7 Miss. Code. R. 142-948
This endorsement licenses a person to teach the following secondary courses:
200121 Family Dynamics
200122 Child Development
200140 Contemporary Health (Grades 9-12)
200129 Resource Management
200130 Nutrition & Wellness
Minimum Requirements for this Endorsement:
- Applicant must have earned a four-year college degree or higher from an accredited institution of higher education in Family and Consumer Sciences (non-education degree), Human Sciences, Human Services, Early Childhood, Nutrition, or a closely related subject area approved by the MDE program supervisor, or pass PRAXIS II, Family and Consumer Science. (An educator with a 321 endorsement automatically qualifies for a three - year provisional 948 endorsement.)
- Applicant must validate technology competency by attaining the established minimum score or higher on an assessment approved by the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE). The assessment must be directly related to technology competency required by the grade level and subject matter being taught. Approved assessments for this license are IC3 or other approved MDE substitute.
- Verification of at least one year of occupational experience in the past ten years. This experience must be appropriate to the subject area to be taught.
(Exception: Those teachers that have a currently valid five-year license are not required to have the occupational experience.)
- All successful applicants must hold bachelor or higher degree in the subject area to be taught. This degree in subject area exempts applicant from any additional occupational competency testing.
- Applicant must enroll immediately in Vocational Instructor Preparation (VIP) program.
(Exception: Those teachers that have a currently valid five-year license or have completed an alternate route program do not have to enroll in VIP.)
- Applicant must complete the individualized professional development plan (PDP) requirements of the VIP program prior to the expiration date of the three-year Career & Technical license.
- Applicant must successfully complete a Learning Management Systems Fundamentals or C.O.O.L. workshop, module, or course that is approved by the Mississippi Department of Education.
- Applicant must successfully complete training for updated curricula in Family and Consumer Sciences. This requirement may be a workshop, module or course that is approved by the Mississippi Department of Education. (Exception: Teachers with a currently valid license and endorsement #321 are exempt from this requirement; however, those teachers are strongly encouraged to attend this educator training.)
- Applicant must successfully complete the Contemporary Health - Grades 9-12 workshop, module or course that is approved by the MDE.
Note: If the applicant meets all requirements listed above, that applicant will be issued a 948 endorsement-a five-year license. If the applicant meets the educational and occupational experience requirements, but does not meet all other requirements, the applicant may be issued one (1) three-year endorsement (license), and all requirements stated above must be satisfied prior to the ending date of that license.
7 Miss. Code. R. 142-948