Mo. Code Regs. Ann. tit. 5, § 80-800.380
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 to establish requirements and qualifications for those certificates. This rule establishes required assessments for candidates for certification who have completed a stateapproved professional education program.
PUBLISHER’S NOTE: The secretary of state has determined that the publication of the entire text of the material which is incorporated by reference as a portion of this rule would be unduly cumbersome or expensive. Therefore, the material which is so incorporated is on file with the agency who filed this rule, and with the Office of Secretary of State. Any interested person may view this material at either agency’s headquarters or the same will be made available at the Office of Secretary of State at a cost not to exceed actual cost of copy reproduction. The entire text of the rule is printed here. This note refers only to the incorporated by reference material.
(1) Each applicant seeking a Missouri certificate of license to teach will successfully complete an exit assessment to measure the applicant’s competency in subject matter, pedagogical knowledge, or both, prior to being granted the certificate.
(A) The State Board of Education (board) has selected the Praxis II: Content Knowledge or Specialty Area assessments and the Principles of Learning and Teaching assessments developed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) as the exit assessments for certificates of license to teach. Qualifying scores are established by the board and published by ETS for each assessment designated for an area of certification.
of license to teach must complete and achieve a Missouri qualifying score in the content knowledge or specialty area assessment in their major area of preparation or the appropriate principles of learning and teaching assessment if no content knowledge or specialty area assessment is designated, except in the areas of special education, student services, and administration (see Appendix A, which is included herein).
of license to teach, having a valid certificate of license to teach in the same or a closely aligned area of certification from another state, having taken that state’s required subject or specialty area assessment(s) for that certification and achieved that state’s passing score(s), and having at least two (2) years of full-time professional experience in education in the area for which they are seeking Missouri certification, shall not be required to take the designated assessment(s) in Missouri in order to receive the Missouri certificate of license to teach. If no subject or specialty area assessment is required in the state from which the applicant holds a valid certificate of license to teach, the applicant shall successfully complete the assessment(s) designated by the board in order to receive the Missouri certificate of license to teach.
professional or life certificate of license to teach in a content area who are seeking additional certificate(s) of license to teach in other content areas, will receive the additional certificate(s) upon meeting either of the following conditions:
qualifying score for the Praxis II content knowledge or specialty area assessment designated for the certificate of license to teach, except for the areas of unified science, special education other than mild/moderate crosscategorical disabilities, speech-language specialist, student services, administration, vocational-technical, and adult education and literacy; or
ble certification requirements as set forth in the Compendium of Missouri Certification Requirements, which is incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule.
professional or life certificate of license to teach in a secondary content area who are seeking additional certification for middle school in the same content area, will receive the additional certification upon meeting either of the following conditions:
qualifying score for the Praxis II: Principles of Learning and Teaching, grades five through nine (5–9), assessment; or
ble certification requirements for middle school education, grades five through nine (5–9), as set forth in the Compendium of Missouri Certification Requirements, which is incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule.
(see Appendix A, which is incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule). A minimum qualifying score for this assessment is established by the board.
The Praxis® assessments listed below have been designated by the State Board of Education to fulfill the assessment requirement for certification in Missouri. The assessments are listed beside the certificates to which they correspond.
Missouri Certificate of License to Teach Test Code Early Childhood Education, Birth–Grade 3 Early Childhood Special Education, Birth–Grade 3 Elementary Education, Grades 1–6
Middle School Education, Grades 5–9 Language Arts Mathematics Science Social Science Other Middle School Subject Areas Secondary Education, Grades 9–12 (except as noted) Agriculture Art K–12, 9–12 Business Education English
Family and Consumer Science (Vocational and Non-Vocational) Foreign Language: French K–12 German K–12 Spanish K–12 Health K–12, 9–12 Industrial Technology Library Media Specialist K–12 Marketing and Distributive Education Mathematics Music (Instrumental, Vocal) K–12 Physical Education K–9, K–12, 9–12 Science: Biology Chemistry Earth Science Physics Social Science Spanish K–12 Special Education K–121 Mild-Moderate Disabilities, Blind/Partially Sighted, Hearing Impaired, Severely Developmentally Disabled Speech/Theater Speech and Language Specialist K–12:3 Unified Science:2 Biology Chemistry Earth Science Physics K–12 or 9–12 teaching certification for which no specialty area assessment or content knowledge assessment is designated. School Counselor K–8, 7–123 Building-Level Administrator3 Principal K–8, 9–12 Special Education Administrator K–12 Vocational School Director District-Level Administrator (Superintendent) K–123
10120 Family and Consumer Sciences
20173 French: Content Knowledge 20181 German: Content Knowledge 10191 Spanish: Content Knowledge 20550 Health Education 10050 Technology Education 10310 Library Media Specialist 10560 Marketing Education 10061 Mathematics: Content Knowledge 10113 Music: Content Knowledge 10091 Physical Education: Content Knowledge
20231 Biology: Content Knowledge, Part I 20241 Chemistry: Content Knowledge 20571 Earth Science: Content Knowledge 10261 Physics: Content Knowledge 10081 Social Studies: Content Knowledge 10191 Spanish: Content Knowledge 10350 Special Education
10220 Speech Communication 20330 Speech-Language Pathology — — 20231 Biology: Content Knowledge, Part I 20241 Chemistry: Content Knowledge 20571 Earth Science: Content Knowledge 10261 Physics: Content Knowledge 30524 Principles of Learning and Teaching, Grades 7–12
20420 School Guidance and Counseling 11010 School Leaders Licensure Assessment (SLLA)
11020 School Superintendent Assessment (SSA) AUTHORITY: sections 161.092, 168.011, 168.021, 168.071, 168.081, 168.400, 168.405 and 168.409, RSMo 2000.* Original rule filed April 26, 2000, effective Nov. 30, 2000. Amended: Filed March 27, 2001, effective Oct. 30, 2001.
*Original authority: 161.092, RSMo 1963, amended 1973; 168.011, RSMo 1963, amended 1984; 168.021, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1998, 2000; 168.071, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1993, 1998; 168.081, RSMo 1963, amended 1984; 168.400, RSMo 1985, amended 1990; 168.409, RSMo 1985; 168.404, RSMo 1985.