correct address, or refuses to claim the certified mail, the
principal intern shall file the request for a hearing in writing with the
Executive Director of the Education Professional Standards Board within (20)
calendar days of the date the board's decision is mailed to the principal
intern by certified mail.
Section
15. A principal intern who has not successfully completed the
internship and has exhausted the two (2) year provision for participation in
the Kentucky Principal Internship Program shall not be eligible for a Kentucky
principal certificate under this administrative regulation.
Section 16. The Kentucky Education
Professional Standards Board shall collect and analyze data, on an annual or
biennial basis, which permit evaluation of the Principal Internship Program
covered by this administrative regulation.
Section 17. Incorporation by Reference:
(1) The following material is incorporated by
reference:
(a) "Statement of
Eligibility/Confirmation of Employment" form, revised January 2006;
(b) "Assurance Agreement for an Assistant
Principal Intern" form, revised April 2006;
(c) "Kentucky Principal Internship Program
Observation" forms, revised April 2006;
(d) "KPIP Observation Summary" form, revised
April 2006;
(e) "Professional
Growth Targets", revised April 2006;
(f) "Formative Portfolio Contents Checklist
Sequences I and II", revised April 2006;
(g) "Summative Portfolio Contents Checklist
Sequence III", revised April 2006;
(h) "Principal Mentor Time Sheet and Travel"
form, revised April 2006;
(i)
"Progress Report on Principal Intern", revised April 2006;
(j) "Summative Report on Principal Intern",
revised April 2006;
(k) "Committee
Meeting Checklist", revised April 2006; and
(l) "Interstate School Leaders Licensure
Standards Growth Assessment", revised April 2006.
(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, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS
161.027,
161.028