Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 019 - Teaching Standards Board, Professional
Sub-Agency 0001 - Teaching Standards Board, Professional
Chapter 4 - PROGRAM APPROVAL STANDARDS FOR ENDORSEMENT AREAS
Section 4-4 - Program Standards

Universal Citation: WY Code of Rules 4-4
Current through September 21, 2024

Standards for endorsement areas are noted in Table 1. PTSB state standards are found in Section 5 and Specialized Professional Association (SPA) standards are incorporated by reference in Section 11.

Table 1. Endorsement Areas and Standards.

Educator License Endorsement Area

(Grade Level Options)

Standards

Adapted PE

K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12

SPA: National Consortium for Physical Education for Individuals with Disabilities (NCPEID) Adapted Physical Education National Standards (APENS)

Agriculture

6-12

PTSB Chapter 4, Section 5(a)

American Sign Language (ASL) as a Foreign Language

K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12

PTSB Chapter 4, Section 5(b)

Anthropology

6-12

SPA: National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)

Art

K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12

SPA: National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD)

At-Risk/Alternative Teacher

PTSB Chapter 4, Section 6(a)

Biology

6-12

SPA: National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

Business

6-12

PTSB Chapter 4, Section 5(c)

Chemistry

6-12

SPA: National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

Computer Science

6 -12, K - 12

SPA: Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA)

Counselor

K-6, 5-8, 6-12, Birth-Age 21

SPA: Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)

Director

K-6, 6-12, K-12

SPA: National Educational Leadership Preparation (NELP)

Drama/Theatre

6-12

PTSB Chapter 4, Section 5(d)

Dual Language Immersion

K - 12

PTSB Chapter 4, Section 7

Early Childhood

Birth - Age 8 (or Grade 3)

SPA: National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

Early Childhood Special Education

Birth - Age 5

SPA: Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)

Early Childhood (Preschool)

Birth - Age 5

SPA: National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

Earth and Space Science

6-12

SPA: National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

Economics

6-12

SPA: National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)

Educational Diagnostician

K-12

SPA: Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)

Elementary Teacher

K-6

PTSB Chapter 4, Section 5(e)

Elementary Mathematics Specialist

K-6

SPA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

English/Language Arts

5-8, 6-12

SPA: National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

English as a Second Language

K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12

SPA: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Exceptional Generalist

K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12

SPA: Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)

Exceptional Specialist - Behavior and Emotional Disabilities

K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12

SPA: Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)

Exceptional Specialist - Cognitive Disability

K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12

SPA: Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)

Exceptional Specialist - Deaf and Hard of Hearing

K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12

SPA: Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)

Exceptional Specialist - Learning Disability

K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12

SPA: Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)

Exceptional Specialist - Physical and Health Disability

K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12

SPA: Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)

Exceptional Specialist - Visual Disability

K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12

SPA: Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)

Family and Consumer Sciences

6-12

PTSB Chapter 4, Section 5(f)

Geography

6-12

SPA: National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)

Gifted and Talented

SPA: Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)

Health

5-8, 6-12, K-12

SPA: Society of Health And Physical Educators (SHAPE America)

History

6-12

SPA: National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)

Institutional Teacher

K-12

PTSB Chapter 4, Section 6(b)

Instructional Technology

K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12

SPA: International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

Journalism

6-12

PTSB Chapter 4, Section 5(g)

Library Media

K-12

SPA: American Library Association (ALA)/American Association of School Librarians (AASL)

Math

5-8, 6-12

SPA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

Music K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12

SPA: National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)

Music Instrumental

K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12

SPA: National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)

Music Vocal

K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12

SPA: National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)

Physical Education

K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12

SPA: Society of Health And Physical Educators (SHAPE America)

Physical Science

6-12

SPA: National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

Physics

6-12

SPA: National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

Political Science

6-12

SPA: National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)

Principal

K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12

SPA: National Educational Leadership Preparation (NELP)

Psychology

6-12

SPA: National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)

Reading

K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12

SPA: International Literacy Association (ILA)

School Psychologist

Birth-Age 21

SPA: National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)

School Social Worker

K-12

PTSB Chapter 4, Section 5(h)

Science

5-8, 6-12

SPA: National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

Social Studies Comprehensive

5-8, 6-12

SPA: National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)

Sociology

6-12

SPA: National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)

Speech

6-12

PTSB Chapter 4, Section 5(i)

Superintendent

K-12

SPA: National Educational Leadership Preparation (NELP)

Teacher of American Indian Children

PTSB Chapter 4, Section 5(j)

Trade and Technical Education

6-12

PTSB Chapter 4, Section 5(k)

Virtual Educator

K-12

PTSB Chapter 4, Section (l)

World Languages

K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12

SPA: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)

* Chinese

* Japanese

* French

* Latin

* German

* Russian

* Italian

* Spanish

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