Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 505 - PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS COMMISSION › Chapter 505-3 - EDUCATOR PREPARATION RULES › Rule 505-3-.39 - Engineering and Technology Education Program

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through
			 June 27, 2024
(1)
Purpose.
This rule states field-specific content standards for
			 approving programs that prepare individuals to teach engineering and technology
			 education in grades P-12, and supplements requirements in GaPSC Rule
			 505-3-.01 REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS
			 FOR APPROVING EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROVIDERS AND EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS
			 and in GaPSC Rule
			 505-3-.03, FOUNDATIONS OF READING,
			 LITERACY, AND LANGUAGE.
(2)
Requirements.
(a) To receive
			 approval, a GaPSC-approved educator preparation provider shall offer a
			 preparation program described in program planning forms, catalogs, and syllabi
			 addressing the following standards adapted from the 2020 Standards for
			 Technological and Engineering Literacy as published by the International
			 Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA).
1. The program shall prepare candidates who
			 understand the nature of technology within the context of the Designed World as
			 part of Project 2061.
2. The
			 program shall prepare candidates who understand technology and society within
			 the context of the Designed World as part of Project 2061.
3. The program shall prepare candidates who
			 understand design and the engineering and design process within the context of
			 the Designed World as part of Project 2061.
4. The program shall prepare candidates who
			 possess abilities for a technological world within the context of the Designed
			 World as part of Project 2061.
5.
			 The program shall prepare candidates who understand the Designed World as part
			 of Project 2061.
6. The program
			 shall prepare candidates who design, implement, and evaluate curricula based
			 upon Standards for Technological and Engineering Literacy.
7. The program shall prepare candidates who
			 use a variety of effective teaching practices that utilize the engineering
			 design process and engineering notebooks when solving real world design
			 challenges.
8. The program shall
			 prepare candidates who design, create, and manage learning environments that
			 promote technological and engineering literacy.
9. The program shall prepare candidates who
			 understand students as learners, and how commonalities and differences affect
			 learning.
10. The program shall
			 prepare candidates who understand and value the importance of engaging in
			 comprehensive and sustained professional growth to improve the teaching of
			 engineering and technology.
11. The
			 program shall prepare candidates who understand the organizational structure
			 and historical development of career and technical education and its
			 relationship to American business, industry, and careers.
12. The program shall prepare candidates who
			 integrate academic and career and technical education content in the curriculum
			 and in implementing interdisciplinary activities through project/problem-based
			 learning.
13. The program shall
			 prepare candidates who organize, manage, plan, and supervise the engineering
			 and technology education classroom and lab.
14. The program shall prepare candidates who
			 can adapt instruction for special needs students in engineering and technology
			 programs.
15. The program shall
			 prepare candidates who can interpret, develop, and implement curriculum for
			 engineering and technology education programs, including instructional methods
			 of teaching for the classroom and engineering and technology education lab
			 activities.
16. The program shall
			 prepare candidates who know and implement correct safety practices and
			 procedures in the engineering and technology education lab.
17. The program shall prepare candidates who
			 can facilitate co-curricular Career and Technical Student Organizations
			 (CTSOs).
18. The program shall
			 prepare candidates who are familiar with elementary through secondary school
			 guidance and counseling practices, assessment instruments and procedures, and
			 assisting students in career development and placement activities through
			 work-based learning experiences in the secondary schools.
19. The program shall prepare candidates to
			 work with business, industry, and labor in establishing
			 school/business/community partnerships and advisory committees.