Section 511 IAC 16-4-6 - Career specialist permitAuthority: IC 20-28-2-6
Affected: IC 20-18-2-22; IC 20-20-31; IC 20-28-11.5
Sec. 6.
(a) A career specialist permit is a two (2) year renewable license at the secondary level.(b) An applicant is eligible for a career specialist permit if the applicant: (1) has a bachelor's degree with at least a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale in a content area for which secondary licenses are issued;(2) has passed content area licensure assessments required by the department to teach in the area which the applicant intends to teach;(3) meets the occupational experience requirement provided in section 7 of this rule.(c) The career specialist permit is renewable.(1) For the initial renewal, candidates must submit evidence of completion of the pedagogy component under subsection (d) during the validity of the first two (2) year permit.(2) For all subsequent renewals, candidates must submit a professional growth plan that is documentation of professional growth experiences. The professional growth plan must include a minimum of forty (40) professional growth experience points. The professional growth experience points shall be calculated with one (1) clock hour qualifying for one (1) professional growth experience point based on, but not limited to, the following activities:(A) In-service workshops.(B) Professional workshops and conferences.(C) Mentoring by: (i) teacher who holds accomplished, professional, proficient, or practitioner license;(ii) building level administrator.(D) Cooperating teacher for any college field experience including student teaching (thirty (30) professional growth points) and practicum experience (fifteen (15) professional growth points).(E) Workshop presentation.(F) Curriculum development.(G) Educational committee membership.(H) School accreditation activities.(I) College credit: 1 semester hour = 15 professional growth points.(J) Educational publication.(K) Educational research.(L) Participation in the school improvement planning process.(M) Professional growth experiences that improve curriculum knowledge, instructional skill, classroom management skills, or any other professional growth experiences.(3) To qualify for renewal, completed professional growth experience points must be verified by at least one (1) of the following: (A) A building level administrator where the applicant is employed at the time of renewal.(B) For permit holders who are unemployed, the department.(4) The building level administrator or immediate supervisor shall provide written notice to the permit holder of the verification or the refusal to verify made in subsection (3) [subdivision (3)].(5) If an applicant is not employed at the time of renewal, the department shall verify or refuse to verify the applicant's professional growth experience points.(6) The department shall provide written notice to the permit holder if the department denies a request under subsection (5) [subdivision (5)].(d) A career specialist pedagogy component must be completed and must address all of the following areas: (1) Literacy for adolescents in content areas and across the curriculum based on scientifically-based reading research.(2) Differentiation of instruction and instructional methods, including methods for students with exceptional needs.(3) Classroom and behavioral management, including legal rights and responsibilities of teacher and student.(4) Curriculum development, lesson planning, assessment strategies, and using data to inform instruction.(5) Psychology of child development, including the development of exceptional needs students.(6) Competence in multicultural awareness and technology as an aid to education.(e) Coursework or training towards the pedagogy component must begin by or before the first month of teaching.(f) The career specialist pedagogy component may be delivered through school-based professional development, college or university based course work or professional development, an entity that is not an institution of higher education, or a professional education organization.(g) The provider of a pedagogy component must receive board approval by submitting a proposal to the department that outlines the program to be provided including content to be covered and the qualifications of individuals designing and providing the training. The department shall make recommendations to the board.(h) Completion of the pedagogy component must be verified by the board-approved provider. Filed 11/18/2014, 3:51 p.m.: 20141217-IR-511130399FRA