Section 0520-02-04-.12 - REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL SERVICE PERSONNEL LICENSEThe professional school service personnel license requires at least a bachelor's degree and is issued to an applicant who has met the requirements for an endorsement as a school counselor, school psychologist, school social worker, school food service supervisor, school speech-language pathologist, and school audiologist. The license is valid for ten years and may be renewed in accordance with the same regulations that are specified for renewal of a Tennessee teacher professional license.
(1) School Food Service Supervisor Endorsement (a) The applicant shall hold a bachelor's degree and the applicant shall be a licensed educator or shall have completed at least 18 semester hours in education, psychology, or sociology.(b) The applicant shall complete 12 semester hours including course work in each of the following: 3. Accounting, cost analysis, or financial management of food systems, and4. Spread sheet applications.(c) The applicant shall complete one of the following:1. A field experience of 6 semester hours, or2. A professional experience--supervised by a licensed school food service supervisor--of at least 120 clock hours including the following areas: procurement, quantity foods, design and layout, and sanitation and food safety.(2) School Speech-Language Pathologist Candidates applying for a professional school service personnel license as a school speech-language pathologist shall satisfy one of the following criteria:
(a) Applicants new to the field seeking initial professional school service personnel licensure shall complete a graduate degree in speech-language pathology from a state or regionally accredited institution of higher education with a speech-language graduate level program approved by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. They must also achieve a passing score on the examination required by the State Board of Education in Rule 0520-02-04-.05. Fully licensed teachers who are serving on employment standard waivers as speech-language teachers shall meet these requirements to be licensed as a school speech-language pathologist.(b) Speech-language pathologists who hold a valid license issued by Tennessee or an out-of-state licensing Board of Communication Disorders and Sciences or who hold the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association may be issued the professional school service personnel license upon application. There are no additional requirements.(c) Speech-language teachers who have a graduate degree or master's equivalence in speech-language pathology and hold a valid Tennessee teacher license with a speech-language endorsement may be issued the professional school service personnel license upon application.(d) Fully licensed bachelor's level speech-language teachers employed prior to July 1, 2000 may apply for the professional school services personnel license upon completion of the requirements for the master's equivalence. Candidates must earn at least five (5) graduate level semester hours each year and they must complete all program requirements prior to July 1, 2010.(e) Speech-language pathologists who have a graduate degree in speech-language pathology and hold a valid out-of-state educational credential issued before September 1, 2000, may be issued the professional school services personnel license upon application. Applicants with valid credentials issued on or after that date shall pass the examination required by the State Board of Education.(3) Candidates applying for a professional school service personnel license as a school audiologist shall satisfy one of the following criteria: (a) Applicants new to the field seeking initial professional school services personnel licensure shall complete a graduate degree in audiology from a state or regionally accredited institution of higher education with a graduate level program approved by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.(b) Audiologists who hold a valid license issued by Tennessee or an out-of-state licensing Board of Communication Disorders and Sciences or who hold the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association may be issued the professional school services personnel license upon application. There are no additional requirements.(c) Audiologists who have a graduate degree in audiology and hold a valid out-of-state educational credential issued before September 1, 2000, may be issued the professional school service personnel license upon application. Applicants with valid credentials issued on or after that date shall pass the examination required by the State Board of Education.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0520-02-04-.12
Original rule filed March 16, 1992; effective June 29, 1992. Amendment filed November 22, 1993; effective March 30, 1994. Expired rules edited by Secretary of State in October 1996. Amendment filed May 28, 1999; effective September 28, 1999. Amendment filed December 31, 2001; effective April 30, 2002. Amendments filed May 19, 2005; effective September 28, 2005.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 49-1-302 and 49-5-108.