PURPOSE: The State Board of Education is authorized to grant certificates of license to teach in any of the public schools of the state and establish requirements and qualifications for those certificates. This rule outlines the requirements for application for each of the various areas of certification within the Career Continuous Student Services Certificate.

1. (1) An applicant for a Career Continuous Student Services Certificate who possesses good moral character may be granted a Career Continuous Student Services Certificate subject to the certification requirements found in 5 CSR 20-400.500 and the following additional certification requirements specific to Career Continuous Student Services Certificates:

   1. (A) The Career Continuous Student Services Certificate will be issued upon completion and verification of the following:

      1. 1. Four (4) years of experience approved

by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (department) in specific area of Student Services Certification;

1. 2. Participation in two (2) years of dis-

trict-provided mentoring (during the first two (2) years of student services experience); 5 CSR 20-400

1. 3. The development, implementation,

and completion of a professional development plan of at least forty (40) contact hours of professional development, or three (3) semester hours of graduate credit toward an advanced degree;

1. 4. Successful participation in an annual

performance-based evaluation; and

1. 5. For a Student Services Certificate—

Speech-Language Pathologist, possession of a valid, unencumbered, undisciplined Missouri license in Speech-Language Pathology from the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts.

1. (B) The Career Continuous Student Services Certificate will remain valid upon verification of the following:

   1. 1. Continued participation in a perfor-

mance-based evaluation;

1. 2. Completion of twenty (20) contact

hours of professional development annually; and

1. 3. For a Student Services Certificate—

Speech-Language Pathology, possession of a valid, unencumbered, undisciplined Missouri license in Speech-Language Pathology from the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts.

1. (C) The Career Continuous Student Services Certificate holder is exempt from additional professional development if the holder has a local professional development plan in place with the school and meets at least two (2) of the following:

   1. 1. For the Career Continuous Student

Services - Career Education Counselor Certificate—

1. A. Ten (10) years of Career Education

Counselor experience approved by the department;

1. B. An education specialist degree in

School Counseling or a closely related field; and/or

1. C. Certification from a nationally rec-

ognized professional Counseling organization approved by the State Board of Education (board);

1. 2. For the Career Continuous Student

Services - Elementary Counselor (Grades K- 8) Certificate—

1. A. Ten (10) years of School

Counselor experience approved by the department;

1. B. An education specialist degree or

higher in School Counseling or a closely related field; and/or

1. C. Certification from a nationally rec-

ognized professional School Counselor organization approved by the board;

1. 3. For the Career Continuous Student

Services – Secondary Counselor (Grades 7- 12) Certificate— SECONDARY EDUCATION

1. A. Ten (10) years of School

Counselor experience approved by the department;

1. B. An education specialist degree in

School Counseling or a closely related field; and/or

1. C. Certification from a nationally rec-

ognized professional School Counselor organization approved by the board;

1. 4. For the Career Continuous Student

Services – School Psychological Examiner Certificate—

1. A. Ten (10) years of School

Psychological Examiner experience approved by the department;

1. B. An education specialist degree in

School Psychology or a closely related field; and/or

1. C. Certification from a nationally rec-

ognized professional School Psychology organization approved by the board;

1. 5. For the Career Continuous Student

Services – School Psychologist Certificate—

1. A. Ten (10) years of School

Psychologist experience approved by the department;

1. B. An education specialist degree in

School Psychology or a closely related field; and/or

1. C. Certification from a nationally rec-

ognized professional School Psychology organization approved by the board; and

1. 6. For the Career Continuous Student

Services – Speech-Language Pathologist (Birth – Grade 12) Certificate—

1. A. Ten (10) years of Speech-

Language Pathologist experience approved by the department;

1. B. An education specialist degree in

Speech-Language Pathology or a closely related field; and/or

1. C. Certification from a nationally rec-

ognized professional Speech-Language Pathology organization approved by the board.

1. (2) The requirements of this rule shall become effective August 1, 2017.

AUTHORITY: sections 168.011, 168.405, and 168.409, RSMo 2000, and sections 161.092, 168.021, 168.071, 168.081, and 168.400, RSMo Supp. 2013.* Original rule filed Oct. 29, 2013, effective May 30, 2014.

*Original authority: 161.092, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 2002, 2003, 2013; 168.011, RSMo 1963, amended 1984; 168.021, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013; 168.071, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2013; 168.081, RSMo 1963, amended 1984, 2002; 168.400, RSMo 1985, amended 1990, 2002; 168.405, RSMo 1985; and 168.409, RSMo 1985.