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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.385 - Career and technical education personnel qualifications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each person
			 employed as a career and technical education instructor must possess
(1) a teacher certificate issued under
			 4 AAC 12.305 or a Type B certificate issued under
			 4 AAC 12.345 with a career and technical education
			 subject matter endorsement issued under
			 4 AAC 12.395; or
(2) a limited certificate issued under
			 4 AAC 12.372.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.388 - World language expert limited teacher certificate

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department will issue a limited world
			 language certificate (Type W limited) with an endorsement in the world language
			 of expertise if the commissioner determines that
(1) the applicant has demonstrated world
			 language expertise and has the educational background described in (b) or (e)
			 of this section;
(2) the school
			 board for the district in which the applicant will be employed, through its
			 superintendent, has requested issuance of a world language limited teacher
			 certificate for the applicant under this section;
(3) the school board for the district in
			 which the applicant will be employed provides an experienced mentor for at
			 least the first two years of the applicant's employment with the school
			 district; the mentor must hold or have held the position of a world language
			 teacher in a school district in this state under a valid certificate;
(4) the applicant has successfully passed the
			 criminal history background check in the same manner as a teacher certified
			 under
			 AS
			 14.20.020 and 4 AAC 12.300;
(5) the applicant submits to the department
(A) one completed fingerprint card, with
			 fingerprinting performed by a law enforcement agency or a person who has been
			 trained in recording fingerprints, for separate submittal to the Department of
			 Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the department will
			 accept a name-based criminal history background check on an applicant from the,
			 agency performing the background check if the requirements of
			 AS
			 14.20.020(j) are
			 met;
(B) the fee for the criminal
			 history background check in the amount charged by the Department of Public
			 Safety as set out in
			 13 AAC 68.900;
			 and
(C) the fee for the issuance of
			 a teacher certificate as established in 4 AAC 12.300(g);
			 and
(6) the applicant has
			 met the requirements of
			 4 AAC 12.397(a).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.390 - Early childhood education certificate (Type E)

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)
			 The department will issue an Early Childhood Associate I certificate, valid for
			 five years, to an applicant who has met the requirements of 4 AAC 12.397(a) and
(1) completed a 30-credit university or
			 college early-childhood education program that requires at least 400 hours of
			 supervised practicum experience; or
(2) obtained a valid Child Development
			 Associate (CDA) award from the Bank Street College of Education.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.392 - Early education lead teacher endorsement requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person
			 employed by a school district as a teacher in charge of an early education
			 program provided by a school district for children who are four and five years
			 of age under
			 AS
			 14.07.165(a)(5) shall obtain
			 an early education lead teacher endorsement under this section.
(b) To qualify for an early education lead
			 teacher endorsement, an applicant shall
(1)
			 hold a valid teacher certificate issued under
			 4 AAC 12.305 or
			 4 AAC 12.306; and
(2) submit documentation to the department
			 that the applicant has
(A) completed, or will
			 complete not later than two years after the applicant's date of hire by the
			 school district, a minimum of six credit hours in early childhood education
			 that includes three credit hours, or the equivalent, of an evidence-based
			 reading training course that
(i) is approved
			 by the department; and
(ii)
			 includes a summative assessment; or
(B) two or more years of experience teaching
			 kindergarten or an early education program and has completed three credit
			 hours, or the equivalent, of an evidence-based reading training course that
(i) is approved by the department;
			 and
(ii) includes a summative
			 assessment.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.393 - Endorsement requirements for K - 3 teachers and district reading teachers

