Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A.
Louisiana Revised Statute 17:7 provides for the duties,
functions, and responsibilities of the Board of Elementary and Secondary
Education (BESE). Specifically, 17:7(6)(a)(i) states that BESE shall prescribe
qualifications and provide for certification of teachers in accordance with
applicable law, and that such qualifications and requirements shall ensure that
certification shall be a reliable indicator of minimum current ability and
proficiency of the teacher to educate at the grade level and in the subject(s)
to which the teacher is assigned.
B. The Louisiana competencies for initial
teacher certification define what a teacher candidate must know and be able to
do in order to be eligible for certification upon completion of a BESE-approved
teacher preparation program. The competencies represent the knowledge and
skills needed for teacher candidates to successfully transition to teaching, as
determined by content experts, elementary and secondary educators, and
postsecondary education leaders. The competencies establish what teacher
candidates should be taught. Preparation providers and school system partners
should determine how the competencies should be developed through quality
practice experiences that include, at a minimum, a year-long residency as
defined in Bulletin 996.
C. When a
candidate has successfully completed a state-approved program that develops and
assesses mastery of the competencies and has met state testing and grade point
average certification requirements, the program provider recommends the
candidate for certification.
1. The LDOE will
accept no final grade below a "C" in coursework within the approved
undergraduate program, with the exception of the general education
requirements. All coursework used for certification purposes must be for
regular credit and not of a remedial or developmental
nature.
D. Early
Childhood Certification Areas and Required Competencies
1. Birth to Kindergarten. The required
competencies are as follows.
a. Subchapter C,
General Teacher
b. Subchapter E,
English Language Arts
c. Subchapter
F, Mathematics Teacher
d.
Subchapter G, Early Childhood Teacher
2. Early Childhood PK-3. The required
competencies are as follows.
a. Subchapter C,
General Teacher
b. Subchapter E,
English Language Arts
c. Subchapter
F, Mathematics Teacher
d.
Subchapter G, Early Childhood Teacher
E. Elementary Grades 1-5. The required
competencies are as follows.
1. Subchapter C,
General Competencies
2. Subchapter
E, English Language Arts Teacher
3.
Subchapter F, Mathematics Teacher
F. Middle Grades 4-8. The required
competencies are as follows.
1.
English/Language Arts
a. Subchapter C, General
Teacher
b. Subchapter E, English
Language Arts
2.
Mathematics
a. Subchapter C, General
Competencies
b. Subchapter E,
Disciplinary Literacy
c. Subchapter
F, Mathematics Teacher
3. Science
a. Subchapter C, General Teacher
b. Subchapter E, Disciplinary
Literacy
c. Subchapter H, Science
Education
4. Social
Studies
a. Subchapter C, General
Teacher
b. Subchapter E,
Disciplinary Literacy
c. Subchapter
H, Social Studies Education
G. Upper Grades 6-12. The required
competencies are as follows.
1. Agriculture
a. Subchapter C, General Teacher
b. Subchapter E, Disciplinary
Literacy
c. Subchapter H,
Agriculture Education
2.
Biology
a. Subchapter C, General
Teacher
b. Subchapter E,
Disciplinary Literacy
c. Subchapter
H, Science Education
3.
Business
a. Subchapter C, General
Teacher
b. Subchapter E,
Disciplinary Literacy
c. Subchapter
H, Business Education
4.
Chemistry
a. Subchapter C, General
Teacher
b. Subchapter E,
Disciplinary Literacy
c. Subchapter
H, Science Education
5.
Chinese
a. Subchapter C, General
Teacher
b. Subchapter E,
Disciplinary Literacy
c. Subchapter
H, Foreign Languages Education
6. Computer Science
a. Subchapter C, General Teacher
b. Subchapter E, Disciplinary
Literacy
c. Subchapter H, Computer
Science Education
7.
Earth Science
a. Subchapter C, General
Teacher
b. Subchapter E,
Disciplinary Literacy
c. Subchapter
H, Science Education
8.
