West Virginia Code of State Rules
Agency 126 - Education
Title 126 - PROCEDURAL RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Series 126-161 - Regulations for Alternative Certification Programs for the Education of Teachers (5901)
Section 126-161-2 - Purpose

2.1. This policy creates an alternative means for a qualified person to earn a teaching certificate by authorizing a school or county board to offer a rigorous alternative program for teacher certification in partnership with a regionally accredited institution of higher education (IHE), an entity affiliated with a regionally accredited IHE, or the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE), all under the supervision of the WVBE. Additional alternative programs to prepare teachers established or adopted solely by the WVBE are separate from the programs established under W. Va. Code §§ 18A-3-1b, 18A-3-1g, and 18A-3-1h, do not require any partner, are applicable only to persons who hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited IHE, and are subject to other provisions of W. Va. Code §§ 18A-3-1 through 18A-3-1i only to the extent specifically provided within section 12. WVBE approval processes for pedagogical standards and programs pursuant to W. Va. Code § 18A-3-2a(a)(1)(C) which creates a third set of conditions by which a person may be issued a Professional Teaching Certificate for teaching in the public schools are provided and only subject to provisions as described in section 14.