Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
161.095 requires the Education Professional
Standards Board to promulgate an administrative regulation establishing
procedures for a teacher to maintain a certificate by successfully completing
meaningful continuing education.
KRS
161.028(1)(f) and
161.030
authorize the board to issue and renew certification for professional school
personnel, and
KRS
161.028(1)(q) authorizes the
board to charge reasonable certification fees.
KRS
161.1211 establishes certificate ranks and
requires the board to issue rank classifications. This administrative
regulation establishes the procedures for the continuing education option for
rank change.
Section 1. The Continuing
Education Option shall only be used to obtain either Rank II or Rank
I.
Section 2. The Continuing
Education Option shall require the completion of Plan I or Plan II of this
administrative regulation.
Section
3. Plan I.
(1) Plan I shall have
the following program requirements:
(a) Plan I
shall consist of four (4) phases:
1. Phase one
(1): Completion of an instructional seminar established in subsection 2(b) of
this section, and development of a plan for job-embedded professional
development;
2. Phase two (2):
Content exploration and research;
3. Phase three (3): Student instruction and
assessment; and
4. Phase four (4):
Professional demonstration and publication.
(b) In addition to the completion of the four
(4) phases established in paragraph (a) of this subsection, a candidate for
Plan 1 shall develop a leadership project aligned to the job-embedded
professional development.
(2) A candidate for Plan I for rank change
shall:
(a) Attend a board-approved program
orientation meeting; and
(b)
Successfully complete a board-approved seminar on how to build a plan for
job-embedded professional development.
(3)
(a)
1. A Kentucky school district, group of
Kentucky school districts, or Kentucky postsec-ondary institution with an
accredited educator preparation program may make application to the Education
Professional Standards Board for approval to sponsor a seminar on how to build
a plan for job-embedded professional development.
2. The Education Professional Standards Board
may sponsor a seminar on how to build a plan for job-embedded professional
development in a district or group of districts in which a seminar is not
otherwise offered.
(b)
The seminar on how to build a plan for job-embedded professional development
shall be led by a continuing education option coach.
(c) The seminar on how to build a plan for
job-embedded professional development may be a blend of:
1. Web-based instruction; and
2. Face-to-face cohort meetings.
(d) The Education Professional
Standards Board may provide Web-based instruction through an on-line
module.
(e) A seminar sponsor shall
offer face-to-face cohort meetings at least two (2) times per month during the
plan building seminar.
(4) Following completion of phase one (1) of
Plan I, a seminar sponsor shall continue face-to-face cohort meetings on a
monthly basis.
(5) Payment of
seminar tuition.
(a)
1. Tuition for the on-line module provided by
the Education Professional Standards Board shall be $150.
2. The on-line module fee shall be paid to
the Education Professional Standards Board at the time of enrollment.
(b)
1. Tuition for the cohort meetings shall be
$1,100.
2. The cohort meeting fee
shall be paid to the board-approved seminar sponsor.
(c)
1.
Seminar tuition shall be nonrefundable.
2. A cohort meeting fee may be transferred to
another seminar sponsor upon agreement between both sponsors.
(6)
(a) Upon completion of the seminar, the
candidate shall design an individual job-embedded professional development
plan.
(b) The job-embedded
professional development plan shall:
1. Focus
on a professional growth need identified by the teacher with consideration
given to the needs identified in the school's consolidated plan, student
assessment results, and community resources;
2. Include goals correlated to:
a. Each of the teacher standards established
in
16 KAR
1:010;
b.
The performance indicators in the CEO Plan I Professional Development Portfolio
Rubric; and
c. The teacher's
individual professional growth needs established in subparagraph 1. of this
paragraph;
3. Include a
timeline in which the candidate shall complete all phases of Plan 1. The
timeline shall not:
a. Be less than one (1)
year; or
b. Be more than four (4)
years; and
4. Be
reviewed by the continuing education option coach for the seminar
cohort.
(c) The
continuing education option coach shall:
1.
Review the plans using the CEO Plan I Professional Development Plan Scoring
Rubric; and
2. Provide guidance to
the candidate for submitting the plan to the Education Professional Standards
Board for scoring.
(d)
1. The candidate shall submit the plan to the
Education Professional Standards Board for review.