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person employed by a school district to
			 teach kindergarten through grade three shall obtain a K - 3 educator
			 endorsement under this subsection. To qualify for a K - 3 educator endorsement,
			 an applicant shall
(1) hold a teacher
			 certificate issued under
			 4 AAC 12.305 or
			 4 AAC 12.306; and
(2) submit documentation to the department
			 that the applicant has
(A) completed three
			 semester hours or the equivalent of an evidence-based reading training that
			 includes a summative assessment and is approved by the department; or
(B) achieved or exceeded the required score
			 under 4 AAC 12.407(a)
			 for
(i) the ETS Praxis II Teaching Reading
			 examination, test code 5204;
(ii)
			 the ETS Praxis II Teaching Reading: Elementary examination, test code
			 5205;
(iii) the ETS Praxis II
			 Teaching Reading: Elementary examination, test code 5206; or
(iv) the Pearson Foundation of Reading
			 examination.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.395 - Teaching endorsements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department will endorse a teacher
			 certificate under
			 4 AAC 12.305 if the applicant provides
(1) a recommendation from an approved
			 preparation program accepted under
			 4 AAC 12.307(a) with an attestation
			 verifying the applicant's completion of an approved educational program at the
			 institution in the level or area for which endorsement is sought; and
(2) for each endorsement area listed on the
			 recommendation provided under (1) of this subsection, a score that meets or
			 exceeds the required score on a content area examination for any endorsement
			 area designated in
			 4 AAC 12.407 or each equivalent content area examination
			 required by a certifying state agency for an endorsement on a comparable
			 certificate held by the applicant.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.396 - Addition and removal of endorsements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A current certificate holder or an
			 applicant eligible for certification as described in
			 4 AAC 12.305 may add an additional endorsernent appropriate
			 to the holder's or applicant's certificate by demonstrating
(1) completion of an endorsement program
			 accepted under
			 4 AAC 12.307(a) and a passing score on an
			 endorsement-related content examination designated in
			 4 AAC 12.407 or each equivalent content area examination
			 required by a certifying agency of another jurisdiction for a comparable
			 endorsement currently or previously held by the applicant;
(2) two years of teaching in the content area
			 and a passing score on the endorsement-related content area examination
			 designated for the middle school, high school, or world language in
			 4 AAC 12.307(b) - (f), or each equivalent
			 content area examination required by a certifying agency of another
			 jurisdiction for a comparable endorsement currently or previously held by the
			 applicant;
(3) two years of
			 teaching in a career and technical education (CTE) area, six semester hours of
			 coursework focused on classroom management, student assessment, and teaching
			 strategies specific to career and technical education, and successful
			 completion of a industrial competency examination that is specific to career
			 and technical education content, as approved by the department;
(4) completion of at least one of the
			 following in the content or specialty area for which the endorsement is sought:
(A) a doctorate degree;
(B) a master's degree;
(C) a baccalaureate degree, with a major or
			 posted minor of at least 18 semester hours in an approved program in the
			 content or specialty area for which an endorsement is sought; or
(D) a microcredential as approved by the
			 department, based on a completed application form submitted to the department
			 by a district or an educational organization; or
(5) three years of teaching in an elementary
			 classroom and passing scores on
(A) the
			 Praxis II content area examinations in elementary education required under
			 4 AAC 12.407(a)(2) and examinations 5203 or
			 5204 in teaching reading under
			 4 AAC 12.407(a)(1); or
(B) equivalent content area examinations
			 required by a certifying agency of another jurisdiction for a comparable
			 endorsement currently or previously held by the
			 applicant.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.397 - Mandatory training requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) On or after
			 June 30, 2017, to qualify for a certificate issued under14.20.020
			 or to renew or reinstate a certificate, an applicant must provide evidence of
			 training regarding
(1) alcohol and drug
			 related disabilities and satisfying the requirements of
			 AS
			 14.20.680;
(2) sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness
			 and prevention and satisfying the requirements of
			 AS
			 14.30.355, as that section is to appear on
			 June 30, 2017;
(3) dating violence
			 awareness an prevention and satisfying the requirements of
			 AS
			 14.30.356, as that section is to appear on
			 June 30, 2017; and
(4) youth
			 suicide awareness and prevention and satisfying the requirements of
			 AS
			 14.30.362, as that section is to appear on
			 July 1, 2016.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.401 - Emergency certificate

