Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 7 - STATE BOARD FOR EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION › Chapter 231 - REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENTS › Subchapter B - PREKINDERGARTEN-GRADE 6 ASSIGNMENTS › Section 231.3 - General Education, Prekindergarten

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  All-level certification in art, health education, music, physical education,
				  speech communication and theatre arts, or theatre may be assigned to teach in
				  the certified area(s) in Prekindergarten-Grade 12.
(b) An assignment for General Education,
				  Prekindergarten, is allowed with one of the following certificates.
(1) Bilingual Generalist: Early
				  Childhood-Grade 4.
(2) Bilingual
				  Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 6.
(3) Core Subjects: Early Childhood-Grade
				  6.
(4) Core Subjects with Science
				  of Teaching Reading: Early Childhood-Grade 6.
(5) Early Childhood: Prekindergarten-Grade
				  3.
(6) Early Childhood Education
				  (Prekindergarten and Kindergarten).
(7) Elementary--General.
(A) Teachers assigned prior to the 1991-1992
				  school year are required to complete a minimum of 90 clock-hours of in-service
				  training (may be advanced academic training) or six semester credit hours in
				  early childhood education, inclusive of but not limited to child development or
				  language acquisition, by September 1, 1993, to be eligible for
				  assignment.
(B) Initial assignments
				  beginning with the 1991-1992 school year require the early childhood education
				  delivery system or endorsement.
(8) Elementary--General (Grades 1-6).
(A) Teachers assigned prior to the 1991-1992
				  school year are required to complete a minimum of 90 clock-hours of in-service
				  training (may be advanced academic training) or six semester credit hours in
				  early childhood education, inclusive of but not limited to child development or
				  language acquisition, by September 1, 1993, to be eligible for
				  assignment.
(B) Initial assignments
				  beginning with the 1991-1992 school year require the early childhood education
				  delivery system or endorsement.
(9) Elementary--General (Grades 1-8).
(A) Teachers assigned prior to the 1991-1992
				  school year are required to complete a minimum of 90 clock-hours of in-service
				  training (may be advanced academic training) or six semester credit hours in
				  early childhood education, inclusive of but not limited to child development or
				  language acquisition, by September 1, 1993, to be eligible for
				  assignment.
(B) Initial assignments
				  beginning with the 1991-1992 school year require the early childhood education
				  delivery system or endorsement.
(10) Elementary Early Childhood Education
				  (Prekindergarten-Grade 6).
(11)
				  Elementary Self-Contained (Grades 1-8).
(A)
				  Teachers assigned prior to the 1991-1992 school year are required to complete a
				  minimum of 90 clock-hours of in-service training (may be advanced academic
				  training) or six semester credit hours in early childhood education, inclusive
				  of but not limited to child development or language acquisition, by September
				  1, 1993, to be eligible for assignment.
(B) Initial assignments beginning with the
				  1991-1992 school year require the early childhood education delivery system or
				  endorsement.
(12)
				  English as a Second Language Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 4.
(13) English as a Second Language Generalist:
				  Early Childhood-Grade 6.
(14)
				  Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 4.
(15) Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade
				  6.
(16) Kindergarten.
(17) Legacy Master Mathematics Teacher (Early
				  Childhood-Grade 4) (Mathematics only).
(18) Legacy Master Reading Teacher (Early
				  Childhood-Grade 12) (Reading only).
(19) Legacy Master Science Teacher (Early
				  Childhood-Grade 4) (Science only).
(20) Prekindergarten-Grade 5.
(21) Prekindergarten-Grade 6.
(22) Teacher of Young
				  Children--General.