West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-130 - Certification Of Vocational Administrators (5121) › Section 126-130-2 - Incorporation by Reference

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
2.1. Copy of
				rules and regulations attached. Copies may be obtained in the office of the
				Secretary of State and in the West Virginia Department of Education; Bureau of
				General, Special, and Professional Education.
2.2. Summary of rules and regulations below.
SUMMARY OF RULES AND REGULATIONS
Rules and regulations contain: conditions of employment,
				  requirements for the original and renewal of the Administrative Certificates,
				  Temporary Licenses, and Authorizations endorsed for Vocational
				  Administrator.
TITLE 126
PROCEDURAL RULE.
WEST VIRGINIA BOARD OF EDUCATION
CHAPTER 18A-3
SERIES 5121
ROLE DESCRIPTION
The vocational administrator provides leadership/management
				  for a staff of supervisors, coordinators, and teachers to operate a variety of
				  occupational training programs that serve students from a specified geographic
				  area. The person in this position is the designated agent of a local board or
				  consortium of boards of education and is responsible for proper implementation
				  of basic school administration as well as unique vocational concepts and
				  methods.
Dependent on the school district, the vocational
				  administrator may be responsible for the direction of vocational programming
				  over multi or single county centers and/or a single center within a county.
				  This person may currently utilize a job title of assistant superintendent of
				  schools for vocational education, county vocational director, assistant county
				  vocational director, county vocational coordinator, county vocational
				  supervisor, vocational center principal or assistant principal, or some other
				  title. An administrator who holds a full time position described above must
				  qualify for and hold certification as a vocational administrator for employment
				  and funding purposes regardless of his current local job title.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Beginning July 1, 1982, all persons, regardless of local job
				  title, who are serving as vocational administrators must hold a valid
				  certificate, license or authorization endorsed to serve in that
				  position.
PROFESSIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE
				  CERTIFICATE
A person who completes a state approved graduate program for
				  the vocational administrator and who Is recommended for certification under the
				  . approved guidelines will be granted the Professional Administrative
				  Certificate endorsed for vocational administrator issued provisionally and
				  valid for three years. The regulations for renewal, conversion and permanent
				  certification shall be those contained in accord with the approved program for
				  vocational administrators. The approved experimental program certification
				  regulations and program objectives will remain in effect until such time as the
				  West Virginia Board of Education adopts standards for the approval of a program
				  for vocational administrators.
TEMPORARY LICENSE
A Temporary License endorsed for serving as a vocational
				  administrator may be issued for a one-year period provided;
1. The applicant has completed:
A. The requirements for a bachelors degree from a regionally
				  accredited institution and holds a) a valid Professional Teaching Certificate
				  endorsed for a vocational subject area or b) a valid five-year Vocational
				  Certificate or c) a valid Professional Teaching Certificate with any
				  endorsement, and a valid Vocational Permit.
B. A minimum of nine semester hours of required graduate
				  credit in the approved program for vocational administrator from an institution
				  approved by the slate to offer such a program.
2. The graduate, institution where the applicant has
				  completed at least . six of the required semester hours for the vocational
				  administrator endorsement recommends the issuance of the Temporary
				  License.
3. The employing superintendent:
A. Certifies that the applicant is the best qualified person
				  available for the position of vocational administrator.
B. Recommends that the applicant be granted a Temporary
				  License.
1. He/she completes, subsequent to the issuance of his/her
				  last Temporary License,, six semester hours of credit prescribed for the
				  vocational administrator endorsement.
2. The institution where the applicant expects to complete
				  his/her vocational administrator program verifies that the credits earned are
				  required in the institution's approved program for the vocational administrator
				  endorsement.
3. The employing superintendent:
A. Certifies that the applicant is the best qualified person
				  available for the vocational administrator position.
B. Recommends the reissuance of the license based upon the
				  applicant's successful performance as a vocational administrator.
1 . Was legally serving as a vocational administrator in West
				  Virginia during the 1981-82 school year.
2. Has completed a state sponsored vocational administrator's
				  training program since July 1, 1981.
3. Is recommended for the permanent authorization by the
				  employing superintendent or superintendents.
4. Is recommended for the permanent authorization by the
				  assistant state superintendent for vocational education.
Persons eligible for the permanent authorization must file
				  application not later than September 1, 1983. The permanent authorization shall
				  enable the holder to continue as a. vocational administrator provided he/she is
				  employed on a continuous basis in West Virginia.
1. He/she completes, subsequent to the issuance of the
				  temporary authorization, nine semester hours of approved credit from an
				  approved graduate program for vocational administrators.
2. The employing superintendent certifies that the applicant
				  has : continued to successfully perform the duties of the vocational
				  adrninistrator and recommends the issuance of the permanent authorization .
Persons who desire to convert a temporary authorization to a
				  permanent authorization must satisfy ail requirements and file application not
				  later than September 1, 1987. The temporary and/or permanent authorization
				  enables the holder- .to continue as a vocational administrator provided he/she
				  is employed on a continuous basis in West Virginia.
PROFESSIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE CERTIFICATE ISSUED PROVISIONALLY
				  ENDORSED FOR VOCATIONAL ADMINISTRATOR
A Professional Administrative Certificate endorsed for
				  vocational administrator may be issued provisionally for a three-year (3)
				  period provided:
1. Holds a Professional Teaching Certificate endorsed for a
				  vocational subject area, or a five-year Vocational Certificate or a
				  Professional Teaching Certificate and a Vocational Permit.
2. Completes the requirements for a Master's degree relevant
				  to the improvement of school instruction in an institution of higher education
				  accredited to grant the degree.
3. Has completed 3 years of successful teaching experience at
				  the secondary/adult preparatory level.
4. Has completed an approved vocational administrator
				  graduate program which included the program objectives.
1. Certifies, that the applicant has satisfactorily completed
				  Its approved program for vocational administrator/ or is enrolled In such a
				  program and has completed the minimum requirements stated above.
2. Recommends the issuance of a Professional Administrative
				  Certificate issued provisionally and endorsed for vocational
				  administrator.