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The commissioner may issue a temporary
			 emergency certificate to a person if, in the judgment of the commissioner, a
			 situation requires the issuance of a temporary emergency certificate to a
			 person who is not otherwise qualified, including a situation other than one
			 identified in (b) of this section meeting the requirements of (b) of this
			 section. The commissioner may determine that issuance of ajr emergency
			 certificate to a person who is not otherwise qualified.
(b) The commissioner may issue a temporary
			 emergency certificate to a person based on a school district's inability to
			 locate a qualified applicant for a position if
(1) the school board applies to the
			 commissioner for the issuance of a temporary emergency certificate under
			 AS
			 14.20.020(b) for a person
			 the district seeks to hire in a position for which an initial teaching
			 certificate or an administrative certificate (Type B) is required;
(2) the school board presents facts in its
			 application showing
(A) the district's
			 inability despite due diligence to fill a position with a qualified person
			 holding the required certificate;
(B) the harm to the education program in
			 which the position is located caused by the inability of the district to fill
			 the position;
(C) the harm to
			 students in the district due to the inability of the district to fill the
			 position;
(D) all efforts made by
			 the district to locate a qualified applicant for the position, including the
			 dates and venues of all advertising for the position;
(E) any additional facts that support the
			 district's application regarding its difficulty in filling the position that
			 requires an initial teaching certificate or administrative certificate (Type B)
			 and the consequences to the district of failing to locate a qualified
			 applicant;
(F) the district's
			 commitment to provide a mentor for a person employed under an emergency
			 certificate; the application must include the name and qualifications of the
			 mentor and a description of the mentoring services to be provided; for a person
			 to be employed under temporary emergency initial teaching certificate, the
			 mentor shall be an experienced teacher; for a person to be employed under
			 temporary emergency administrative certificate, the mentor shall be an
			 experienced administrator.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.405 - Renewal of certificates

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A certificate issued under, AS
			 14.20.020 or may be renewed any number of
			 times by completing six semester hours of credit or the equivalent of semester
			 hours in trimester or quarter hours or other equivalent, including
			 microcredentials approved by the department, and earned during the life of the
			 certificate. The six credits required for renewal under this subsection may not
			 include the coursework required under
			 AS
			 14.20.020(h) and must be
(1) related to the certificated person's
			 employment at the time of renewal, if that employment requires a
			 certificate;
(2) related to the
			 certificated person's endorsement area under this chapter; or
(3) a required element of a program that will
			 lead to an endorsement under this chapter that the certificated person seeks to
			 acquire.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.407 - Content area examinations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A teacher may
			 satisfy the content area testing requirements of
			 4 AAC 12.305(a), (b), and (c),
			 4 AAC 12.393, and
			 4 AAC 12.395 by achieving the required score or higher
			 on one of the following:
(1) a Praxis II
			 examination described in the following table:
(1) a Praxis II examination described in the
			 following table:
Praxis II Examination
Required Score
Early Childhood Education - 5025
156
Elementary Education Content Knowledge - 5014 or
						  0014
143
Elementary Education: Curriculum, Instruction, and
						  Assessment - 5011 or 0011
156
Multiple Subject Assessments for Teachers Content
						  Knowledge - 0140
146
Elementary Education: Curriculum, Instruction, and
						  Assessment - 5017
153
Elementary Education: Content Knowledge -
						  5018
163
English to Speakers of Other Languages -
						  5362
155
Special Education: Core Knowledge and Applications -
						  5354
151
Special Education: Preschool/Early Childbood -
						  5691
159
Teaching Reading: Elementary Education -
						  5203
162
Teaching Reading - 5204
159
Teaching Reading: Elementary - 5205
159
Teaching; Reading: Elementary - 5206
156
(2) the
			 Praxis II examination in the Elementary Education: Multiple Subjects - 5001
			 with the required scores or higher on each of the subtests described in the
			 following table:
Elementary Education: Multiple Subjects
						  Subtests
Required Scores
Elementary Education: Reading and Language Arts Subtest
						  - 5002
157
Elementary Education: Mathematics Subtest -
						  5003
157
Elementary Education: Social Studies Subtest -
						  5004
155
Elementary Education: Science Subtest -
						  5005
159
(3) the
			 Pearson Foundation of Reading content examination with a required score of
			 240.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.409 - Department review of competency and content area examinations; reevaluation of minimum passing scores; report

