Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1.
Who may use.
Except where otherwise stated in this part and in parts
3517.0100 to
3517.2140, an applicant may use
the following alternative experiences to meet occupational experience
requirements. The alternatives may not be used by nonbaccalaureate applicants
who have completed less than a two year program in the category of
practice.
Subp. 2.
Directed occupational experience.
For each two hours of the regular occupational experience
requirement, an applicant may substitute one hour of preplanned occupational
experience directed through a licensing program for vocational teacher
education that has been approved as specified in part
3517.9100. The personnel licensing
section, in consultation with the appropriate vocational program specialists,
may make arrangements with colleges and universities to provide directed work
experience supervision. Out of state colleges not eligible for the program
approval process may get approval by verifying to the section and the
appropriate state program specialist a program that meets the criteria,
including evaluation, used to evaluate Minnesota programs in directed
occupational experience. The supervisor directing the out-of-state internship
must possess professional qualifications equivalent to those required of a
Minnesota internship supervisor who is eligible for authorization under item
A.
The directed occupational experience must meet the following
criteria for approval:
A. Except for
out of state colleges, the experience must be directed by an internship
supervisor who must be a vocational teacher educator, as authorized by the
Joint Council for Vocational Teacher Educators.
B. The training station must be approved by
the internship supervisor prior to approval of the training plan and
employment.
C. The applicant's
training plan and agreement must be developed prior to employment and must be
kept on file by the teacher education institution for five years.
D. One copy of the work verification form
must be made part of the applicant's permanent record maintained by the teacher
education institution.
E. The
experience must be paid work.
F.
The training plan and agreement must:
(1)
contain objectives that are individualized to meet the needs of the
applicant;
(2) identify the
specific learning outcomes, projects, and project evaluations that the
applicant needs;
(3) place the
applicant in a position that satisfies occupational experience criteria in the
part governing the applicant's chosen category of practice;
(4) place the applicant in a position that
satisfies the conditions of employment specified in part
3517.4000, except that self
employment is not permitted;
(5)
establish a reporting process for the internship experience; and
(6) establish a means of evaluating the
internship experience.
G. An applicant must be visited two or more
times per quarter, once during a summer session. When this is not possible, a
designee can be identified by the internship supervisor with communication with
the state program specialist.
H.
The ratio of clock hours of work to collegiate credits must be at least 40 to
1.
Subp. 3.
Competency based occupational exam.
An applicant may submit evidence of successful completion of
a competency based occupational exam preapproved by the board. The personnel
licensing section shall accept the evidence as proof of occupational competency
in place of two-thirds of the total occupational experience requirements,
including the most recent 500 hours. The exam must have been completed within
five years of the date the license is issued. This alternative form of
occupational experience must not be used when the competency based occupational
exam is the same exam taken by the applicant to obtain licensure to practice in
the particular occupation. In this subpart, "successful completion" means
scoring within one standard deviation below the mean score supplied by the
agency providing the competency based exam.
Subp. 4.
Updating industrial
experience.
An updating experience conducted in the appropriate business
or industry setting, or within a formal technical training setting in
appropriate business, industry, or appropriate postsecondary education, may be
substituted for the required 500 hours of occupational experience within the
past five years in the emphasis area. The experience must be completed within
the five year period just before the date that the license is to be issued. The
experience must consist of one or a combination of the following:
A. Six quarter credits, involving at least
120 clock hours of work by the applicant, preapproved through the program
approval process in part
3517.9100. Each quarter credit
substitutes for 80 occupational experience hours. This experience must meet the
following criteria for approval:
(1) The
experience must be directed by a supervisor who is a vocational teacher
educator, as authorized by the Joint Council for Vocational Teacher Educators.
The supervisor must:
(a) assess the
applicant's work experience, background, and vocational licensure requirements
for the vocational license being sought;
(b) using the assessment information, propose
applicant objectives and explore choices for updating experience;
(c) advise the applicant by developing an
updating program plan in cooperation with the business or industry that will be
involved in the updating experience; and
(d) identify in the plan specific learning
outcomes, reporting log of experiences, and project evaluations.
