Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 505 - PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS COMMISSION › Chapter 505-3 - EDUCATOR PREPARATION RULES › Rule 505-3-.87 - Coordinated Career Academic Education (CCAE) Endorsement Program

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
			 2024
(1)
Purpose.
This rule states field-specific content standards for
			 approving endorsement programs that prepare individuals to teach Coordinated
			 Career Academic Education (CCAE) in grades 6-12 and supplements requirements in
			 Rule 505-3-.01,
			 REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR APPROVING EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROVIDERS AND
			 EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS.
(2)
In-Field Statement
. Completers of the Coordinated Career Academic
			 Education (CCAE) Endorsement are qualified to coordinate Career Technical and
			 Agricultural Education (CTAE) programs in grades 6-12.
(3)
Requirements.
(a) A GaPSC-approved professional educator
			 preparation provider may seek state approval to offer this field as either a
			 stand-alone endorsement program or as an endorsement program embedded in a
			 GaPSC-approved initial preparation program or an advanced (degree-only)
			 preparation program. In addition to meeting all applicable approval
			 requirements and standards, embedded endorsement programs must meet
			 requirements specified in paragraph (e) 3. (ix) of GaPSC educator preparation
			 rule 505-3-.01,
			 REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR APPROVING EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROVIDERS AND
			 EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS.
(b)
			 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:
1.
			 The program shall prepare candidates who implement career development,
			 employability, and retention skills, as well as techniques for assisting
			 students and their parents in making appropriate educational and occupational
			 choices;
2. The program shall
			 prepare candidates who can plan curriculum; incorporate different learning
			 styles, instructional techniques, and delivery systems in coordinated career
			 academic education; and implement evaluation methods and processes for CCAE
			 and/or Project Success programs;
3.
			 The program shall prepare candidates who are familiar with the nature of
			 at-risk disadvantaged students who are potential school dropouts;
4. The program shall prepare candidates who
			 understand the impact of poverty, economic deprivation, unsupportive families,
			 barriers, and other problems that CCAE students face in a technical
			 society;
5. The program shall
			 prepare candidates who plan, promote, instruct, budget for, coordinate, and
			 organize an intervention curriculum;
6. The program shall prepare candidates who
			 select, screen, guide, assess, and counsel disadvantaged at-risk students
			 enrolled in secondary coordinated career academic education programs;
7. The program shall prepare candidates who
			 know the laws, statutes, guidelines, regulations, federal, state and local
			 grants, and policies that govern program assurances for special
			 populations;
8. The program shall
			 prepare candidates who design and implement programs that provide opportunities
			 for each student to develop a positive self-image, values, motivation, and the
			 tools to make appropriate job and life decisions;
9. The program shall prepare candidates who
			 are familiar with Georgia's Coordinated Career Academic Education programs so
			 that they can intervene with the necessary services to accelerate educational
			 success;
10. The program shall
			 prepare candidates who can serve as co-curricular youth club advisors or
			 co-advisors;
11. The program shall
			 prepare candidates who can collaborate with career academic education teachers,
			 counselors, and administrators;
12.
			 The program shall prepare candidates who utilize school, family, and community
			 resources to assure the realistic opportunity to complete high school and
			 transition to work or to post-secondary education;
13. The program shall prepare candidates who
			 can apply remedial techniques, intervention services, advisory committees,
			 instructional equipment, tools, facilities, safety practices, life skills, and
			 documentation to promote the progress of individual at-risk students;
14. The program shall prepare candidates who
			 are familiar with the technical workplace in the private sectors of business
			 and industry, including various work-based learning options;
15. The program shall prepare candidates who
			 can develop and apply benchmarks for student and program evaluation;
16. The program shall prepare candidates who
			 are familiar with and can apply the practices and procedures of Coordinated
			 Career Academic Education to establish and sustain the program;
17. The program shall prepare candidates who
			 can manage and utilize a wide variety of career related resources and
			 instructional materials that increase student success; and
18. The program shall prepare candidates who
			 can apply a system of measuring annual goals and objectives to the local CCAE
			 and/or Project Success program.