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department will conduct an annual
			 review of at least one-third of the teacher competency examinations designated
			 in 4 AAC 12.310 and at least one-third
			 of the content area examinations designated in
			 4 AAC 12.407. The department's annual review will vary
			 the examinations under consideration so that all designated teacher competency
			 and content area examinations are reviewed at least once every three
			 years.
(b) The department will
			 conduct an annual reevaluation under
			 AS
			 14.20.020(1) of at least
			 one-fifth of the minimum passing scores for teacher competency examinations
			 designated in
			 4 AAC 12.310 and content area examinations designated in
			 4 AAC 12.407. The department's annual reevaluation of
			 minimum passing scores will vary the scores under consideration so that all
			 minimum passing scores for competency and content area examinations are
			 reevaluated at least once every five years.
(c) The department may combine the annual
			 review of teacher competency and content area examinations required under (a)
			 of this section with the annual reevaluation of passing scores under (b) of
			 this section.
(d) The department
			 will provide the results of each annual review of examinations and annual
			 reevaluation of passing scores in a report to the board at a regularly
			 scheduled December board meeting. The report must contain
(1) a list of all teacher competency
			 examinations, content area examinations, and minimum passing scores considered
			 by the report;
(2) any recommended
			 changes to designated teacher competency examinations;
(3) any recommended changes to designated
			 content area examinations;
(4) for
			 a minimum passing score under evaluation,
(A)
			 an assessment of the historical effect of the established passing score and the
			 potential effect of changing the passing score; and
(B) the passing score currently used for the
			 examination by other jurisdictions; and
(5) any information relied upon by department
			 staff in development of the report.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.410 - General provisions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Institutes and workshops may be accepted
			 for renewal of certificates under the following conditions:
(1) before attending the workshop or
			 institute, the applicant may apply to the commissioner requesting approval for
			 certificate renewal purposes;
(2)
			 upon receipt of the application the commissioner will notify the applicant of
			 the number of hours of nonacademic credit to be granted for the proposed
			 workshop or institute;
(3) if
			 approved, evidence of satisfactory completion must be submitted by the
			 instructor or workshop leader to the department.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.415 - Current address

Current through May 31, 2024
The holder of a certificate issued under this chapter shall
				maintain a current, valid mailing address and electronic mail address on file
				with the department at all times. The latest mailing address on file for the
				holder of a current, lapsed, suspended, or revoked certificate is the address
				for official communications, notifications, or service of legal
				process.
The subject matter of 4 AAC 12.415 was formerly located at 4 AAC 12.120. The history note for 4 AAC 12.415 does not reflect the history of
				  the earlier section.
Authority:
AS 14.07.060
AS
				  14.20.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.420 - Prior commitments

Current through May 31, 2024
Nothing in this chapter abrogates certification commitments
				that were in existence on May 30, 1971.
The subject matter of
				  4 AAC 12.420 was formerly located at
				  4 AAC 12.090. The history note for
				  4 AAC 12.420 does not reflect the history of the earlier
				  section.
Authority:
AS
				  14.20.010
AS
				  14.20.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.425 - Procedure after revocation or suspension

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person whose
			 certificate, issued under this chapter, has been revoked or suspended shall
			 deliver the certificate to the department within 30 days after notification of
			 revocation or suspension.
(b) The
			 department will provide to all other state departments of education notice of
			 revocation or suspension of a certification and of conviction of a certificate
			 holder for a crime involving moral turpitude.
The subject matter of
				  4 AAC 12.425 was formerly located at
				  4 AAC 12.095. The history note for
				  4 AAC 12.425 does not reflect the history of the earlier
				  section.
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.060
AS
				  14.20.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.430 - Applicability of the administrative procedure act

Current through May 31, 2024
A certificate denial, as well as a revocation or suspension, is
				final and reviewable in the manner provided by
				AS
				44.62.560-44.62.570.
The subject matter of
				  4 AAC 12.430 was formerly located at
				  4 AAC 12.115. The history note for
				  4 AAC 12.430 does not reflect the history of the earlier
				  section.
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.060
AS
				  14.20.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 15 - Allowances for Professional Personnel › 4 AAC 15.020 - Creditable teaching experience

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Certificated
			 teachers serving a school term of 140 instructional days or more shall be
			 credited with a year of teaching service.
(b) Fractional years of teaching, either
			 through teaching full days under a contract for less than a full term, or
			 through teaching part of a day under a full-term contract, or part of an
			 instructional day under a contract of less than a full term may be converted to
			 full school terms to determine creditable service. No part-time teaching may be
			 credited for placement on the district salary schedule unless the terms for the
			 part-time teaching are specifically stated in the contract.
(c) Teaching days less than a full
			 instructional day shall be given a fractional value. This value times the
			 number of days actually taught shall give the number of equivalent
			 instructional days.
(d) Repealed
			 1/22/81.
(e) No creditable year may
			 be counted until July 1, following the completion of the creditable
			 year.
(f) The provisions of (b) -
			 (d) of this section are not retroactive and become effective July 1,
			 1971.
(g) For salary purposes,
			 credit shall be given for military service in cases where the teacher's actual
			 service in Alaska has been interrupted and the teacher immediately returns to
			 teaching in an Alaska public school upon completion of such service. One year
			 of creditable service shall be granted for each year of military service up to
			 a maximum of five years.
Authority:
AS
				  14.03.030
AS 14.07.060
AS 14.20
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 15 - Allowances for Professional Personnel › 4 AAC 15.040 - Sick leave

