Ala. Admin. Code r. 290-3-2-.05
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024
Section 290-3-2-.05 - Additional Teaching Field Approach Based On A Professional Educator Certificate, Experience, And A Test Score(1)Overview. An individual may seek additional certification in the selected teaching field(s) of early childhood education (P-3), elementary education (K-6), and most middle level (4-8), secondary (6-12), and elementary-secondary (P-12) teaching fields if a valid Alabama Professional Educator Certificate in a teaching field is held, appropriate experience is verified, and the appropriate Alabama prescribed Praxis II subject area test(s) is passed. This approach is commonly referred to as Certification Based on Test (CBT). (2)Limitations on Issuance.(a) This approach is not available to an individual who holds only a valid Professional Educator Certificate in an area of instructional support or a Professional Leadership Certificate.(b) This approach is not available to an individual who holds only a Provisional Certificate, Interim Employment Certificate, Business and Industry to Educational Administrator Certificate, Career and Technical (Level, Type, Specialty Area, Degree Equivalent, and/or Temporary) Certificate, Speech-Language Pathology Assistant Certificate, Speech-Language Pathology Temporary Certificate, Speech-Language Pathology Professional Educator Certificate, Child Nutrition Program Director Certificate, Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) Certificate, Emergency Certificate, or Substitute License.(c) Certification through this approach in the teaching fields of early childhood education (P-3) and elementary education (K-6) is only available to an individual who holds a valid Professional Educator Certificate in one of the following teaching fields: early childhood education (P-3), elementary education (K-6 or K-9), early childhood special education (P-3), collaborative teacher (K-6), or elementary multiple abilities (K-6).(d) Additional certification is available only in the teaching fields and grade levels listed on the current application for this approach.(3)Application. The applicant is required to submit to the Educator Certification Section the current application for this approach and documentation of having met all requirements as prescribed in Rule 290-3-2-.05 and on the application.(4)Requirements. All requirements must be successfully completed prior to the date the application is received in the Educator Certification Section. (a) Successful completion of the Alabama Special Requirements in Rule 290-3-2-.02(4).(b) A valid Professional Educator Certificate in a teaching field as prescribed in Rules 290-3-2-.03 and 290-3-2-.05(2).(c) Experience Requirement. 1. Teaching fields of early childhood (P-3) and elementary education (K-6): Verification of two full scholastic years of full-time classroom teaching experience within the grade range of the new certificate being sought. Partial years cannot be combined to meet this requirement. Experience must be verified on Supplement EXP.2. Other teaching fields: Verification of two full scholastic years of full-time classroom teaching experience within a P-12 setting. Partial years cannot be combined to meet this requirement. Experience must be verified on Supplement EXP.(d) Verification of a current passing score for the prescribed Praxis II subject area test(s) of the Alabama Educator Certification Assessment Program (AECAP) for the teaching field.(5)Degree Level. The Professional Educator Certificate issued through this approach shall be issued only at the Class B (bachelor's degree) level.(6)Valid Period. The valid period of the certificate shall be from the date of issuance through the remainder of the same scholastic year, and thereafter, for the next five consecutive scholastic years.(7)Historical Information. The Additional Teaching Field approach became effective on April 14, 2006, upon adoption and implementation of the prescribed Praxis II subject area test(s).Ala. Admin. Code r. 290-3-2-.05
New Rule: Filed January 17, 1997; operative February 21, 1997; effective July 1, 1997. Amended: Filed June 14, 1999; effective July 19, 1999. Repealed and New Rule: Filed August 8, 2002; effective September 12, 2002. Repealed and New Rule: Filed December 12, 2002; effective January 16, 2003. Repealed and New Rule: Filed September 11, 2003; effective October 16, 2003.Adopted by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXIV, Issue No. 06, March 31, 2016, eff. 4/24/2016.Author: Dr. Thomas R. Bice
Statutory Authority: Ala. Const. Amend. 284; Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 16-3-11, 16-23-1, 16-23-2.