Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1.
Requirements.
An applicant for an entrance license to serve as a secondary
local vocational program director must meet the requirements in subparts
2 to
6.
Subp. 2.
Educational criteria.
The applicant must have:
A. a baccalaureate or graduate degree with an
education major in one of the vocational program areas or in vocational
education, vocational industrial technology education, vocational industrial
education, or vocational technical education, or in technical degree areas as
specified in the educational criteria for any one of the secondary occupational
program areas;
B. a course in
philosophy of vocational education completed before entrance
licensure;
C. the human relations
program as specified in part
8700.2700; and
D. a valid Minnesota vocational teacher's
license to teach at the secondary or postsecondary level in one of the
vocational program areas or in secondary vocational work experience programs
for the disadvantaged or persons with disabilities.
Subp. 3.
Educational criteria for those
with nonvocational or noneducation degrees.
An applicant with a noneducation degree included in subpart
2, item A, or an education
degree in a field other than those specified, shall meet the degree requirement
for licensure as a secondary local vocational program director by verifying
that the degree includes or has added to it at least three credits in each of
the following courses:
A. vocational
methods;
B. vocational course
construction;
C. vocational tests
and measurements;
D. philosophy of
vocational education;
E.
coordination techniques for cooperative education;
F. introduction to vocational administration
or principles of management;
G.
course dealing with special needs students in vocational education;
H. course in supervision techniques and
principles;
I. use of computers in
education; and
J. one additional
course in vocational education.
Subp.
4.
Technical coursework or competency.
The applicant must also satisfy the following technical
requirements:
A. the applicant must
have proficiency in the Minnesota education system as specified in item B, and
in three of the following six competency areas as specified in item C, gained
before entrance licensure: school finance, public relations, communications,
school law, leadership and personnel management, and program planning and
development; and
B. the applicant
must demonstrate proficiency in the Minnesota educational system by submitting
verification of three years of experience in vocational education in Minnesota
in one or more of the following vocational education capacities:
(1) vocational teaching;
(2) vocational supervision; or
(3) vocational administration.
Two of those three years must have been spent in teaching,
licensed as a vocational teacher, as a vocationally licensed postsecondary
related subjects teacher, or as a vocationally licensed secondary teacher
coordinator of work experience programs for the disadvantaged or persons with
disabilities.
An applicant whose educational experience is not in a
Minnesota educational system must also complete a workshop or course designed
to orient the applicant to the Minnesota educational system prior to entrance
licensure.
The content of the required workshop or course must be
determined based on the applicant's familiarity with educational administration
in Minnesota and the applicant's background relative to previous work
experience and training.
The manager of the personnel licensing section shall
structure and direct a workshop designed to meet the individual needs of the
applicant and address the following areas: vocational funding, secondary
education funding, Minnesota school law, cooperative center structure,
vocational education in secondary schools, postsecondary education system, and
vocational education state administration at all levels.
C. The applicant must demonstrate
proficiency in the chosen competency areas by satisfying one of the following
criteria:
(1) successful practical experience
in the appropriate competency area within a public or private educational
system, as verified by the employer;
(2) successful practical experience in the
appropriate competency area within a noneducational setting, as verified by the
employer;
(3) successful completion
of a workshop in the appropriate competency area, as approved by the manager of
the personnel licensing section; or
(4) successful completion of a college course
or courses in the appropriate competency area.
Subp. 5.
Validity.
A license under this part is valid to permit the licensee to
serve as:
A. a secondary local
vocational program director; or
B.
a secondary vocational program supervisor or secondary supervisor of special
needs services.
Subp. 6.
Renewal for first five-year licensure.
To renew a license under this part, a licensed person must
take these steps:
A. An individual
holding an entrance license as a director of local secondary vocational
programs is eligible to apply for additional two-year entrance licenses when
employment has not been obtained as a local vocational director. An application
for a repeated two-year entrance license or the first five-year continuing
license must be signed by the local program director authorized by the local
vocational administrator or supervising superintendent.
B. The renewal procedure to gain the first
five year continuing license must include a review by a team of peers at the
end of the applicant's first year of licensed service as a director. The peer
review must produce a plan for the applicant to complete the competency
requirements in subpart
4 during the second year of
licensed service as a director. The competency plan must become a part of the
applicant's permanent licensure file. If the first year of licensed service as
a director does not occur until the second year of the entrance license, the
team of peers may recommend a one year renewal to allow time for the applicant
to complete the competency requirements. Renewal for the first five-year
continuing license requires demonstration of proficiency in all the competency
areas listed in subpart
4.
C. Renewal of later five-year continuing
licenses requires completion of administrative or supervisory continuing
education as specified in part
3512.2300, subpart
3.
Statutory Authority: MS s 125.05; L 1993 c
224 art 12 s 34;
L
1996 c 412 art 9
s
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