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 7-142-954 - Career Pathway: Information Technology

Current through June 25, 2024
This endorsement licenses a person to teach the
				  following secondary courses:
992206 Information Technology Associate I
992207 Information Technology Associate II
992208 Information Technology Fundamentals I
992209 Information Technology Fundamentals II
992210 Information Technology Networking I
992211 Information Technology Networking 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). The assessment must be directly
				  related to technology competency required by the grade level and subject matter
				  being taught. Approved assessment for this license is IC3.
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:
- Possess and maintain up-to-date CompTIA A+ Certification or
				  CompTIA IT Fundamentals Certification or TestOut IT Fundamentals Pro
AND
- Microsoft MTA Networking Fundamentals or CompTIA Network+
				  or TestOut Network Pro
OR
-
Other teacher occupational competency
				  assessment 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 Information
				  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 954 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.