Candidates seeking career and technical education certification on the basis of business and industry work experience shall complete the following requirements in addition to those set forth in WAC 181-79A-150 (1) and (2) and 181-79A-155 (1) and (2).

1. (1) Initial.

   1. (a) Candidates for the initial certificate shall provide documentation of occupational experience in the specialty area for which certification is sought.

      1. (i) Six thousand hours is required.
      2. (ii) Two thousand hours must be within the past ten years. Candidates may use up to four thousand hours of teaching experience in the specialty area they are experienced in and the remaining two thousand hours must be from nonteaching occupational experience. For STEM, candidate may use all six thousand hours of teaching experience in science, technology, engineering and/or math in lieu of occupational experience. For biomedical sciences and health science biotechnology, candidates may use all six thousand hours of teaching experience in biology in lieu of occupational experience.
      3. (iii) If all or part of the two thousand hours is more than ten years old, an additional three hundred hours of recent (occurring in the last two years) occupational experience is required.
   2. (b) Candidates for the initial certificate shall complete a professional educator standards board approved program under WAC 181-77A-029.
   3. (c) In addition, candidates for initial certification in career choices or coordinator of worksite learning shall demonstrate competency in knowledge and skills described in WAC 181-77A-180.

2. (2) Continuing.

   1. (a) Candidates for the continuing certificate shall have in addition to the requirements for the initial certificate at least one of the following:

      1. (i) One hundred fifty continuing education credit hours of career and technical education educator training in the career and technical education subject matter to be certified completed subsequent to the issuance of the initial certificate; or
      2. (ii) Hold a valid national board certificate issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in any certificate area.
   2. (b) Candidates for the continuing certificate shall provide as a condition for the issuance of a continuing certificate documentation of two years full-time equivalency (FTE) of teaching/coordination in the career and technical education subject matter certified to teach with an authorized employer (i.e., school district(s) or skills center(s)).
3. (3) Certificates under this section are renewed under chapter 181-79A WAC.

[Statutory Authority: Chapter 28A.410 RCW. WSR 21-15-085, § 181-77-041, filed 7/16/21, effective 8/16/21; WSR 21-08-024, § 181-77-041, filed 3/29/21, effective 4/29/21. Statutory Authority: Chapters 28A.410 and 28A.413 RCW. WSR 19-15-112, § 181-77-041, filed 7/22/19, effective 8/22/19. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.220. WSR 18-21-070, § 181-77-041, filed 10/11/18, effective 11/11/18; WSR 18-08-007, § 181-77-041, filed 3/22/18, effective 4/22/18. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.210. WSR 16-23-064, § 181-77-041, filed 11/14/16, effective 12/15/16; WSR 16-15-057, § 181-77-041, filed 7/18/16, effective 8/18/16; WSR 16-07-096, § 181-77-041, filed 3/18/16, effective 4/18/16; WSR 15-12-023, § 181-77-041, filed 5/26/15, effective 6/26/15; WSR 08-16-004, § 181-77-041, filed 7/23/08, effective 8/23/08; WSR 07-12-001, § 181-77-041, filed 5/23/07, effective 6/23/07; WSR 06-14-010, § 181-77-041, filed 6/22/06, effective 7/23/06. WSR 06-02-051, recodified as § 181-77-041, filed 12/29/05, effective 1/1/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010. WSR 02-18-039, § 180-77-041, filed 8/26/02, effective 9/26/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010 and 28A.305.130 (1) through (4). WSR 02-04-018, § 180-77-041, filed 1/24/02, effective 2/24/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.305.130 (1) and (2), 28A.410.010. WSR 00-18-064, § 180-77-041, filed 9/1/00, effective 10/2/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010. WSR 98-01-026, § 180-77-041, filed 12/8/97, effective 1/8/98; WSR 97-04-085, § 180-77-041, filed 2/5/97, effective 3/8/97; WSR 95-12-056, § 180-77-041, filed 6/2/95, effective 7/3/95.]