1. (a) To be eligible for licensure as a curriculum administrator, a candidate shall:

   1. (1) Meet the requirements outlined in Ed 505.03, Ed 505.04, and (b) below;
   2. (2) Have at least 3 years’ experience as a teacher;

   3. (3) Have one of the following:

      1. a. Completed a state-approved master’s level program leading to curriculum administrator licensure from an institution accredited by a regional accrediting body approved by the U.S. Department of Education; or
      2. b. Completed a master’s program in education or related field and demonstrate the requirements outlined in (1) above;
   4. (4) Apply for licensure following the application procedures outlined in Ed 505.08 through Ed 505.10.

2. (b) Candidates for licensure as a curriculum administrator shall have the following skills, competencies, and knowledge:

   1. (1) In the area of leadership, the candidate shall be able to:

      1. a. Collect and use data to identify goals for curriculum, instruction, and assessment at the school, school district, or administrative unit level;
      2. b. Obtain, allocate, align, and effectively utilize fiscal and technological resources, including the development of grant and other funding proposals; and
      3. c. Develop the instructional and assessment capacity of the staff and provide professional development, including coaching, demonstrating, planning, organizing, reflecting, and documenting;

   2. (2) In the area of curriculum and instruction, the candidate shall:

      1. a. Understand the culture of teaching and learning as required to work effectively with diverse faculty and administrative teams;
      2. b. Understand K-12 learner development and learner differences;
      3. c. Understand and support a variety of learning environments, including extended learning opportunities;
      4. d. Understand school, school district, and administrative unit curricula;
      5. e. Understand how to monitor alignment between the written and taught curriculum;
      6. f. Understand effective curricular coordination and vertical articulation among all academic areas within the school, between schools, and with sending schools and post-secondary institutions, as applicable;
      7. g. Understand applicable national standards, as well as current state and local academic standards;
      8. h. Assist others with current research and research-based practices in curriculum and instruction;
      9. i. Work with individual educators as well as grade level, disciplinary, and interdisciplinary teams to promote student learning; and
      10. j. Supervise instruction and provide constructive feedback; and

   3. (3) In the area of assessment, the candidate shall:

      1. a. Understand how to revise curriculum and guide the improvement of instructional practice using a range of evidence such as:

         1. 1. Student work;
         2. 2. Classroom and local school or district assessments;
         3. 3. Standardized assessments;
         4. 4. Data from sending schools, receiving schools, and post-secondary institutions; and
         5. 5. Survey data from students and alumni;
      2. b. Understand and convey a range of assessment strategies, including formative and summative assessment principles and practices, for use in classroom and school-wide assessment, including accreditation processes;
      3. c. Understand assessment purposes and the design and appropriate uses of fair, ethical, and reliable assessments;
      4. d. Be able to work with educators to align assessments with learning expectations, competencies, and applicable standards;
      5. e. Be able to reach out to families and assist with the interpretation of assessment data;
      6. f. Be able to collect, disaggregate, and analyze data from a variety of sources and respond to inequities in student achievement;
      7. g. Be able to administer regional and national assessments and analyze and report on the results;
      8. h. Be able to evaluate the effectiveness of curriculum implementation, instructional strategies, and assessment use in a school, school district, or administrative unit, and present evaluations to various audiences; and
      9. i. Be able to evaluate the effectiveness of the curriculum revision processes and plan for continuous improvement.

Source. #6349, eff 10-5-96; rpld by #7923, eff 7-24-03; ss by #8843, eff 3-16-07; ss by #10927, eff 9-10-15; ss by #13655, eff 7-1-23