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 7-142-987 - Career Pathway: Digital Media Technology

Current through June 25, 2024
This endorsement licenses a person to teach the
				  following secondary courses:
994100 Digital Media Technology I
994101 Digital Media Technology II
994108 Orientation to Digital Media
994109 Fundamentals of Digital Media
994110 Theory and Applications of Digital Media I
994111 Theory and Applications of Digital Media II
Minimum Requirements for this
				  Endorsement:
1.
Education
- Hold a two-year college degree or higher from an accredited
				  institution of higher education.
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). 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 two
				  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:
- Complete Approved Training in Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere
				  Pro, Avid, or Davinci
AND
- Earn Adobe Certified Associate Certification in the
				  following areas:
Photo editing
Graphic Design
OR
- Other teacher occupational competency assessment(s)
				  approved by MDE Office of Career and Technical Education.
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 Digital Media
				  Technology 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 987 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.