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Districts shall credit, without limit,
			 sick leave with pay to all regularly contracted, certificated personnel in a
			 manner consistent with the following provisions:
(1) sick leave is accrued at the rate of one
			 and one-third days for each calendar month or each major portion of each
			 calendar month of actual service;
(2) cumulative sick leave earned by a teacher
			 in a school district is transferable to any other school district if the
			 teacher's service is continuous; however, a teacher who is on an approved leave
			 of absence may retain cumulative sick leave for the duration of the approved
			 leave;
(3) a teacher may use
			 accrued sick leave for leave due to personal injury or illness without
			 limitation concerning the duration of usage;
(4) subject to limitations concerning the
			 duration of usage established by the district, a teacher may use accrued sick
			 leave for the death, illness, or welfare of a person in the teacher's immediate
			 family; and
(5) a teacher is not
			 entitled to reimbursement for accumulated sick leave except as service credit
			 toward retirement.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 15 - Allowances for Professional Personnel › 4 AAC 15.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires
				otherwise
(1) "teacher" means a
			 regularly certificated person employed on a teacher's or administrator's
			 contract as defined in 4 AAC 18;
(2) "continuous service" means service up to
			 the last day of a school term and beginning within 30 days of the start of the
			 next school term.
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.060
AS
				  14.14.107
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 18 - Employment of Professional Personnel › 4 AAC 18.005 - Application for employment in certificated position

Current through May 31, 2024
A district shall include on the district's application for
				employment for all positions requiring a certificate under 4 AAC 12
(1) an inquiry into whether the applicant has
			 ever been employed in the public schools of this state in a position requiring
			 a teacher or an administrator certificate issued by the department;
(2) if the applicant has been employed in a
			 certificated position in the state, a requirement that the applicant provide
			 the dates, places, and job titles for the employment; and
(3) a statement that failure to provide
			 truthful and complete information on this application would be a violation of
			 the code of ethics adopted by the Professional Teaching Practices Commission
			 under 20 AAC 10.020.
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 18 - Employment of Professional Personnel › 4 AAC 18.010 - Teachers' and administrators' contracts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) All teachers'
			 and administrators' contracts for Alaska public schools must contain at least
			 the following provisions:
Minimum Standard Contract Conditions
(1) date, name of school, and name of teacher
			 employed;
(2) date salary is to
			 start and the length of service in school days, including legal
			 holidays;
(3) annual salary and the
			 number of payments;
(4) repealed
			 1/1/76;
(5) oath of allegiance as
			 prescribed by
			 AS
			 39.05.045 or, if the teacher is not a U.S.
			 citizen, the following:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I do not advocate the
				overthrow of the constitutional form of government of the United States or
				Alaska, and that I will faithfully discharge my duties as ____________ to the
				best of my ability."
(6)
			 statement authorizing deductions for the Teachers' Retirement System if
			 eligible, or Social Security if applicable;
(7) contract to show clearly that each
			 teacher in a public school must file a medical certificate with the chief
			 school administrator;
(8) contract
			 to be terminated without liability to the employing board
(A) if the teacher fails to discharge the
			 duties imposed, either through incapacity or disability, or
(B) for cause, as defined in
			 AS
			 14.20.170;
(9) contract to be terminated without penalty
			 to the employing board if it becomes necessary to eliminate the position
			 because of a decreased enrollment if at least 30 days' written notice is given;
			 in addition, in hardship cases, the employing board may, in its discretion,
			 afford such compensation as it considers necessary, but not more than payment
			 for 20 days of service at the regular contract per diem rate;
(10) contract to be terminated without
			 penalty to the employing board if the teacher fails to obtain a valid
			 certificate in accordance with 4 AAC 12;
(11) contract to be made in duplicate and
			 signed by at least two members of the school board and the teacher;
(12) all contracts for teachers (as defined
			 by AS
			 14.20.370)  must contain a clause stating
			 that the teacher is obligated to abide by the code of ethics and the
			 professional teaching standards adopted by the Professional Teaching Practices
			 Commission.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 18 - Employment of Professional Personnel › 4 AAC 18.021 - Employment of substitute teachers

