Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 142 - Guidelines and Clarification of Requirements for Issuance of Career and Technical Education (Occupation Educator) Licenses › TAB 1 - CTE Stand Alone Endorsements › Section 7-142-948 - Family and Consumer Sciences (non-education)

Current through June 25, 2024
This endorsement licenses a person to teach the
				  following secondary courses:
200121 Family Dynamics
200122 Child Development
200140 Contemporary Health (Grades 9-12)
200129 Resource Management
200130 Nutrition & Wellness
Minimum Requirements for this
				  Endorsement:
1.
Education
- Applicant must have earned a four-year college degree or
				  higher from an accredited institution of higher education in Family and
				  Consumer Sciences (non-education degree), Human Sciences, Human Services, Early
				  Childhood, Nutrition, or a closely related subject area approved by the MDE
				  program supervisor, or pass PRAXIS II, Family and Consumer Science.
(An
				  educator with a 321 endorsement automatically qualifies for a three - year
				  provisional 948 endorsement.)
2.
Technology
- Applicant must validate technology competency by attaining
				  the established minimum score or higher on an assessment approved by the
				  Mississippi Department of Education (MDE). The assessment must be directly
				  related to technology competency required by the grade level and subject matter
				  being taught. Approved assessments for this license are IC3 or other approved
				  MDE substitute.
3.
Occupational Experience and Related Assessment of that Experience
- Verification of at least one year of occupational
				  experience in the past ten years. This experience must be appropriate to the
				  subject area to be taught.
(Exception: Those teachers that have a
				  currently valid five-year license are not required to have the occupational
				  experience.)
- All successful applicants must hold bachelor or higher
				  degree in the subject area to be taught. This degree in subject area exempts
				  applicant from any additional occupational competency testing.
4.
Teacher Education
- Applicant must enroll immediately in Vocational Instructor
				  Preparation (VIP) program.
(Exception: Those teachers that have a
				  currently valid five-year license or have completed an alternate route program
				  do not have to enroll in VIP.)
- Applicant must complete the individualized professional
				  development plan (PDP) requirements of the VIP program prior to the expiration
				  date of the three-year Career & Technical license.
- Applicant must successfully complete a
Learning
				  Management Systems Fundamentals
or C.O.O.L. workshop, module, or
				  course that is approved by the Mississippi Department of Education.
- Applicant must successfully complete training for updated
				  curricula in Family and Consumer Sciences. This requirement may be a workshop,
				  module or course that is approved by the Mississippi Department of Education.
				  (
Exception: Teachers with a currently valid license and endorsement #321
				  are exempt from this requirement; however, those teachers are strongly
				  encouraged to attend this educator training.)
- Applicant must successfully complete the Contemporary
				  Health - Grades 9-12 workshop, module or course that is approved by the
				  MDE.
Note: If the applicant meets all requirements listed
				  above, that applicant will be issued a 948 endorsement-a five-year license. If
				  the applicant meets the educational and occupational experience requirements,
				  but does not meet all other requirements, the applicant may be issued one (1)
				  three-year endorsement (license), and all requirements stated above must be
				  satisfied prior to the ending date of that license.