Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 16 - EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS BOARD › Chapter 5 - Educator Preparation › Section 16 KAR 5:020 - Standards for admission to educator preparation

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				161.020,
				161.028,
				161.030,
				161.048
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				161.028(1)(b) requires that
				the Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) promulgate administrative
				regulations setting standards for educator preparation programs.
				KRS
				161.030(1) requires that the
				EPSB promulgate administrative regulations establishing requirements for
				issuance of a certificate authorized under
				KRS
				161.010 to
				161.126.
				This administrative regulation establishes the standards for admission to an
				educator preparation program that is required for certification.
Section 1. Selection and Admission to
			 Educator Preparation Programs.
(1) Each
			 accredited provider of an approved program of educator preparation shall adhere
			 to minimum standards for admission to its certification educator preparation
			 programs, including those programs established pursuant to
			 KRS
			 161.048, in accordance with this
			 section.
(2)
(a) Admission to an approved undergraduate
			 initial certification education preparation program shall require the
			 following:
1.
a. A cumulative grade point average of 2.75
			 on a 4.0 scale; or
b. A grade point
			 average of 3.00 on a 4.0 scale on the last thirty (30) hours of credit
			 completed, in accordance with the following:
(i) Grade point average (GPA) shall be
			 calculated by beginning with the most recent course completed and proceeding
			 backward for two (2) semesters in the order the grades fall on the transcript
			 to accumulate the last thirty (30) hours completed; and
(ii) If it is necessary to go back further
			 than two (2) semesters, then the courses in the third semester included in the
			 calculation shall be chosen based on the highest grades earned during that
			 third semester; and
2. Successful completion of one (1) of the
			 following assessments of basic knowledge:
a.
			 The ACT with a composite score of 22 or the corresponding minimum scores:
(i) Reading-20;
(ii) Writing-18; and
(iii) Math-19; or
b. The pre-professional skills assessments of
			 basic knowledge administered by the Educational Testing Service with the
			 corresponding minimum scores:
(i) "Praxis
			 Core Academic Skills for Educators (CASE): Reading (5713)" - 156;
(ii) "Praxis Core Academic Skills for
			 Educators (CASE): Writing (5723)" - 162; and
(iii) "Praxis Core Academic Skills for
			 Educators (CASE): Mathematics (5733)" - 150.
(b) An applicant may use a
			 combination of ACT and CASE minimum scores to meet the requirements of
			 paragraph (a)2. of this subsection.
(c) If an applicant has a minimum cumulative
			 grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, the educator preparation provider
			 may admit the applicant to an approved undergraduate initial certification
			 education preparation program if the applicant is within five points of one or
			 more of the corresponding minimum scores on the pre-professional skills
			 assessments listed in paragraph (a)2.b. of this subsection.
(3) Admission to an approved
			 graduate level initial certification educator preparation program shall require
			 the following:
(a) A bachelor's degree or
			 advanced degree awarded by a regionally or nationally accredited college or
			 university with a cumulative grade point average of 2.75 on a 4.0 scale;
			 or
(b) A grade point average of
			 3.00 on a 4.0 scale on the last thirty (30) hours of credit completed,
			 including undergraduate and graduate coursework.
(4) Admission to an Option 7 program
			 established in accordance with
			 KRS
			 161.048(8) shall also
			 require successful completion of one of the following:
(a) The assessments in subsection (2)(a)2.b.
			 of this section; or
(b) The
			 Graduate Record Exam (GRE) administered by the Education Testing Service with
			 the following corresponding minimum scores on the corresponding sections:
1. Verbal reasoning - 150;
2. Quantitative Reasoning - 143;
			 and
3. Analytical Writing -
			 4.0.
(5)
			 Admission to an advanced certification educator preparation program shall
			 require the following:
(a)
1. A statement of eligibility or an initial
			 certificate earned by completion of an approved program through an approved
			 educator preparation provider in Kentucky; or
2. For out-of-state applicants, a statement
			 of eligibility or an initial certificate issued by EPSB and earned by
			 completion of a program through an approved educator preparation
			 provider;
(b)
1. A cumulative grade point average of 2.75
			 on a 4.0 scale; or
2. A grade point
			 average of 3.00 on a 4.0 scale on the last thirty (30) hours of credit
			 completed, including undergraduate and graduate coursework; and
(c)
1. Completion of requirements for the
			 administrative certificate as established in 16 KAR Chapter 3; or
2. Completion of requirements for the
			 certificate as established in
			 16 KAR
			 2:070 and
			 16 KAR
			 2:090.
(6) Each accredited provider of an approved
			 program of educator preparation shall have a formal application procedure for
			 admission that shall include the following:
(a) Documentation that the applicant
			 demonstrates the following:
1. Critical
			 thinking;
2.
			 Communication;
3. Creativity;
			 and
4. Collaboration;
(b) Evidence that the applicant
			 has reviewed the Professional Code of Ethics for Kentucky School Certified
			 Personnel established in
			 16
			 KAR 1:020; and
(c) A method to allow the applicant to
			 demonstrate that the applicant understands professional dispositions expected
			 of professional educators.
(7) The educator preparation program shall
			 not enroll undergraduate students in any educator preparation program courses
			 restricted to admitted candidates.
(8) The educator preparation provider shall
			 maintain electronic records that document that all students meet the
			 requirements established in this section.