Requirements for specific licensure
Arkansas Code § 6-11-105; Arkansas Code § 6-17-704; Arkansas Code § 6-20-2004; Arkansas Code § 6-20-2204
(a)
(1) For each administrator, required professional development shall include training in:
- (A) Data disaggregation;
- (B) Instructional leadership; and
- (C) Fiscal management.
- (2) This training may include without limitation the initial, Tier 1, and Tier 2 training required for superintendents and district designees by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education Rules Governing the Arkansas Financial Accounting and Reporting System and Annual Training Requirements.
(3)
- (A) An applicant for a building-level administrator’s license shall successfully complete the teacher evaluation professional development program.
- (B) An educator who receives an initial building-level administrator’s license shall complete credentialing for the teacher evaluation professional development program either before or after receiving the initial building-level administrator’s license.
(b)
(1) At least once every three (3) years, each person employed as an athletic coach shall obtain training in recognition and management regarding each of the following events or conditions that may be encountered by a student during athletic training and physical activities:
- (A) A concussion, dehydration, or other health emergency;
- (B) An environmental issue that threatens the health or safety of students; and
- (C) A communicable disease.
- (2) The training may include a component on best practices for a coach to educate parents of students involved in athletics on sports safety.
- (c) Each hour of approved training received by educators related to teaching an advanced placement class for a subject covered by the College Board and Educational Testing Service shall count as professional development up to a maximum of thirty (30) hours annually.
(d) Educators working solely part-time in one (1) of the following settings shall obtain one-half (1/2) of the required hours of professional development annually for licensure:
- (1) Adult basic education;
- (2) General adult education;
- (3) English as a second language for adults; and
- (4) High school equivalency test examiners.