Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.355 - Special services certificate (Type C); provisional certificate (provisional Type C)

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department will issue a special
			 services certificate (Type C), valid for five years, to an applicant who has
			 completed a program in a special service area, has a bachelor's or higher
			 degree, and is recommended by the preparing institution, and has met the
			 requirements of
			 4 AAC 12.397(a).
(b) Repealed 10/26/2022.
(c) A special services certificate does not
			 qualify the holder to be assigned as a regular classroom teacher.
(d) Repealed 4/24/2016.
(e) To meet the requirements of (a) of this
			 section, the applicant must have satisfactorily completed three semester hours
			 in Alaska studies and three semester hours in multicultural education or
			 cross-cultural communications.
(f)
			 The commissioner may issue a nonrenewable provisional certificate (provisional
			 Type C), valid for no longer than two years, to an applicant who has completed
			 the requirements of this section, except for the requirements in (e) of this
			 section.
(g) For the purposes of
			 certification for related services providers under this chapter, a provisional
			 certificate (provisional Type C) may be considered as the equivalent of a
			 special services certificate (Type C).
(h) The commissioner may convert a
			 provisional certificate (provisional Type C) to a special services certificate
			 (Type C) upon satisfactory completion of the courses required under (e) of this
			 section and payment of the fee for a special services certificate.
(i) The department will endorse a special
			 services certificate (Type C) in one or more development levels or specialty
			 areas if the recommendation from the preparing institution required in (a) of
			 this section verifies the applicant's completion of an approved educational or
			 special service program in the level or area for which endorsement is sought.
			 The program must meet the requirements set out in
			 4 AAC 12.307(a).
(j) An applicant for endorsement under this
			 section who has completed an approved program accepted under
			 4 AAC 12.307(a)(2) must provide evidence of
			 a comparable certificate or endorsement issued by the certifying state agency
			 with jurisdiction over the program or an assurance by the certifying state
			 agency or preparing institution that all requirements, including testing
			 required by the jurisdiction, have been satisfied by the applicant and that the
			 applicant is eligible to gain the comparable certification or endorsement in
			 the state where the preparing institution is located.
(k) For the "school psychology" endorsement,
			 the applicant must
(1) hold a master's or
			 higher degree in school psychology and
(A) be
			 recommended for endorsement by an institution whose psychology program has been
			 approved by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, the
			 National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification,
			 the National Association of School Psychologists, or the American Psychological
			 Association; or
(B) have completed
			 a 1,200-hour internship in school psychology, 600 hours of which must be
			 completed on site in preschool or kindergarten - grade 12 programs;
			 or