Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment would eliminate the required
cumulative grade point average in all applicable certification
rules.
(1) An applicant for a
Missouri temporary authorization certificate of license to teach (temporary
authorization certificate) who possesses good moral character may be granted a
temporary authorization certificate upon joint application with a Missouri
public school district or accredited nonpublic school. The temporary
authorization certificate is limited to the employing Missouri public school
district or accredited nonpublic school.
(2) Applications for a Missouri temporary
authorization certificate shall be submitted on the forms provided by the State
Board of Education (board).
(3) An
application is not considered officially filed with the board until it has been
determined by the board or the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
(department) staff to be complete and the application is submitted on the forms
provided by the board, signed, and accompanied by two (2) full sets of
fingerprints with the appropriate fee as set by the Missouri State Highway
Patrol (Highway Patrol) and/or the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and
any other applicable forms. All information should be received by the board
within ninety (90) days of the date of the application.
(4) The applicant shall request that each
state or United States territory regulatory entity in which a professional
license including a certificate of license to teach is held or has ever been
held to submit verification of certification or licensure directly to the
department, including information regarding any disciplinary action.
(5) The temporary authorization certificate
will not include the areas of elementary education, grades 1-6; early
childhood, birth-grade 3; early childhood special education, birth-grade 3;
blind and low vision, birth-grade 12; deaf and hard of hearing, birth-grade 12;
counselor, kindergarten-grade 8; and counselor, grades 7-12. Applicants for the
areas of driver's education, grades 9-12; English language learners,
kindergarten- grade 12; gifted education, kindergarten-grade 12; special
reading, kindergarten-grade 12; and math specialist, grades 1-6 must hold a
professional teaching certificate of license to teach.
(6) The applicant for a temporary
authorization certificate (excluding a temporary authorization administrator
and career education certificate) must comply with the following criteria:
(A) Possession of a baccalaureate or higher
degree from a regionally accredited college or university in the subject area
to be taught or a closely related field or demonstration of exceptional
experience in the subject area to be taught or demonstrate completion of a
minimum of twenty-four (24) semester hours in the content area from a
regionally accredited college or university.
1. Applicants for a special education
temporary authorization certificate must possess a baccalaureate or higher
degree from a regionally accredited college or university;
(B) A content area grade point average of
3.00 or higher on a 4.0 scale;
(C)
Submission of a joint application verifying contracted employment with a
Missouri public school district or accredited nonpublic school; and
(D) If this is the applicant's initial
certificate of license to teach, documentation of a plan of study based upon
required certification competencies incorporated in classes provided by an
accredited college or university. If the applicant holds an initial Missouri
professional or life certificate of license to teach and is seeking an
additional certificate of license to teach, a transcript analysis from the
department based on the requirements set forth by the board must be
submitted.
(7) The
applicant for a temporary authorization administrator certificate must comply
with the following criteria:
(A) Possession of
a valid Missouri professional teaching certificate of license to
teach;
(B) Completion of three (3)
years teaching experience at the appropriate grade levels for which the
temporary authorization administrator certificate is sought in a public school
or an accredited nonpublic school, or a combination of such schools;
(C) Possession of a master's or higher degree
or currently enrolled in a state approved master's or higher degree program for
the preparation of a school administrator; and
(D) Submission of a joint application
verifying contracted employment with a Missouri public school district or
accredited nonpublic school.
(8) The applicant for a temporary authorization career
education certificate must comply with the following criteria:
(A) Verification of one (1) of the following:
1. Possession of a baccalaureate or higher
degree from a regionally accredited college or university in the subject area
being taught and four thousand (4,000) hours of department approved, related
occupational experience obtained within the most recent ten (10)
years;
2. Possession of an
associate's degree from a regionally accredited college or university in the
subject area being taught and five thousand (5,000) hours of department
approved, related occupational experience obtained within the most recent ten
(10) years;
3. Six thousand
(6,000) hours of department approved, related occupational experience obtained
within the most recent ten (10) years; or
4. For the area of Junior Reserve Officer
Training Corps (ROTC), an official letter from the appropriate branch of the
armed services indicating that the applicant is an approved Junior ROTC
instructor.
(9) The temporary authorization certificate (excluding
a temporary authorization administrator and career education certificate) is
valid for up to one (1) school year. It may be renewed annually for three (3)
subsequent years by joint application from the certificate holder and the
employing Missouri public school district or accredited nonpublic school upon
demonstration of the following:
(A) Continued
contracted employment with a Missouri public school district or accredited
nonpublic school;
(B) Documentation
of successful performance-based teacher evaluation based upon the Missouri
Educator Evaluation System by the sponsoring Missouri public school district or
accredited nonpublic school;
(C)
Documentation of participation in a two (2) year mentoring program by the
sponsoring Missouri public school district or accredited nonpublic
school;
(D)Achievement of a score
equal to or in excess of the qualifying score on the required exit
assessment(s) as promulgated by the rules adopted by the board; and
(E) Completion of nine (9) semester hours of
course work toward the professional certificate of license to teach in the area
of assignment based upon the requirements set forth by the board.
