West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-136 - Minimum Requirements for the Licensure of Professional/Paraprofessional Personnel and Advanced Salary Classifications (5202) › Section 126-136-5 - Categories of Licenses

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
5.1.
				Professional Certificate. The Professional Certificate may be issued to an
				individual who meets prescribed full-time experience and/or academic and
				professional standards and who has been assessed as competent to assume a role
				in public education in keeping with the specialization(s) and grade levels
				designated on this certificate. A Professional Certificate may be issued in
				teaching, student support services, or administrative
				specializations.
5.2. Alternative
				Teaching Certificate. The Alternative Program Teacher Certificate is a teaching
				certificate issued by the State Superintendent that authorizes a person to
				teach while enrolled and participating in a WVBE-approved alternative program
				for the education of teachers as indicated in W. Va. 126CSR161, Policy 5901,
				Regulations for Alternative Certification Programs for the Education of
				Teachers (Policy 5901). The alternative program certificate is issued initially
				for one year and can be renewed twice for a total of three years.
5.3. Career and Technical Education (CTE)
				Certificate. The CTE Certificate may be issued to an individual who has
				acquired prescribed CTE and/or technical skills through specific wage-earning
				experience and/or WVBE-approved equivalent training as identified in the West
				Virginia CTE Endorsement and Testing Manual maintained on the WVDE website, and
				who has been assessed as competent to assume a role in public education in
				keeping with the specialization(s) and grade levels designated in this
				certificate. The CTE Certificate is equivalent to the Professional Certificate
				for salary purposes only.
5.4.
				Temporary Career Technical Education (CTE) Certificate. The Temporary CTE
				Certificate may be issued to an individual who has been offered employment and
				holds a valid out-of-state CTE certificate but does not hold the required
				industry-recognized credential and/or testing requirements prescribed for
				issuance of the CTE Certificate. (Refer to section 10.) The Temporary CTE
				Certificate may also be issued to an educator who holds a valid West Virginia
				Professional Teaching Certificate and has been offered employment in a CTE
				position, provided the individual meets the general criteria for the Initial
				CTE certificate as specified in section 10.5 with the exception of passing
				scores on the required National Occupational Competency Institute (NOCTI)
				exam(s).
5.5. Temporary Teaching
				Certificate. The Temporary Teaching Certificate may be issued to an individual
				who does not meet the requirements for a Professional Teaching Certificate and
				who has obtained employment in a West Virginia public school, and who meets the
				issuance criteria as prescribed within this policy.
5.6. Permit. The Permit may be issued to an
				individual who does not meet the requirements for the Professional or CTE
				Certificate, but who has been determined by the county superintendent to be the
				most qualified candidate for the position. The Non-United States Citizen Permit
				may be issued to a Non-United States citizen in accordance with section 17
				unless candidate meets the conditions specified in section 17.1.
5.7. Adult Certificates and Adult Permits.
				The Adult Certificate may be endorsed for Adult Education (formerly Adult Basic
				Education). The Adult Permit is required only when instructing adults in an
				adult part-time program for endorsements identified in the West Virginia CTE
				Endorsement and Testing Manual on the WVDE website, including the endorsements
				of Public Service Training: Emergency Medical Services (EMS), or Fire Service
				Training.
5.8. Authorization. The
				Authorization may be issued to an individual who does not meet criteria for any
				of the above credentials or who is assigned to a position for which a
				specialization related to public schools instruction or a public school
				programs does not exist on the Professional or CTE Certificate. A Temporary or
				Permanent Authorization that requires a Professional Certificate as a
				prerequisite shall be valid provided the Professional Certificate remains
				valid. (Refer to section 11.11.)
5.9. Paraprofessional Certificate. The
				Paraprofessional Certificate may be issued to an individual who meets
				prescribed academic or equivalent standards and/or experience to work in a
				support capacity to assist in the facilitation of instruction and supervision
				of pupils while under the direction of a professional educator. An educator who
				holds a valid out-of-state or a valid or expired West Virginia Professional
				Certificate and is employed as a paraprofessional does not need to hold a
				Paraprofessional Certificate.
5.10. Provisional Teaching, Administrative,
				or Student Support Certificate. The Provisional Certificate is a professional
				certificate and may be issued to an individual who meets prescribed experience
				and/or academic and professional standards as described in section 10.
5.10.a. Provisional Alternative Certificate.
				The Provisional Alternative Certificate is a professional certificate and may
				be issued to an individual who meets prescribed experience and/or academic and
				professional standards as described in section 15. This certificate is issued
				for one year and may be renewed twice and is not eligible for additional
				endorsements based on passing content proficiency exams described in section
				21.2.