Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 019 - Teaching Standards Board, Professional › Sub-Agency 0001 - Teaching Standards Board, Professional › Chapter 4 - PROGRAM APPROVAL STANDARDS FOR ENDORSEMENT AREAS › Section 4-4 - Program Standards

Current through July 13, 2024
Standards for endorsement areas are noted in Table 1. PTSB
				  state standards are found in Section
				  5 and Specialized Professional Association
				  (SPA) standards are incorporated by reference in Section
				  11.
Table 1. Endorsement Areas and
				  Standards.
Educator License Endorsement
							 Area
(Grade Level
							 Options)
Standards
Adapted PE
K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12
SPA: National Consortium for Physical Education for
							 Individuals with Disabilities (NCPEID) Adapted Physical Education National
							 Standards (APENS)
Agriculture
6-12
PTSB Chapter 4, Section
							 5(a)
American Sign Language (ASL) as a Foreign
							 Language
K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12
PTSB Chapter 4, Section
							 5(b)
Anthropology
6-12
SPA: National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
Art
K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12
SPA: National Association of Schools of Art and
							 Design (NASAD)
At-Risk/Alternative Teacher
PTSB Chapter 4, Section
							 6(a)
Biology
6-12
SPA: National Science Teachers Association
							 (NSTA)
Business
6-12
PTSB Chapter 4, Section
							 5(c)
Chemistry
6-12
SPA: National Science Teachers Association
							 (NSTA)
Computer Science
6 -12, K - 12
SPA: Computer Science Teachers Association
							 (CSTA)
Counselor
K-6, 5-8, 6-12, Birth-Age 21
SPA: Council for Accreditation of Counseling and
							 Related Educational Programs (CACREP)
Director
K-6, 6-12, K-12
SPA: National Educational Leadership Preparation
							 (NELP)
Drama/Theatre
6-12
PTSB Chapter 4, Section
							 5(d)
Dual Language Immersion
K - 12
PTSB Chapter 4, Section
							 7
Early Childhood
Birth - Age 8 (or Grade 3)
SPA: National Association for the Education of Young
							 Children (NAEYC)
Early Childhood Special Education
Birth - Age 5
SPA: Council for Exceptional Children
							 (CEC)
Early Childhood (Preschool)
Birth - Age 5
SPA: National Association for the Education of Young
							 Children (NAEYC)
Earth and Space Science
6-12
SPA: National Science Teachers Association
							 (NSTA)
Economics
6-12
SPA: National Council for the Social Studies
							 (NCSS)
Educational Diagnostician
K-12
SPA: Council for Exceptional Children
							 (CEC)
Elementary Teacher
K-6
PTSB Chapter 4, Section
							 5(e)
Elementary Mathematics Specialist
K-6
SPA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
							 (NCTM)
English/Language Arts
5-8, 6-12
SPA: National Council of Teachers of English
							 (NCTE)
English as a Second Language
K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12
SPA: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other
							 Languages (TESOL)
Exceptional Generalist
K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12
SPA: Council for Exceptional Children
							 (CEC)
Exceptional Specialist - Behavior and Emotional
							 Disabilities
K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12
SPA: Council for Exceptional Children
							 (CEC)
Exceptional Specialist - Cognitive Disability
K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12
SPA: Council for Exceptional Children
							 (CEC)
Exceptional Specialist - Deaf and Hard of
							 Hearing
K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12
SPA: Council for Exceptional Children
							 (CEC)
Exceptional Specialist - Learning Disability
K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12
SPA: Council for Exceptional Children
							 (CEC)
Exceptional Specialist - Physical and Health
							 Disability
K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12
SPA: Council for Exceptional Children
							 (CEC)
Exceptional Specialist - Visual Disability
K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12
SPA: Council for Exceptional Children
							 (CEC)
Family and Consumer Sciences
6-12
PTSB Chapter 4, Section
							 5(f)
Geography
6-12
SPA: National Council for the Social Studies
							 (NCSS)
Gifted and Talented
SPA: Council for Exceptional Children
							 (CEC)
Health
5-8, 6-12, K-12
SPA: Society of Health And Physical Educators (SHAPE
							 America)
History
6-12
SPA: National Council for the Social Studies
							 (NCSS)
Institutional Teacher
K-12
PTSB Chapter 4, Section
							 6(b)
Instructional Technology
K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12
SPA: International Society for Technology in
							 Education (ISTE)
Journalism
6-12
PTSB Chapter 4, Section
							 5(g)
Library Media
K-12
SPA: American Library Association (ALA)/American
							 Association of School Librarians (AASL)
Math
5-8, 6-12
SPA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
							 (NCTM)
Music K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12
SPA: National Association of Schools of Music
							 (NASM)
Music Instrumental
K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12
SPA: National Association of Schools of Music
							 (NASM)
Music Vocal
K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12
SPA: National Association of Schools of Music
							 (NASM)
Physical Education
K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12
SPA: Society of Health And Physical Educators (SHAPE
							 America)
Physical Science
6-12
SPA: National Science Teachers Association
							 (NSTA)
Physics
6-12
SPA: National Science Teachers Association
							 (NSTA)
Political Science
6-12
SPA: National Council for the Social Studies
							 (NCSS)
Principal
K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12
SPA: National Educational Leadership Preparation
							 (NELP)
Psychology
6-12
SPA: National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
Reading
K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12
SPA: International Literacy Association
							 (ILA)
School Psychologist
Birth-Age 21
SPA: National Association of School Psychologists
							 (NASP)
School Social Worker
K-12
PTSB Chapter 4, Section
							 5(h)
Science
5-8, 6-12
SPA: National Science Teachers Association
							 (NSTA)
Social Studies Comprehensive
5-8, 6-12
SPA: National Council for the Social Studies
							 (NCSS)
Sociology
6-12
SPA: National Council for the Social Studies
							 (NCSS)
Speech
6-12
PTSB Chapter 4, Section
							 5(i)
Superintendent
K-12
SPA: National Educational Leadership Preparation
							 (NELP)
Teacher of American Indian Children
PTSB Chapter 4, Section
							 5(j)
Trade and Technical Education
6-12
PTSB Chapter 4, Section
							 5(k)
Virtual Educator
K-12
PTSB Chapter 4, Section (l)
World Languages
K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12
SPA: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign
							 Languages (ACTFL)
* Chinese
* Japanese
* French
* Latin
* German
* Russian
* Italian
* Spanish