(10) The temporary authorization
administrator certificate is valid for up to one (1) school year and may be
renewed annually for three (3) subsequent years. It may be renewed annually by
joint application from the certificate holder and the employing Missouri public
school district upon demonstration of the following:
(A) Continued contracted employment as an
administrator with a Missouri public school district or accredited nonpublic
school;
(B) Documentation of
participation in a mentoring program by the sponsoring Missouri public school
district or accredited nonpublic school; and
(C) Completion of nine (9) semester hours of
course work toward the administrator certificate of license to teach. The
appropriate hours will be determined by the state approved program for the
preparation of an administrator certificate of license to teach as defined in
5 CSR
20-400.610.
(11) The temporary authorization career education
certificate is valid for up to one (1) school year. It may be renewed annually
for three (3) subsequent years by joint application from the certificate holder
and the employing Missouri public school district or accredited nonpublic
school upon demonstration of the following:
(A) Continued contracted employment with a
Missouri public school district or accredited nonpublic school;
(B) Documentation of successful
performance-based teacher evaluation based upon the Missouri Educator
Evaluation System by the sponsoring Missouri public school district or
accredited nonpublic school;
(C)
Documentation of participation in a two (2) year mentoring program by the
sponsoring Missouri public school district or accredited nonpublic school;
and
(D) Completion of six (6)
semester hours of course work toward the career education certificate of
license to teach in the area of assignment based upon the requirements as
defined in 5 CSR 20-400.660 through
5 CSR
20-400.680.
(12) An individual may qualify for a
professional classification certificate of license to teach upon documentation
of the following:
(A) The certificate holder
has been teaching under a temporary authorization certificate of license to
teach for a minimum of two (2) years;
(B) Achievement of a score equal to or in
excess of the qualifying score on the required exit assessment(s) as
promulgated by the rules adopted by the board;
(C) Documentation of successful
performance-based teacher evaluation based upon the Missouri Educator
Evaluation System by the sponsoring Missouri public school district or
accredited nonpublic school;
(D)
Documentation of participation in a two (2) year mentoring program by the
sponsoring Missouri public school district or accredited nonpublic school;
and
(E) Documentation of completion
of a minimum of twenty-four (24) semester hours in the following professional
education course work (excluding an administrator and special education
temporary certificate):
1. Psychology of the
Exceptional Child;
2. Behavioral
Management Techniques;
3.
Assessment, Student Data, and Data-Based Decision-Making;
4. Instructional Strategies and Techniques in
the Content Area Specialty;
5.
Methods of Teaching Reading at the appropriate level;
6. Developmental Psychology at the
appropriate level;
7. English
Language Learning; and
8. Cultural
Diversity; or
(F)
Documentation of completion of a minimum of twenty-nine (29) semester hours in
the following professional education course work for a special education
temporary authorization certificate:
1.
Psychology of the Exceptional Child;
2. Behavior Intervention
Strategies;
3. Evaluation of
Abilities and Achievement (to include Intelligence Testing);
4. Transition Processes, including Career
Education or Career Readiness;
5.
Methods of Teaching Students in one (1) of the following areas:
A. Cross-Categorical Disabilities;
or
B. Severely Developmentally
Disabled;
6. Methods of
Teaching Reading;
7. Analysis and
Correction of Reading Disabilities;
8. Methods of Teaching Mathematics;
9. Methods of Teaching Remedial
Mathematics;
10. Counseling
Techniques or Collaboration with Family, School, and Community;
11. Selection and use of assistive technology
such as augmentative communication systems (only for the Severely
Developmentally Disabled certificate of license to teach);
12. Alternative formats for communication
including: nonverbal communication systems (only for the Severely
Developmentally Disabled certificate of license to teach);
13. Speech and Language Development of the
Exceptional Child;
14.
Psychological Development of the Child and Adolescent; and
15. Cultural Diversity.
(13) The holder of a temporary
authorization certificate shall ensure that the department has their current
legal name and address.
(A) A holder of a
temporary authorization certificate whose name is changed shall notify the
department within ninety (90) days of the name change and provide a copy of the
appropriate documents verifying the name change.
(B) A holder of a temporary authorization
certificate whose address has changed shall inform the department in writing of
the change within ninety (90) days of the effective date of the
change.
(14) The
applicant shall be informed of the decision regarding the application for a
temporary authorization certificate.
*Original authority: 161.092, RSMo 1963, amended 1973,
2002, 2003; 168.011, RSMo 1963, amended 1984; 168.021, RSMo 1963, amended 1973,
1984, 1988, 1990, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2008; 168.071, RSMo 1963, amended 1973,
1978, 1984, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003; 168.081, RSMo 1963, amended 1984,
2002; and 168.083, RSMo 2002.
