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 7-142-934 - Career Pathway: Business, Marketing, and Finance

Current through June 25, 2024
This endorsement licenses a person to teach the
				  following secondary courses:
992004 Business, Marketing, and Finance I
992005 Business, Marketing, and Finance II
992404 Fundamentals of Business and Entrepreneurship
992403 Marketing
992309 Management
992003 Finance
Minimum Requirements for this
				  Endorsement:
1.
Education:
- Applicant must have earned a bachelor's degree or higher
				  from an accredited institution of higher education in the area of Business or
				  hold a currently valid five-year license in 105 Business Education, 405
				  Business Management, 192 Social Studies, or 193 Economics.
2.
Technology Literacy and Related
				Assessment of that Competency:
- 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:
- Applicants with a bachelor's or higher degree must have at
				  least one year of verifiable occupational experience in the past ten years.
				  Experience must be appropriate to the subject to be taught.
(Exception:
				  Those teachers that have a currently valid five-year license are not required
				  to have the occupational experience.)
This endorsement requires the following assessment(s)
				  of occupational expertise:
- Earn the required score on the Entrepreneurship and Small
				  Business assessment.
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4.
Teacher Education
				Preparation and Related Assessment(s) of that 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 the Master Teacher of
				  Economics program as approved by the MDE.
- Applicant must successfully complete a Certification for
				  online learning workshop, module, or course that is approved by the Mississippi
				  Department of Education.
- Applicant must successfully complete the Business,
				  Marketing, and Finance Certification workshop, module, or course that is
				  approved by the Mississippi Department of Education.*
Note: If the applicant meets all requirements listed
				  above, that applicant will be issued a 934 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.
* Teachers with a currently valid five - year 952
				  Business Finance and Accounting, 955 Business Management, and/or 956 Marketing
				  endorsement will have three years (June 30, 2023) to complete the updated
				  curriculum training for the certification.