This endorsement licenses a person to serve as follows:
Persons with this endorsement are eligible to serve as teacher or coordinator of students in special populations by providing them with educational services.
This endorsement requires the following:
- Hold a Bachelor's degree or higher in Education from an accredited institution of higher education.
- The three-year initial license may be converted to a five-year standard renewable license by completion of an approved three (3) semester hour credit course in History, Philosophy, or Principles of Vocational Education during first year of employment OR completion of the comparable VIP education module offered by the Research and Curriculum Unit (RCU) at Mississippi State University.
Note: If the applicant meets all requirements listed above, that applicant will be issued a 506 endorsement-a five-year license. If the applicant meets the education requirement, but does not meet the other requirement, the applicant may be issued a three-year endorsement (license), and all requirements stated above must be satisfied prior to the ending date of that license.
7 Miss. Code. R. 142-506