West Virginia Code of State Rules
Agency 126 - Education
Title 126 - PROCEDURAL RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Series 126-154 - West Virginia Commission for Professional Teaching Standards (5050)
Section 126-154-5 - Composition of the Commission
Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 38, September 20, 2024
5.1. The Commission shall consist of 21 members representing the major constituents within the educational community. For purposes of this Commission, classroom teacher shall mean an individual who spends the majority of her/his time providing instructional and/or counseling or other professional support services to students, and layperson shall mean a community/business representative who does not spend the majority of his/her time providing instruction and/or counseling or other professional support services to students. Included in the membership shall be: ten classroom teachers including at least three elementary teachers, at least three middle/junior high school teachers, and at least three high school teachers (one of the ten teachers must be a vocational teacher and one must be a special education teacher); three higher education representatives from teacher education, including a total of two from two different public and one from a private institution of higher education; one county superintendent; one elementary principal; one secondary principal; one county board of education member; one State Board member; and three laypersons.
5.2. The members of the Commission shall be chosen as follows:
5.3. Terms of all members shall be for a period of three years. Members may serve no more than two consecutive three-year terms. Members who have filled an unexpired term of one year or more are eligible for only one additional consecutive three-year term. Members filling an unexpired term of less than one year shall be eligible to serve two additional consecutive three-year terms. All terms begin on July 1 and end on June 30.