(a) The Adult Education Section of the Division of Workforce Services requirement that full-time, part-time, and substitute adult education teachers hold an Arkansas current teacher’s license may be waived for instructors who:
(1) Hold a master’s degree in the subject area of:
- (A) Mathematics;
- (B) Reading and language arts;
- (C) English;
- (D) Social studies;
- (E) Science;
- (F) English as a second language; or
- (G) Closely related field; and
- (2) Have four (4) years of teaching experience at an accredited institution.
- (b) If the adult education program director is unable to find a licensed teacher for such classes, he or she may submit a written request to the Director of the Adult Education Section of the Division of Workforce Services for a waiver for a nonlicensed instructor to teach the class or classes.
- (c) Although a full-time teacher may be waived upon initial hire, he or she must obtain an adult education license within four (4) years of the date of their initial employment as a full-time adult education teacher.
- (d) Newly hired adult education teachers must show academic progression towards adult education licensure annually.
- (e) In addition, students should show educational gains at a rate equal or above the program’s or state’s average, whichever is greater, within a year of hire.
- (f) Note. Only twenty-five percent (25%) of an adult education center’s overall instructional staff can be composed of nonlicensed teachers who hold a master’s degree in the aforementioned subject areas.
Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: "INFORMATION/RATIONALE: In order to provide a greater applicant pool to hire qualified teachers, adult education programs may request a waiver for non-licensed instructors, with Master’s degrees and teaching experience in the relevant subject area, to meet the needs of students." "EFFECTIVE DATE: DECEMBER 31, 2017"