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 20-400.570 - Certification Require- ments for English Language Learners (Kindergarten - Grade 12)

Universal Citation: 5 MO Code of State Regs 20-400.570

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

PURPOSE : The State Board of Education is authorized to grant certificates of license to teach in any of the public schools of the state and establish requirements and qualifications for those certificates. This rule outlines the requirements for application for a certificate of license to teach English Language Learners.

(1) An applicant for a Missouri certificate of license to teach English Language Learners (ELL) who possesses good moral character may be granted an initial Missouri certificate of license to teach ELL subject to the certifi- cation requirements found in 5 CSR 20- 400.500 and the following additional certifi- cation requirements specific to ELL:

(A) General Requirements-
1. A valid Missouri permanent or pro- fessional certificate of license to teach.

(B) Professional Requirements-
1. Psychology/Education of the Excep- tional Child, including the gifted, three (3) semester hours;

2. Literacy (minimum of six (6) semes- ter hours) to include coursework in methods of teaching reading and writing, and to include instructional interventions for stu- dents with reading deficits; and

3. The applicant must achieve a score equal to or in excess of the qualifying score on the required exit assessment(s) as defined in 5 CSR 20-400.310 and 5 CSR 20-400.440. The official score shall be submitted to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (department).

(C) Content Knowledge for Teaching (min- imum requirement of eighteen (18) semester hours)-
1. Linguistics and English Linguistics;

2. Language and Culture or Sociolinguistics;

3. Second Language Acquisition;

4. Instructional Techniques for Teaching English Language Learners;

5. Curriculum for Teaching English Language Learners; and

6. Assessment Strategies for English Language Learners.

(D) Field and Clinical Experiences (three (3) semester hours)-
1. Culminating Clinical Experience. A supervised clinical experience in which the candidates acquire experience in planning for and working with ELL students in various instructional settings in both elementary and secondary schools. The clinical experience should include collaborating with other edu- cators to support student learning.

(2) The requirements of this rule shall become effective August 1, 2017.

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