Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 16 - EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS BOARD › Chapter 5 - Educator Preparation › Section 16 KAR 5:060 - Literacy program requirements for middle school, high school, grades 5-12, and grades P-12 certification programs

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 161.028, 161.030
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 161.028(1) authorizes
				the Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) to establish standards and
				requirements for obtaining and maintaining a teaching certificate and for
				programs of preparation for teachers and other professional school personnel.
				KRS 161.030(1) requires all certificates issued under KRS 161.010 to 161.126 to
				be issued in accordance with the administrative regulations of the EPSB. This
				administrative regulation establishes the literacy preparation requirements for
				middle school, high school, Grades 5-12, and Grades P-12 certification educator
				preparation programs.
Section 1.
(1) Each middle school, high school, Grades
			 5-12, and Grades P-12 certification educator preparation program shall require
			 candidates admitted to the program to demonstrate the six (6) International
			 Literacy Association's Standards for the Preparation of Literacy Professionals
			 2017: Middle/High School Classroom Teacher.
(2) A middle school, high school, Grades
			 5-12, or Grades P-12 certification educator preparation program shall require a
			 candidate admitted to the program to complete one (1) of the following:
(a) A three (3) hour content literacy course
			 aligned to the six (6) International Literacy Association's Standards for the
			 Preparation of Literacy Professionals 2017: Middle/High School Classroom
			 Teacher and taught by faculty qualified to deliver literacy instruction;
			 or
(b) Two (2) or more courses
			 aligned to the six (6) International Literacy Association's Standards for the
			 Preparation of Literacy Professionals 2017: Middle/High School Classroom
			 Teacher and taught by faculty qualified to deliver literacy
			 instruction.
(3) In
			 addition to the program approval requirements established in  16 KAR 5:010, an
			 educator preparation unit seeking program approval for a middle school, high
			 school, Grades 5-12, or Grades P-12 certification program shall submit the
			 following information:
(a) The course or
			 courses the program has developed to ensure that each candidate demonstrates
			 the six (6) International Literacy Association's Standards for the Preparation
			 of Literacy Professionals 2017: Middle/High School Classroom Teacher;
(b) The syllabus for each course aligned to
			 the six (6) International Literacy Association's Standards for the Preparation
			 of Literacy Professionals 2017: Middle/High School Classroom Teacher;
(c) The assessments, including any scoring
			 instruments, developed for each course aligned to the six (6) International
			 Literacy Association's Standards for the Preparation of Literacy Professionals
			 2017: Middle/High School Classroom Teacher to demonstrate the candidate's
			 competency to provide classroom instruction aligned to each standard;
(d) The faculty assigned to teach each course
			 aligned to demonstrate the six (6) International Literacy Association's
			 Standards for the Preparation of Literacy Professionals 2017: Middle/High
			 School Classroom Teacher; and
(e)
			 Evidence of qualifications of each faculty member assigned to teach a course
			 aligned to the six (6) International Literacy Association's Standards for the
			 Preparation of Literacy Professionals 2017: Middle/High School Classroom
			 Teacher.