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 7-142-912 - Career Pathway: Law and Public Safety

Current through June 25, 2024
This endorsement licenses a person to teach the
				  following secondary courses:
990101 Law and Public Safety I
990102 Law and Public Safety II
990103 History of Law and Legal Systems
990104 Emergency Services and Corrections
990105 Topics in Law and Public Safety
990106 Emergency Management and Military Professions
Minimum Requirements for this
				  Endorsement:
1.
Education
- Applicant must have earned a two-year college degree
				  (associate degree) or higher from an accredited institution of higher
				  education. The degree must be in Criminal Justice, Emergency Medicine (EMC),
				  Political Science, Social Science, or a two - year college degree or higher
				  with documented completion of law enforcement training, emergency medicine
				  training, fire academy training, or military training, or eighteen (18) hours
				  of acceptable coursework with an earned grade of "C" or higher in the subject
				  area to be taught.
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 an associate degree must have at least
				  three years of verifiable occupational experience in the past ten years.
				  Experience must be appropriate to the subject to be taught.
- Applicants with a bachelor 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.
An educator with a standard five - year license
				  may use experience outside of the ten - year timeframe.
This endorsement requires the following assessment(s)
				  of occupational expertise:
- Applicant must possess and maintain a Community Emergency
				  Response Teams (CERT) Trainer Certification.
- Applicant must possess and maintain National Incident
				  Management System certifications:
* 100 - Introduction to Incident Command System
* 200 - ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action
				  Incidents
* 700 - National Incident Management System, An
				  Introduction
* 800 - National Response Framework, An Introduction For more
				  information, consult
http://training.fema.gov/IS/Nims.asp
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 a Certification for
				  online learning workshop, module, or course that is approved by the Mississippi
				  Department of Education,
- Applicant must successfully complete the Law and Public
				  Safety 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 912 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.