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person
			 employed to replace a teacher who district authorities know will be absent for
			 more than 20 days in which the school is in session must possess a valid
			 teacher's certificate from this state.
(b) If district authorities know that a
			 teacher will be absent for more than 20 in-session days, the district must
			 employ a long-term substitute teacher
(1) who
			 holds a certificate issued under
			 4 AAC 12.305,
			 4 AAC 12.345,
			 4 AAC 12.355, or
			 4 AAC 12.360; and
(2) under the requirements imposed by this
			 chapter.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 18 - Employment of Professional Personnel › 4 AAC 18.027 - Acquisition of tenure rights: less than full-time teachers

Current through May 31, 2024
For a teacher who achieves tenure under the provisions of
				4 AAC 18.900(b) (2), tenure rights
				become effective on the first day the teacher performs teaching services in the
				district during the school term immediately following the school term during
				which the three-year requirement was met.
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.060
AS 14.20.150
Publisher's note:
Under instructions from the
				  Department of Law, the reference to
				  4 AAC 18.030(b) (2) has been changed to
				  read "4 AAC 18.900(b) (2)."
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 18 - Employment of Professional Personnel › 4 AAC 18.031 - Employment of members of immediate families of school board members

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
			 commissioner's approval of a school district's new employment of a member of
			 the immediate family of a school board member, required by
			 AS
			 14.14.140, must be given upon the written
			 certification by the chief school administrator that the person for whom the
			 approval is requested
(1) is the most
			 qualified applicant for the position; and
(2) has been approved by the school board for
			 employment in the position.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 18 - Employment of Professional Personnel › 4 AAC 18.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) "Immediate family" as used in
			 AS
			 14.14.140 means
(1) husband and wife;
(2) father and son, or daughter;
(3) mother and son, or daughter;
(4) brother and sister.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 19 - Evaluation of Professional Employees › 4 AAC 19.010 - Purpose and scope of evaluations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A district's
			 evaluation of a teacher, administrator, or special service provider shall
			 provide information and analysis that
(1)
			 help the teacher, administrator, or special service provider grow
			 professionally;
(2) are intended to
			 improve the effectiveness of instruction at the school; and
(3) relate to the future employment of the
			 teacher, administrator, or special service provider.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 19 - Evaluation of Professional Employees › 4 AAC 19.015 - Evaluation materials to be available

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A district
			 shall make available to the public by posting on the district's website the
			 following items that the district uses in the evaluation of certificated
			 employees:
(1) forms used to gather
			 information from students, parents, and community members as described in
			 AS
			 14.20.149(b)(7);
(2) standards developed under
			 4 AAC 04.205;
(3) policy and procedures developed under
			 AS
			 14.20.149 and this
			 chapter.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 19 - Evaluation of Professional Employees › 4 AAC 19.030 - Evaluation procedures

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In evaluating a
			 teacher, administrator, or special service provider, a district
(1) shall base the evaluation of a teacher,
			 administrator, or special service provider on observation of the teacher,
			 administrator, or special service provider in the workplace by the
			 evaluator;
(2) shall consider
			 information on the performance of the teacher, administrator, or special
			 service provider provided by students, parents, community members, teachers,
			 and administrators under
			 AS
			 14.20.149(b)(7);
(3) shall indicate what information the
			 district used to evaluate the teacher, administrator, or special service
			 provider and the source of the information;
(4) shall notify students, parents, community
			 members, teachers, and administrators that students, parents, community
			 members, teachers, and administrators have the opportunity to provide
			 information on the performance of the teacher, administrator, or special
			 service provider being evaluated; the district shall provide a form or
			 electronic means for providing the information;
(5) shall provide the teacher, administrator,
			 or special service provider being evaluated with a copy of or access to the
			 draft evaluation at least 24 hours before the evaluation becomes
			 final;
(6) shall inform the
			 teacher, administrator, or special service provider being evaluated that
(A) the teacher, administrator, or special
			 service provider has the right to review a draft evaluation and comment in
			 writing before the evaluation becomes final; and
(B) a failure to submit comments before the
			 deadline waives the right to comment on the evaluation;
(7) may not retaliate against a teacher,
			 administrator, or special service provider for commenting on the evaluation;
			 and
(8) shall ensure that the
			 evaluator and the teacher, administrator, or special service provider being
			 evaluated signs the evaluation.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 19 - Evaluation of Professional Employees › 4 AAC 19.040 - Confidentiality of the evaluation

