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 20-400.580 - Certification Requirements for Gifted Education (Grades K-12)

Universal Citation: 5 MO Code of State Regs 20-400.580

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 Gifted Education.

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

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

2. Two (2) years of classroom teaching experience; 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);

(B) Professional Requirements-
1. Psychology and/or Education of the Exceptional Child, including the gifted (minimum of two (2) semester hours);

(C) Content Knowledge for Teaching-
1. A Survey of Gifted and Talented Education;

2. Programming Planning and Development: An Understanding of Administration and Supervision of Gifted Programs;

3. Screening, Assessing, and Evaluating Gifted Students;

4. Curriculum and Instruction for the Gifted;

5. Meeting the Affective Needs of Gifted Students; and

6. A minimum of one (1) graduate course in research procedures; and

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

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

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