(2) The experience must be
individualized to update, build, and expand the applicants' occupational
experiences (knowledge and skills) in order to help them:
(a) become more aware of employee/supervisory
management roles in business or industry;
(b) recognize changes in career and
occupational patterns in the chosen business or industry employment
classifications;
(c) identify
barriers to opportunities in employment for certain populations (such as
minorities, persons with disabilities, the disadvantaged);
(d) realize the impact of technological
change, legal issues, and politics in the workplace; and
(e) apply the technology currently used in
the specific industry.
(3) The experience must involve employment
settings that are designated in this chapter for the license the applicant is
seeking.
(4) A copy of the
applicant's updating program must be kept on file by the teacher education
institution for five years, with an abstract of the program made a part of the
applicant's permanent record.
B. 120 clock hours of technical training in
the emphasis area preapproved by the personnel licensing section in
consultation with the appropriate secondary vocational program specialist, or
by a department chair, designated by the secondary vocational program
specialist, of an approved Minnesota college. Each technical training hour
substitutes for four occupational experience hours. This updating industrial
experience option must meet the following criteria for approval:
(1) The person directing the experience must:
(a) assess the applicant's work experience
and background, as well as vocational licensure requirements for the vocational
license being sought;
(b) using the
assessment information, propose applicant objectives and explore technical
training options;
(c) help the
applicant develop an updating program plan in cooperation with the business,
industry, or technical training sponsor that will be involved in the updating
experience; and
(d) identify in the
plan specific learning outcomes, reporting log of experiences, and project
evaluations.
(2) The
experience must be individualized to update, build, and expand the applicants'
occupational experiences (knowledge and skills) in order to help them:
(a) become more aware of employee/supervisory
management roles in business or industry;
(b) recognize changes in career and
occupational patterns in the chosen business or industry employment
classifications;
(c) identify
barriers to employment opportunities for certain populations (such as
minorities, persons with disabilities, the disadvantaged);
(d) realize the impact of technological
change, legal issues, and politics in the workplace; and
(e) apply technology currently used in the
specific industry.
(3)
The experience must involve employment settings that are designated in this
chapter for the license the applicant is seeking.
(4) An abstract of the applicant's updating
program must be made a part of the applicant's permanent licensure
file.
Subp.
5.
Community based training.
For up to 500 hours of the occupational experience,
including the required 500 recent hours, an applicant may substitute an unpaid
direct training experience in the traditional setting for the program emphasis
area. The training experience must be preapproved by the personnel licensing
section in consultation with the appropriate secondary vocational program
specialist or by the corresponding department chair of an approved Minnesota
college in consultation with the appropriate secondary vocational program
specialist. Three hours of training substitutes for one occupational experience
hour.
Subp. 6.
Vocational administrative or supervisory experience.
An applicant may use paid vocational administrative or
supervisory experience to meet the required 500 hours of occupational
experience within the past five years to obtain a secondary director's or
secondary supervisor's license. The experience may be used for this purpose
if:
A. the authorized local vocational
administrator verifies in writing that the paid work meets the description of
administration or supervision in part
3517.0080; and
B. the required total hours of occupational
experience have been verified.
Subp.
7.
Funded Minnesota technical college vocational
teaching.
An applicant who seeks to add an existing secondary
vocational category of practice to a valid postsecondary vocational license in
the same category of practice may substitute Minnesota technical college
teaching within the past five years in that category of practice for the
required recent 500 hours in an emphasis area. One year (1,080 hours) of
vocationally funded teaching substitutes for the prerequisite 500 hours.
Subp. 8.
Teacher coordinator
endorsement.
Unless otherwise stated in this chapter, when an applicant
is applying for an endorsement to add teacher coordinator to a current, valid
teaching license within the same vocational program area, or to add special
needs teacher coordinator to a valid service area teaching license, the 500
hour recency requirement does not apply if:
A. the applicant has verified the total
required appropriate hours specified for teacher coordinator
licensure;
B. the applicant met the
recency requirement to obtain the preceding category of practice; and
C. the applicant has taught on a vocational
license at least one year (1,080 hours) within the past five in a vocationally
funded occupational program in the same vocational program area.
Statutory Authority: MS s 121.11;
125.185