2. The candidate may resubmit the plan for an
additional scoring if the continuing education scoring team has provided
evidence of a deficiency in the plan.
3. The candidate shall submit a scoring fee
of $455 to the Education Professional Standards Board with the plan.
4. If a candidate submits a plan for
additional scoring, the candidate shall submit a rescoring fee of fifty (50)
dollars to the Education Professional Standards Board with the plan.
(7)
(a) The candidate shall participate in a
job-embedded professional development experience with documented outcomes that
demonstrate the accomplishment of the established goals.
(b) A job-embedded professional development
experience may include university graduate credit or undergraduate content
course credits that meet the goals established in the candidate's job-embedded
professional growth plan.
(c) A
job-embedded professional development experience shall include a combination
of:
1. Research;
2. Field-experience;
3. Professional development
activities;
4. Interdisciplinary
networking and consultations; and
5. A leadership project.
(8)
(a) The evidence of accomplishment of the
goals identified in the plan shall be documented by the candidate in a
portfolio.
(b) The candidate shall
present the portfolio to the Education Professional Standards Board for review
and scoring.
(c) The documentation
in the portfolio shall provide evidence:
1.
That all performance indicators, as listed in the CEO Plan I Professional
Development Portfolio Rubric, have been met;
2. Of the effects on student learning;
and
3. Of the professional growth
over time in:
a. Content knowledge;
b. Instructional and student assessment
practices; and
c. Professional
demonstration and publication skills.
(d) The portfolio shall be presented using a
variety of media, which may include electronic recordings.
(e) The portfolio shall be submitted in
either:
1. A traditional paper format with
other media; or
2. An electronic
format.
(f) A portfolio
shall not exceed three (3) four (4) inch binders in size or its electronic
equivalent.
(9) Initial
application for Plan I shall be made through a seminar sponsor approved by the
Education Professional Standards Board.
(10)The approved seminar sponsor shall report
all enrolled applicants to the Education Professional Standards
Board.
(11)A team of two (2)
scorers approved by the Education Professional Standards Board shall review and
score the continuing education portfolio.
(12) The scorers shall be selected by the
Education Professional Standards Board from a cadre of educators representing
teachers, principals, central office instructional personnel, and higher
education faculty.
(13) The two (2)
person scoring team shall:
(a) Score the
candidate's portfolio using the CEO Plan I Professional Development Portfolio
Rubric;
(b)
1. Recommend the teacher for rank change to
the Education Professional Standards Board; or
2. Report results to the Education
Professional Standards Board using the scoring rubric to indicate which
standards were not met; and
(c) Receive training from the Education
Professional Standards Board to score the portfolios in a consistent and
reliable manner.
(14)
(a) If the two (2) person scoring team cannot
reach consensus in the review process, a third scorer shall score the
portfolio.
(b) An average of the
scores shall determine whether the portfolio contained evidence that the
teaching standards established in
16 KAR
1:010 were met.
(15)
(a) If
the teacher's portfolio does not contain evidence that the teaching standards
in
16 KAR
1:010 have been met, the teacher may resubmit a
partial portfolio for rescoring, which shall contain documented evidence on the
unmet standard or standards.
(b)
The rescoring process shall follow the same procedures as the initial scoring
process established in this section.
(c) The teacher shall receive feedback from
the initial scoring regarding additional evidence that may be needed to show
that goals were accomplished and that all teaching standards in
16 KAR
1:010 were met.
(16) A scoring fee of $1,400 shall be
assessed to each Plan I candidate.
(17) The fee shall be used to pay expenses
for the actual cost of administration of the Plan I program including the costs
associated with the following:
(a) The
evaluation of approved seminar provider programs;
(b) Training the continuing education option
coaches who lead the seminars;
(c)
Training and compensating the portfolio reading team members; and
(d) The initial scoring of the
portfolio.
(18) Payment
shall be made to the Education Professional Standards Board.
(19) The full fee shall be submitted with the
portfolio for scoring.
(20) The
initial scoring fee shall provide for one (1) scoring of all parts of the
portfolio.
(21)
(a) A fee of $140 shall be assessed for each
unmet standard that requires rescoring.
(b) The rescoring fee, if applicable, shall
be submitted to the Education Professional Standards Board with the revised
portfolio.
(22)
Portfolios shall be scored by the Education Professional Standards Board on an
annual basis.
