Source: http://regulations.delaware.gov/register/december2012/proposed/16%20DE%20Reg%20587%2012-01-12.htm
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§1220', '§1220', '§1220', '§206', '§1203', '§1220']

14 DE Admin. Code 1575
The Professional Standards Board, acting in cooperation and collaboration with the Department of Education, seeks the consent of the State Board of Education to amend regulation 14 DE Admin. Code 1574 Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments. The regulation concerns the requirements for certification of educational personnel, pursuant to 14 Del.C. §1220(a). It is necessary to amend this regulation to update current course requirements and to accommodate current formatting. This regulation sets forth the requirements for a Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments.
This regulation shall apply to the requirements for a Standard Certificate, pursuant to 14 Del.C. §1220(a), for Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments. This regulation does not apply to Orientation and Mobility Specialists who are certified by the Academy of Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals.
In accordance with 14 Del.C. §1220(a), the Department shall issue a Standard Certificate as a Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments, to an applicant who holds a valid Delaware Initial, Continuing, or Advanced License, or Standard or Professional Status Certificate issued by the Department prior to August 31, 2003, who has met the requirements set forth below and in 14 Del.C. §206(d):
3.1.2	Graduating from an NCATE specialty organization recognized educator preparation program or from a state approved educator preparation program, where the state approval body employed the appropriate NASDTEC or NCATE specialty organization standards, offered by a regionally accredited college or university, with a major or its equivalent in educating Visually Impaired Students; or
3.1.4	Holding a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university in any content area and for applicants applying after June 30, 2006 for their first Standard Certificate, satisfactorily completing a minimum of fifteen (15) credits or their equivalent in professional development related to their area of certification, of which at least six (6) credits or their equivalent must focus on pedagogy, selected by the applicant with the approval of the employing school district or charter school which is submitted to the Department; and
3.1.4.1	A minimum of fifteen (15) graduate or undergraduate credits from a regionally accredited college or university, taken either as part of a degree program or in addition to it, to include:
3.1.4.1.1	Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye;
3.1.4.1.2	Braille and Nemeth Code;
3.1.4.1.3	Orientation/Mobility for the Teacher of the Visually Impaired;
3.1.4.1.4	Education for the Visually Impaired;
3.1.4.1.5	Assistive Technology; or
3.1.4.1.6	Diagnosis/assessment/IEP Development.
3.3	Met the requirements for licensure and holding a valid and current license or certificate from another state as a Teacher of the Visually Impaired;
3.3.1	The Department shall not act on an application for certification if the applicant is under official investigation by any state or local authority with the power to issue educator licenses or certifications, where the alleged conduct involves allegations of immorality, misconduct in office, incompetence, willful neglect of duty, disloyalty or falsification of credentials, until the applicant provides evidence of the investigation’s resolution; or
3.4	Met the requirements for a Meritorious New Teacher Candidate Designation adopted pursuant to 14 Del.C §1203.
3.1	In accordance with 14 Del.C. §1220(a), the Department shall issue a Standard Certificate as a Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments, to an educator who has met the following:
4.1.1	Holding a bachelor’s or master’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university with a major or its equivalent in educating Visually Impaired Students from an NCATE specialty organization recognized educator preparation program or from a state approved educator preparation program where the state approval body employed the appropriate NASDTEC or NCATE specialty organization standards; or
4.1.2	The successful completion of seventeen (17) credits from a regionally accredited college or university or their equivalent in professional development as approved by the Department in the following areas:
4.1.2.1	Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye (3 credits);
4.1.2.2	Braille and Nemeth Code (3 credits);
4.1.2.3	Assessment of Students with Visual Impairments (3 credits);
4.1.2.4	Methods of Instruction for Students with Visual Impairments (3 credits);
4.1.2.5	Assistive Technology (3 credits); and
4.1.2.6	Orientation/Mobility for the Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments (2 credits).
16 DE Reg. 587 (12/01/12) (Prop.)