Environmental Science
a. Subchapter C, General
Teacher
b. Subchapter E,
Disciplinary Literacy
c. Subchapter
H, Science Education
9.
English/Language Arts
a. Subchapter C, General
Teacher
b. Subchapter E, English
Language Arts Teacher
10.
Family and Consumer Sciences
a. Subchapter C,
General Teacher
b. Subchapter E,
Disciplinary Literacy
c. Subchapter
H, Family and Consumer Sciences Education
11. French
a. Subchapter C, General Teacher
b. Subchapter E, Disciplinary
Literacy
c. Subchapter H, Foreign
Languages Education
12.
General Science
a. Subchapter C, General
Teacher
b. Subchapter E,
Disciplinary Literacy
c. Subchapter
H, Science Education
13.
German
a. Subchapter C, General
Teacher
b. Subchapter E,
Disciplinary Literacy
c. Subchapter
H, Foreign Languages Education
14. Journalism.
a. Subchapter C, General Teacher
b. Subchapter E, Disciplinary
Literacy
c. Subchapter H,
Journalism Education
15.
Latin
a. Subchapter C, General
Teacher
b. Subchapter E,
Disciplinary Literacy
c. Subchapter
H, Foreign Languages Education
16. Marketing
a. Subchapter C, General Teacher
b. Subchapter E, Disciplinary
Literacy
c. Subchapter H, Business
and Marketing Education
17. Mathematics
a. Subchapter C, General Teacher
b. Subchapter E, Disciplinary
Literacy
c. Subchapter F,
Mathematics Teacher
18.
Physics
a. Subchapter C, General
Teacher
b. Subchapter E,
Disciplinary Literacy
c. Subchapter
H, Science Education
19.
Social Studies
a. Subchapter C, General
Teacher
b. Subchapter E,
Disciplinary Literacy
c. Subchapter
H, Social Studies Education
20. Spanish
a. Subchapter C, General Teacher
b. Subchapter E, Disciplinary
Literacy
c. Subchapter H, Foreign
Languages Education
21.
Speech
a. Subchapter C, General
Teacher
b. Subchapter E,
Disciplinary Literacy
22. Technology Education
a. Subchapter C, General Teacher
b. Subchapter E, Disciplinary
Literacy
c. Subchapter H,
Technology Education
H. Grades K-12. The required competencies are
as follows.
1. Art
a. Subchapter C, General Teacher
b. Subchapter E, Disciplinary
Literacy
c. Subchapter H, Art
Education
2. Dance
a. Subchapter C, General Teacher
b. Subchapter E, Disciplinary
Literacy
c. Subchapter H, Dance
Education
3. Foreign
Languages
a. Subchapter C, General
Teacher
b. Subchapter E,
Disciplinary Literacy
c. Subchapter
H, Foreign Languages Education
4. Music
a.
Subchapter C, General Teacher
b.
Subchapter E, Disciplinary Literacy
c. Subchapter H, Music
Education
5. Health and
Physical Education
a. Subchapter C, General
Teacher
b. Subchapter E,
Disciplinary Literacy
c. Subchapter
H, Health and Physical Education
I. Special Education Certification Areas. The
required competencies are as follows.
1. Early
Interventionist Birth to Five Years
a.
Subchapter H, Early Interventionist Birth-Five Years
2. Deaf or Hard of Hearing K-12
a. Subchapter D, Special Education
Teacher
b. Subchapter H, Deaf or
Hard of Hearing
3. Mild
to Moderate Disabilities 1-5, 4-8, 6-12 a. Subchapter D, Special Education
Teacher
4. Significant Disabilities
1-12
a. Subchapter D, Special Education
Teacher
b. Subchapter H,
Significant Disabilities
5. Visual Impairments/Blind K-12
a. Subchapter D, Special Education
Teacher
b. Subchapter H, Visual
Impairments/Blind K-12.
AUTHORITY
NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S.
