Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 5 - DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Division 20 - Division of Learning Services
Chapter 400 - Office of Educator Quality
Section 5 CSR 20-400.220 - Application for Substitute Certificate of License to Teach

Universal Citation: 5 MO Code of State Regs 20-400.220

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024

PURPOSE: This amendment updates the number of required semester hours from sixty (60) semester hours to thirty-six (36) semester hours of college credit for a substitute certificate.

(1) An applicant for a substitute Missouri certificate of license to teach who has successfully completed thirty-six (36) semester hours or more of college-level credit from a regionally accredited academic degree granting institution recognized by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (department), or has a high school diploma, General Education Diploma (GED), or High School Equivalency Test (HiSET), and has successfully completed a minimum of twenty (20) clock hours of department-approved substitute teacher training that includes professionalism, honoring diversity, engaging students, foundational classroom management techniques, basic instructional strategies, supporting students with special needs, and working with at-risk youth may be granted a substitute Missouri certificate of license to teach pursuant to the rules promulgated by the State Board of Education (board).

(2) An applicant for a career/technical substitute Missouri certificate of license to teach who has successfully completed the following may be granted a substitute Missouri certificate of license to teach pursuant to the rules promulgated by the board:

(A) A bachelor's degree in an area appropriate for the career/technical area sought and four thousand (4,000) hours of department approved, related occupational experience; or

(B) An associate's degree in an area appropriate for the career/technical area sought and five thousand (5,000) hours of department approved, related occupational experience; or

(C) Six thousand (6,000) hours of department approved, related occupational experience.

(3) Applicants may renew the substitute certificate of license to teach by completing the following requirements:

(A) A new fingerprint background check clearance every four (4) years or when employed by a new school district; and

(B) One (1) hour of professional development and/or district training annually.

(4) An application is not considered officially filed with the board until it has been determined by the board or department staff to be completed 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 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and any other applicable forms and/or fees. All information should be received by the board within ninety (90) days of the date of the application.

(A) The applicant is responsible for submitting the fingerprints in the manner acceptable to the Highway Patrol and/or FBI and the payment of any fees required by the Highway Patrol and/or FBI.

*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, 2002, 2003; 168.071, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003; and 168.081, RSMo 1963, amended 1984, 2002.

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