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 current areas for certificates of license to teach.

PUBLISHER’S NOTE: The publication of the full text of the material that the adopting agency has incorporated by reference in this rule would be unduly cumbersome or expensive. Therefore, the full text of that material will be made available to any interested person at both the Office of the Secretary of State and the office of the adopting agency, pursuant to section 536.031.4, RSMo. Such material will be provided at the cost established by state law.

1. (1) Valid certificates of license to teach issued by an authorized Missouri certification authority prior to the effective date of this regulation, remain in force and effect absent other actions taken by the authorized certification authority. Current certificates of license to teach will be able to be renewed absent other action taken by the authorized certification authority.

2. (2) Certificates of license to teach are issued and renewed by the State Board of Education pursuant to the certification requirements found in the Compendium of Missouri Certification Requirements which is incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule and the rules promulgated by the board in the specialized areas as follows:

   1. (A) Early childhood education, birth through grade 3;
   2. (B) Elementary education, grades 1–6;

   3. (C) Middle school education, grades 5–9 with at least one (1) area of certification in the following areas:

      1. 1. Agricultural education;
      2. 2. Business education;
      3. 3. Family and consumer sciences;
      4. 4. Industrial technology;
      5. 5. Language arts;
      6. 6. Mathematics;
      7. 7. Science;
      8. 8. Social science; and/or
      9. 9. Speech/theater;

   4. (D) Secondary education, grades 9–12 in the following areas:

      1. 1. Agricultural education;
      2. 2. Art;
      3. 3. Business education;
      4. 4. Business education except shorthand;
      5. 5. English;
      6. 6. Family and consumer sciences;
      7. 7. Health;
      8. 8. Industrial technology;
      9. 9. Journalism;
      10. 10. Mathematics;
      11. 11. Physical education;
      12. 12. Social science;
      13. 13. Speech/theatre;
      14. 14. Unified science biology;
      15. 15. Unified science chemistry;
      16. 16. Unified science earth science;
      17. 17. Unified science physics; and/or
      18. 18. Vocational family and consumer sci-

ence;

1. (E) Special education in one (1) or more of the following areas:

   1. 1. Blind and partially sighted, grades

K–12;

1. 2. Deaf and hearing impaired, grades

K–12;

1. 3. Early childhood special education,

birth–grade 3;

1. 4. Mild/moderate behavioral disordered,

grades K–12;

1. 5. Mild/moderate cross-categorical,

grades K–12; 6.Mild/moderate learning disabled, grades K–12;

1. 7. Mild/moderate mentally handi-

capped, grades K–12;

1. 8. Mild/moderate physical and/or other

health impairments, grades K–12;

1. 9. Severely developmentally disabled,

grades K–12; and/or

1. 10. Speech and language specialist,

grades K–12;

1. (F) Other certificates of license to teach may be issued in one (1) or more of the following areas:

   1. 1. Art, grades K–12;
   2. 2. Dance, grades K–12;
   3. 3. Family and consumer sciences,

birth–grade 12 (effective September 1, 2004);

1. 4. Foreign language, grades K–12;
2. 5. Health, grades K–12;
3. 6. Instrumental music, grades K–12;
4. 7. Library media specialist, grades

K–12;

1. 8. Physical education, grades K–12 or

grades K–9; and/or

1. 9. Vocal music, grades K–12;

2. (G) Other certification areas may be added to a certificate of license to teach except for occupational vocational, adult education and literacy, special assignment and/or substitute certificates of license to teach in one (1) or more of the following areas:

   1. 1. Art, grades K–9;
   2. 2. Driver education, grades 9–12;
   3. 3. English for speakers of other lan-

guages, grades K–12;

1. 4. Family resource specialist, birth–

grade 3;

1. 5. Foreign language, grades K–9;
2. 6. Gifted education, grades K–12;
3. 7. Health, grades K–9; and/or
4. 8. Special reading, grades K–12;

5. (H) Administrator certificates of license to teach may be issued in one (1) or more of the following areas:

   1. 1. Superintendent, grades K–12;
   2. 2. Principal, grades K–8, grades 5–9,

and/or grades 9–12;

1. 3. Advanced principal, grades K–8,

grades 5–9, and/or grades 9–12;

1. 4. Special education administrator,

grades K–12; and/or

1. 5. Vocational school director;

2. (I) Student services certificates of license to teach may be issued in one (1) or more of the following areas:

   1. 1. School counselor, grades K–8, 7–12,

and/or K–12;

1. 2. Advanced school counselor, grades

K–12;

1. 3. School psychological examiner,

grades K–12;

1. 4. School psychologist, grades K–12;
2. 5. Vocational adult education supervi-

sor;

1. 6. Post-secondary vocational counselor;
2. 7. Placement coordinator; and/or
3. 8. Vocational evaluator;

4. (J) Vocational-technical certificates of license to teach may be issued in one (1) or more of the following areas (see Appendix A which is incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule):

   1. 1. Agriculture;
   2. 2. Business;
   3. 3. Family and consumer science;
   4. 4. Health science;
   5. 5. Junior Reserve Officers Training

Corps (ROTC);

1. 6. Marketing and cooperative education;

and/or

1. 7. Trade and industrial (T&I);
2. (K) Adult education and literacy certificates of license to teach;
3. (L) Special assignment certificates of license to teach; and/or
4. (M) Substitute certificate of license to teach.

1. (3) Certification requirements will be reviewed on a five (5) calendar-year cycle. The Missouri Advisory Council of Certification for Educators (MACCE) will submit recommendations to the State Board of Education and commissioner of education for their consideration, beginning September 1, 2004, regarding the status of certification requirements.

AUTHORITY: sections 161.092, 168.011, 168.081, 168.400 and 168.405, RSMo 1994 and 168.021 and 168.071, RSMo Supp. 1999.* Original rule filed April 26, 2000, effective Nov. 30, 2000. *Original authority: 161.092, RSMo 1963, amended 1973; 168.011, RSMo 1963, amended 1973; 168.021, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1998; 168.071, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1993, 1998; 168.081, RSMo 1963, amended 1984; 168.400, RSMo 1985, amended 1990; 168.405, RSMo 1985.