Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 282 - Educational Examiners Board › Chapter 22 - Authorizations › Rule 282-22.9 - Requirements for the Career and Technical Secondary Authorization

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Authorization.
This
			 authorization is provided to noneducators entering the education profession to
			 instruct in occupations and specialty fields that are recognized in career and
			 technical service areas and career cluster areas.
(2)
Application process.
Any
			 person interested in the career and technical secondary authorization shall
			 submit the application to the board of educational examiners for an evaluation.
			 Application materials are available from the office of the board of educational
			 examiners online at
www.boee.iowa.gov
.
			 Degrees and semester hour credits shall be completed through a college or
			 university accredited by an institutional accrediting agency as recognized by
			 the U.S. Department of Education.
(3)
Specific requirements for the
			 initial career and technical secondary authorization.
a. The applicant must meet the background
			 check requirements for licensure set forth in rule 282-13.1 (272).
b. The applicant must obtain a recommendation
			 from a school district administrator verifying that the school district wishes
			 to hire the applicant.
c.
			 Applicants will meet one of the following qualifications:
(1) 6,000 hours of recent and relevant
			 experience;
(2) 4,000 hours of
			 recent and relevant experience if the applicant holds a baccalaureate
			 degree;
(3) 3,000 hours of recent
			 and relevant experience if the applicant holds an associate's degree in the
			 teaching endorsement area sought, if such a degree is considered terminal for
			 that field of instruction;
(4) Hold
			 a baccalaureate or graduate degree or closely related degree in the teaching
			 endorsement area sought; or
(5)
			 Hold a baccalaureate degree in any area of study if at least 18 of the credit
			 hours were completed in the teaching endorsement area sought.
(6) For a career and technical cluster
			 endorsement, meet one of the above qualifications and at least 2,000 hours of
			 recent and relevant experience or 9 semester hours each in two additional areas
			 within the cluster endorsement. Combinations of experience and education may be
			 approved by the executive director.
Recent and relevant experience will have been accrued within
				the ten years prior to the date of application. Experience that does not meet
				these criteria may be considered at the discretion of the executive director.
				In subjects for which state registration, certification or licensure is
				required, the applicant will hold the appropriate license, registration or
				certificate before the initial career and technical secondary authorization or
				the career and technical secondary authorization will be issued.
d. The applicant must
			 provide documentation of completion of a code of professional conduct and
			 ethics training approved by the board of educational examiners.
e. Coursework requirements.
(1) Applicants must commit to complete the
			 following requirements within the term of the initial authorization. Coursework
			 must be completed for semester hour credit.
1.
			 Coursework in the methods and techniques of career and technical
			 education.
2. Coursework in course
			 and curriculum development.
3.
			 Coursework in the measurement and evaluation of programs and
			 students.
4. An approved human
			 relations course.
5. Coursework in
			 the instruction of exceptional learners to include the education of individuals
			 with disabilities and the gifted and talented.
(2) Applicants who believe that their
			 previous college coursework meets the coursework requirements in
			 22.9(3)
"e"
(1) may have the specific requirements waived.
			 Transcripts or other supporting data should be provided to a teacher educator
			 at one of the institutions which has an approved teacher education program. The
			 results of the competency determination shall be forwarded with recommendations
			 to the board of educational examiners. Board personnel will make final
			 determination as to the competencies mastered and cite coursework which yet
			 needs to be completed, if any.