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 20-400.620 - Certification Requirements for Transition Administrator Certificate

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

PURPOSE: This amendment will update the requirements to include the Missouri Leadership Developments System Micro-Credentials.

(1) An applicant for a Missouri Transition Administrator Certificate who possesses good moral character may be granted a Transition Administrator Certificate subject to the certification requirements found in 5 CSR 20-400.500 and the following additional certification requirements specific to Transition Administrator Certificates:

(A) The Transition Administrator Certificate, valid for a period of six (6) years from the effective date on the certificate, will be issued upon completion and verification of the following:
1. For applicants seeking a Transition Administrator Certificate for School Leader (Grades K-12); Career and Technical Education Administrator (Grades 712); and Special Education Director (Grades K-12)-
A. Four (4) years of administrator experience approved by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (department);

B. Participation in two (2) years of district-provided mentoring (during the first two (2) years of administrator experience);

C. The development, implementation, and completion of a professional development plan of at least one hundred twenty (120) contact hours of professional development based on standards and quality indicators as required by the State Board of Education (board), or eight (8) semester hours of graduate credit toward an advanced degree in educational leadership, reading/literacy, or curriculum/instruction, or a combination of credits/professional development, or successful completion of three (3) department-approved micro-credentials based on the department's leadership development system; and

D. Successful participation in an annual performance-based administrator evaluation.

(2) The requirements of this rule shall become effective September 1, 2021.

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