(23) A candidate
shall have been enrolled in the continuing education option program for at
least twelve (12) months prior to submission of the portfolio to the Education
Professional Standards Board for scoring.
(24) A candidate shall submit a portfolio to
the Education Professional Standards Board for initial scoring between July 1
and July 15.
(25) The date of
portfolio submission shall be either:
(a) The
day the portfolio is hand-delivered to the Education Professional Standards
Board offices; or
(b) The date of
the postmark.
(26)
(a) A portfolio that requires rescoring shall
be resubmitted during one (1) of the rescoring windows of October 1 through 15
or January 1 through 15.
(b)
Portfolios not submitted within the rescoring window shall be resubmitted in
accordance with the schedule established in subsection (24) of this
section.
(27) All
portfolios shall become the property of the Education Professional Standards
Board.
(28)
(a) The Education Professional Standards
Board shall provide electronic tracking of all portfolios to identify cases of
plagiarism.
(b) Instances of
plagiarism shall be reported to the Education Professional Standards Board for
disciplinary action.
Section 4. Plan II.
(1) Plan II shall require the completion of a
continuing education program approved by the Education Professional Standards
Board.
(2) Plan II programs shall
require the candidate to participate in a job-embedded professional development
experience with documented outcomes included in a capstone project.
(a) A job-embedded professional development
experience shall:
1. Focus on a professional
growth need identified by the provider with consideration given to the needs
identified in the school or district's consolidated plan, student assessment
results, and community resources;
2. Include goals correlated to each of:
a. The teaching standards established in
16 KAR
1:010; or
b. The standards for teacher leader
established in
16 KAR
1:016; and
3. Require the candidate to demonstrate that
all standards identified in subparagraph 2 of this subsection have been
meet.
(b) A job-embedded
professional development experience may include university graduate credit or
undergraduate content course credits that meet the goals established in
paragraph (a) of this subsection.
(c) A job-embedded professional development
experience shall include a combination of:
1.
Research;
2. Field-experience;
and
3. Professional development
activities.
(d) A
job-embedded professional development experience shall cover the areas of:
1. Content exploration and
research;
2. Student instruction
and assessment; and
3. Professional
development and publication.
(3) The Plan II program shall include
mentoring of the candidate and oversight by the provider.
(4) The capstone project shall provide
evidence:
(a) That standards identified in
subsection (2)(a)2. of this section have been met;
(b) Of positive effects on student learning;
and
(c) Of professional growth over
time in:
1. Content knowledge;
2. Instruction and assessment practices;
and
3. Professional demonstration
and publication skills.
(5) The program provider shall document how
the capstone project will be embedded in the program, how it will be scored,
and what steps will be taken to protect against plagiarism.
(6) Providers shall report instances of
plagiarism to the Education Professional Standards Board for disciplinary
action.
(7) The timeline for
completion of the Plan II program shall not:
(a) Be less than one (1) year; or
(b) Be more than four (4) years.
(8) Upon a candidate's successful
completion of the Plan II program, the provider shall recommend the candidate
to the Education Professional Standards Board for rank change.
(9) If a candidate is unsuccessful, the
provider may work with the candidate to help the candidate successfully
complete any deficient areas.
(10)
A Kentucky school district, group of Kentucky school districts, or a Kentucky
post-secondary institution with an accredited educator preparation program may
submit a Plan II program to the Education Professional Standards Board for
approval. A Plan II program must be approved by the Education Professional
Standards Board prior to operation.
(11) Plan II program submissions shall
document:
(a) How the provider will meet the
requirements of this section;
(b)
The criteria for successful completion of the submitted program;
(c) How the provider will address
unsuccessful candidates; and
(d)
How the capstone project will be embedded and scored.
Section 5. Incorporation by
Reference.
(1) The following material is
incorporated by reference:
(a) "CEO Plan I
Professional Development Plan Scoring Rubric", 2019; and
(b) "CEO Plan I Professional Development
Portfolio Rubric", 2019;
(2) This material may be inspected, copied,
or obtained, subject to applicable copyright law, at the Education Professional
Standards Board, 300 Sower Boulevard, 5th, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601, Monday
through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS
161.020,
161.028(1)(a),
(f), (q),
161.030,
161.095,
161.1211