16 KAR 2:150. Probationary certificate

for teachers of engineering and technology education.

 

      RELATES TO: KRS 161.020, 161.028(1)(a),

(c), 161.030

      STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 161.028(1)(a),

(c), 161.030

      NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS

161.020 and 161.030 require that a teacher and other professional school personnel

hold a certificate of legal qualification for their respective positions to be

issued upon completion of a program of preparation prescribed by the Education

Professional Standards Board. Pursuant to KRS 161.028, a teacher education

institution is required to be approved for offering the preparation program

corresponding to a particular certificate on the basis of standards and

procedures established by the Education Professional Standards Board. This

administrative regulation establishes a plan for recruiting certified classroom

teachers into positions for teachers of engineering and technology.

 

      Section 1. Definition. "Qualified

teacher" means a teacher who holds certification as an engineering and technology

teacher unless the superintendent of the employing school district has documented

evidence that the teacher is unsuitable for appointment.

 

      Section 2. Requirements for a

Probationary Certificate for Teachers of Engineering and Technology. (1) If a

qualified teacher is not available for the position of engineering and technology

teacher as attested to by the local superintendent, the superintendent may request,

by filing a Form TC-ET with the Education Professional Standards Board, that a

one (1) year probationary certificate be issued as approved by the Division of

Career and Technical Education to a teacher who:

      (a) Holds one (1) of the following:

      1. A valid classroom teaching certificate

for teaching in the middle school or secondary school; or

      2. A bachelor's degree in a related area

of concentration or major approved by a Division of Career and Technical

Education engineering and technology consultant and a designated university

teacher educator;

      (b)1. Has a cumulative grade point

average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale; or

      2. Has a grade point average of 3.0 on a

4.0 scale on the last sixty (60) hours of credit completed, including

undergraduate and graduate coursework;

      (c) Meets the minimum standards for

admission to a teacher education preparation program at an approved institution

of higher education;

      (d) Develops a continuous plan for

curriculum completion with an approved institution for engineering and technology;

and

      (e) Documents 1000 clock hours or six (6)

months of full-time employment of work related experience or other exceptional

life experience related to teaching engineering and technology.

      (2) Upon completion of all requirements

established in subsection (1) of this section, the candidate shall be issued a

probationary certificate for teachers of engineering and technology, valid for

one (1) year.

 

      Section 3. Requirements for Renewal of a

Probationary Certificate for Teachers of Engineering and Technology. (1) The

first renewal of the probationary certificate for teachers of engineering and

technology shall be for one (1) year, based upon the successful completion of

the following requirements:

      (a) Evidence of employment by a

participating district;

      (b) Completion of eighteen (18) clock

hours of orientation and management training provided through the technology

education new teacher institute, within the first six (6) weeks of employment;

      (c) Completion of at least six (6)

semester hours from the continuous curriculum plan; and

      (d) Successful completion of the internship

program required by KRS 161.030 and 16 KAR 7:010.

      (2) The probationary certificate may be

renewed a maximum of two (2) times and shall require at the time of application

proof of the completion of at least six (6) hours of additional credit from the

preapproved continuous curriculum plan.

      (3) Upon successful completion of all

requirements for an approved teacher preparation program, including successful

completion of all required assessments identified in 16 KAR 6:010, a professional

certificate for engineering and technology shall be issued valid for five (5)

years.

 

      Section 4. Upon recommendation by the

teacher education institution, teaching experience performed in a full-time

position requiring certification for engineering and technology teachers shall be

substituted for the student teaching requirement.

 

      Section 5. Incorporation by Reference.

(1) Form TC-ET, 09/2010, is incorporated by reference.

      (2) This material may be inspected,

copied, or obtained, subject to applicable copyright law, at the Education

Professional Standards Board, 100 Airport Road, 3rd Floor, Frankfort, Kentucky

40601, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (23 Ky.R. 2356; eff. 1-9-97;

Am. 24 Ky.R. 1950; 2374; eff. 5-18-98; 26 Ky.R. 1037; 1416; eff. 1-18-2000; 28

Ky.R. 2070; 2343; eff. 5-16-2002; recodified from 704 KAR 20:475, 7-2-2002; 33

Ky.R. 830; 1270; eff. 12-1-06; Am. 37 Ky.R. 1317; 1622; eff. 2-4-2011.)