282—22.3(256) Career and technical authorization.

1. 22.3(1)  Requirements for the initial career and technical authorization.

   1. a. Applicants will meet one of the following qualifications:

      1. (1) Have 6,000 hours of recent and relevant experience;
      2. (2) Have 4,000 hours of recent and relevant experience if the applicant holds a baccalaureate degree;
      3. (3) Have 3,000 hours of recent and relevant experience if the applicant holds an associate’s degree in the teaching endorsement area sought, if such a degree is considered terminal for that field of instruction;
      4. (4) Hold a baccalaureate or graduate degree or closely related degree in the teaching endorsement area sought; or

      5. (5) Hold a baccalaureate degree in any area of study if at least 18 of the credit hours were completed in the teaching endorsement area sought.

         For a career and technical cluster endorsement, an applicant will meet one of the above qualifications and have at least 2,000 hours of recent and relevant experience or nine semester hours each in two additional areas within the cluster endorsement. Combinations of experience and education may be approved by the executive director.

   2. b. Recent and relevant experience will have been accrued within the ten years prior to the date of application. Experience that does not meet these criteria may be considered at the discretion of the executive director. In subjects for which state registration, certification or licensure is required, the applicant will hold the appropriate license, registration or certificate before the initial career and technical secondary authorization or the career and technical secondary authorization will be issued.

   3. c. During the term of the initial authorization, the applicant will complete board-approved training in the following:

      1. (1) Coursework in the methods and techniques of career and technical education.
      2. (2) Coursework in course and curriculum development.
      3. (3) Coursework in the measurement and evaluation of programs and students.
      4. (4) An approved human relations course.
      5. (5) Coursework in the instruction of exceptional learners to include the education of individuals with disabilities and the gifted and talented.
      6. (6) Ethics training.
   4. d. The applicant will be assigned a mentor by the hiring school district.
2. 22.3(2)  Validity—initial authorization. The initial authorization is valid for three years.
3. 22.3(3)  Requirements for the career and technical authorization. The initial career and technical authorization may be converted to the career and technical authorization if the applicant completes the required coursework set forth in paragraph 22.3(1)“c.” This authorization is valid for five years.

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