Current through May 31, 2024
A school district shall adopt procedures that
(1) protect the confidentiality of the
			 evaluation documents; and
(2) allow
			 supervisory personnel appropriate access to the evaluation documents.
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS
				  14.20.149
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 19 - Evaluation of Professional Employees › 4 AAC 19.055 - Reporting of evaluation results

Current through May 31, 2024
A district shall report to the department not later than
				September 15 of each calendar year on a form prescribed by the department the
				number of tenured and non-tenured teachers, administrators, and special service
				providers in each school in the district during the preceding school year who
(1) exceeded the district's
			 performance standards under
			 AS
			 14.20.149(b)(4);
(2) were on a plan of improvement under AS
			 l4.20.149(b)(6);
(3) were receiving
			 district support on a plan of professional growth under
			 4 AAC 19.010(h);
(4) were non-retained under
			 AS
			 14.20.175;
(5) were dismissed under
			 AS
			 14.20.170;
(6) were notified that their continued
			 employment in the district was contingent on the implementation of a plan of
			 improvement
			 AS
			 14.20.149(b)(6) but resigned
			 before the plan of improvement could begin.
(7) met the district's performance
			 standards;
(8) were not reported in
			 (1) through (7) above; and
(9) were
			 employed by the district at any time during the school year.
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.020
AS
				  14.07.060
AS
				  14.20.149
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 19 - Evaluation of Professional Employees › 4 AAC 19.060 - Evaluation training

Current through May 31, 2024
A district's evaluation training must include training that
				provides for an assurance of inter-rater reliability.
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS
				  14.20.149
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 19 - Evaluation of Professional Employees › 4 AAC 19.099 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,
(1) "administrator" has the meaning given in
			 4 AAC 12.900(c) (2)(A);
(2) "measurement"
(A) means an assessment of student knowledge,
			 understanding, or skill;
(B)
			 includes an assessment that is not a standardized test; and
(C) does not include the statewide
			 assessments described in
			 4 AAC 06.737;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 27 - Transportation of Pupils › 4 AAC 27.006 - Program requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The purpose of the pupil transportation
			 program is to provide basic to-and from-school transportation
			 services.
(b) Districts shall use
			 the most cost efficient methods when developing and establishing both regular
			 and special education routes, procuring contractor services or equipment, and
			 other services related to basic to-and from-school transportation
			 services.
(c) Eligible expenditures
			 that may be charged to the pupil transportation program include only those
			 direct costs for operating and transporting pupils under the provisions of AS
			 14.09 and this chapter, and must be reported in accordance with
			 4 AAC 06.121(4).
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.020
AS 14.07.030
AS 14.07.060
AS
				  14.09.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 27 - Transportation of Pupils › 4 AAC 27.011 - Establishment of regular routes

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A district may
			 establish a regular pupil transportation route if:
(1) eight or more pupils reside more than one
			 and one-half miles from the attendance center to be served by the route,
			 measured from the closest point of the school property to the closest point of
			 the residence property; and
(2) the
			 entire route is over regularly maintained roads, having at least a gravel
			 surface, that are under the supervision and all-weather maintenance of the
			 Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, a public utility district,
			 a municipality, a borough service area, or any other agency supported by public
			 funds; adequate turnaround space for transportation vehicles must be available
			 on the route.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 27 - Transportation of Pupils › 4 AAC 27.021 - Establishment of special education routes

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Special
			 education pupils must be transported in accordance with the provisions of
			 AS
			 14.30.347.
(b) Special education routes are not subject
			 to the one and one-half mile restriction established under
			 4 AAC 27.011(a) (1).
(c) Fees paid for services of or an aide to
			 the driver on a special education route constitute an eligible expenditure, if
			 those services are required as part of a pupil's IEP.
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.020
AS 14.07.030
AS 14.07.060
AS 14.09.010
AS
				  14.30.347
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 27 - Transportation of Pupils › 4 AAC 27.032 - In-lieu-of agreements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A district may establish agreements with
			 parents to provide reimbursement for transporting their children to the nearest
			 attendance center or bus pickup in place of extending an existing route or
			 establishing a new route.
(b) The
			 following limitations apply to in-lieu-of agreements entered under (a) of this
			 section:
(1) unless the child is a special
			 education pupil, the pupil's residence must be more than one and one-half miles
			 from both the nearest regular bus route and the pupil's attendance
			 center;
(2) the per-mile rate may
			 not exceed the maximum rate paid by the district for the travel of its
			 administrative employees when using their private vehicles for school business;
			 and
(3) reimbursements must be
			 based on the actual miles traveled and not the number of pupils
			 transported.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 27 - Transportation of Pupils › 4 AAC 27.036 - Hazardous routes

