Ala. Admin. Code r. 290-3-2-.15

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 290-3-2-.15 - Career And Technical Education Additional Certification In Cooperative Education Coordination Approach

(1)Overview. An individual may seek additional certification in Cooperative Education Coordination for Grades 6-12 if a valid Alabama Professional Educator Certificate in a career and technical education teaching field is held, appropriate experience is verified, and credit earned in an approved cooperative education coordinator preparation course is verified. Evaluation and approval by the Office of Career and Technical Education of the Department is required prior to issuance of the certificate.

(2)Limitations on Issuance.

(a) This approach is not available to an individual who holds only a valid Professional Educator Certificate in a teaching field other than a career and technical education teaching field or only a valid Professional Educator Certificate in an area of instructional support, a Speech-Language Pathology Professional Educator Certificate, 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, Child Nutrition Program Director Certificate, Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) Certificate, Emergency Certificate, or Substitute License.

(3)Application for the Professional Educator Certificate. 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-.15 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 career and technical education teaching field as prescribed in Rule 290-3-2-.03.

(c) Verification on an official transcript of earned credit, with a grade of "C" or above, in an approved cooperative education coordinator preparation course (Functions of the Coordinator,. Principles of Coordination, or equivalent) at an Alabama institution with a State-approved program in a career and technical education teaching field.

(d) Verification of two full scholastic years of full-time classroom teaching experience in a career and technical education teaching field within a 6-12 setting. Partial years cannot be combined to meet this requirement. Experience must be verified on Supplement EXP.

(5)Degree Level. The Secondary 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.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 290-3-2-.15

New Rule: Filed December 10, 2010; effective January 14, 2 011. Repealed and New Rule: Filed January 17, 2014; effective February 21, 2014.

Adopted by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXIV, Issue No. 06, March 31, 2016, eff. 4/24/2016.

Author: Dr. Thomas R. Bice

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, Ala. Const. Amend. 284, §§ 16-3-11, 16-23-1, 16-23-2.