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 7-142-349 - Custodial Services

Current through June 25, 2024
This vocational program area and associated teacher
				  license title and code number are LIMITED to currently existing programs.
				  Future use of this license is exclusively limited to teachers of currently
				  existing programs; further, any applicant for this license must be approved by
				  the MDE Office of Career and Technical Education.
This endorsement licenses a person to teach the
				  following secondary courses:
200604 Custodial/Caretaker Services I
200694 Custodial/Caretaker Services II
Minimum Requirements for this
				  Endorsement:
1.
Education
- Hold a two-year college degree (associate 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). 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 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.
This endorsement requires the following assessment(s)
				  of occupational expertise:
- Careful review of occupational experience with
				  documentation of the applicability of that experience to the subject area being
				  taught is required. No further assessment required.
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.
Note: If the applicant meets all requirements listed
				  above, that applicant will be issued a 349 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.