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Those routes that are within one and
			 one-half miles of an attendance center and that cannot be safely traveled by
			 children because of traffic, weather, or other hazards may be designated by the
			 governing body of the district as hazardous routes.
(b) A resolution by the governing body
			 designating a hazardous route must state the nature and anticipated duration of
			 the hazard. A hazardous-route designation applies only during the period the
			 hazard exists and for a maximum of one school year.
Authority:
AS
				  14.07.020
AS 14.07.030
AS 14.07.060
AS
				  14.09.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 27 - Transportation of Pupils › 4 AAC 27.056 - Required transportation reports and documents

Current through May 31, 2024
Each district that receives pupil transportation funds from the
				department shall submit the following pupil transportation reports to the
				department on forms prescribed by the department:
(1) the pupil transportation program annual
			 report shall be submitted to the department not later than October 1 each
			 year;
(2) the pupil transportation
			 program quarterly report shall be submitted to the department not later than 15
			 days after the end of each quarter of the fiscal year of the report; the final
			 quarterly report is due to the department not later than July 15 of each year,
			 except that if the district is offering summer school transportation services,
			 the final quarterly report is due to the department not later than August 15 of
			 each year;
(3) the school bus
			 accident report shall be submitted to the department immediately following a
			 reportable accident and must be completed by the owner or leaseholder of a
			 school bus when a school bus
(A) on
			 off-terminal premises
(i) makes contact with
			 another vehicle, object, or person; or
(ii) leaves a roadway or parking area;
			 and
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 27 - Transportation of Pupils › 4 AAC 27.057 - Charter school transportation policy

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A local school
			 board shall adopt a charter school transportation policy that describes the
			 transportation services that the district will provide to students attending a
			 charter school operated by the district if the district
(1) provides transportation services under
			 AS
			 14.09.010; and
(2) operates a charter school or an
			 application for the establishment of a charter school in the district is
			 pending with the district under
			 AS
			 14.03.250.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 27 - Transportation of Pupils › 4 AAC 27.086 - Competitive pupil transportation proposals

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) All contracts
			 for pupil transportation awarded by a district school board must be based on
			 the competitive proposal process. A request for proposals must, at a minimum,
			 contain the following:
(1) a general
			 description of the
(A) required service
			 areas;
(B) number of routes and
			 runs;
(C) number, size, and age
			 limitation of school buses required;
(D) approximate mileage to be run;
			 and
(E) approximate number of
			 pupils to be transported;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 27 - Transportation of Pupils › 4 AAC 27.110 - Supplementary publications pertaining to pupil transportation

Current through May 31, 2024
The following handbooks are adopted by reference as the minimum
				standards for school buses in the state:
(1) for school buses manufactured on or after
			 September 11, 1994, but before January 1, 2002
(A) National Standards for School Buses,
			 found on pages 1 - 31 of the 1990 National Standards for School Buses and
			 Operations, published by the National Safety Council, 444 North Michigan
			 Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611; and
(B) Minimum Standards for Alaska School
			 Buses, 1994 Revised Edition, published by the department;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 27 - Transportation of Pupils › 4 AAC 27.200 - Approved school bus driver training courses

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
			 5/25/2000.
(b) Repealed
			 5/25/2000.
(c) Application for
			 department approval of a school bus driver training course must be made on
			 forms prescribed by the department. The department will approve a school bus
			 driver training course that
(1) is conducted
			 by a school bus driver training instructor certified under
			 4 AAC 27.210; and
(2) includes at least 10 hours of training
			 that meets the minimum standard training requirements of
			 4 AAC 27.220.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 27 - Transportation of Pupils › 4 AAC 27.210 - Certification of instructors

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
			 will certify a person holding a school bus driver permit as a school bus driver
			 training instructor if the person:
(1) has at
			 least two years' school bus driving experience; and
(2) satisfactorily completes a school bus
			 driver training instructor certification program conducted by the
			 department.