16 KAR 6:020. Written examination
prerequisites for occupation-based career and technical education teachers.
RELATES TO: KRS 161.020, 161.028, 161.030
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 161.028, 161.030
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS
161.030(3)(a) requires that all new teachers, including out-of-state teachers
with less than two (2) years' experience, successfully complete appropriate
written tests prior to initial certification in Kentucky and serve a one (1)
year internship. This administrative regulation establishes the tests and
passing scores for occupation-based career and technical education teachers
certified under 16 KAR 2:020.
Section 1. (1) All new information
technology, industrial education, health science, human service, and public
service teacher applicants, and other applicants for occupation-based career
and technical education teacher certificates both with and without a teacher
preparation degree, and out-of-state applicants for occupation-based career and
technical education certification with less than two (2) years of teaching
experience shall successfully complete the appropriate written tests prior to
initial Kentucky certification.
(2) Each applicant without an educator preparation
degree shall successfully complete either the Pre-Professional Skills Test
(PPST) or the COMPASS Test for communication skills and general knowledge.
(3) All applicants shall demonstrate
subject matter competency via passage of the specialty test in the occupational
area for which certification is to be granted or completion of the appropriate
state or national industry licensure, certification, or registration as
established in this administrative regulation.
(4) The certificates, examinations, or prerequisites
shall be divided into the following three (3) categories:
(a) Industrial education and information
technology:
1. National Occupational Competency
Testing Institute's (NOCTI) Teacher Occupational Competency Test (TOCT) if one
(1) corresponding to the teaching specialty is available;
2. Kentucky Department of Education or
Kentucky Department of Workforce Investment developed or identified assessment
corresponding to the teaching specialty;
3. Appropriate state or national industry
licensure, certification, or registration; or
4. Minimum postsecondary educational
attainment in a related area of study;
(b) Health science and human services.
1. The appropriate state or national industry
licensure, certification, or registration; or
2. Minimum postsecondary education
attainment in a related area of study; or
(c) Public-service. The appropriate state
or national industry licensure, certification, or registration.
Section 2. The Education Professional
Standards Board shall require the specialty tests and passing scores or other
examination prerequisites identified in this section for each new teacher
applicant and each teacher seeking an additional certificate.
(1) Preprofessional Skills Test:
(a) Reading - 167;
(b) Mathematics - 166; and
(c) Writing - 167;
(2) In lieu of the Preprofessional Skills
Tests identified in subsection (1) of this section, a new teacher applicant may
meet the testing requirement by obtaining the following COMPASS Test scores:
(a) Reading - 78;
(b)1. Prealgebra - 48; or
2. Algebra - any reported score; and
(c) Writing - 68.
(3) Specialty area tests or other
examination prerequisites for industrial education certification:
(a) Auto body technology and collision
repair and refinish:
1. NOCTI Collision Repair/Refinishing
Technology Test - 61; or
2. Automotive Service Excellence (ASE)
certification;
(b) Automotive technology:
1. NOCTI Automotive Technology Test - 63;
or
2. Automotive Service Excellence (ASE)
certification;
(c) Aviation flight technician. Federal
Aviation Administration certified commercial license with instructor
endorsement;
(d) Aviation maintenance technician.
Federal Aviation Administration certified airframe and power plant;
(e) Building and apartment maintenance.
NOCTI Building Trades Maintenance - 52;
(f) Construction Carpentry. NOCTI
Carpentry - 58;
(g) Computer Aided Drafting and Drafting
technology. NOCTI Technical Drafting - 62;
(h) Diesel technology:
1. NOCTI Diesel Mechanics - 62; or
2. Automotive Service Excellence (ASE)
certification;
(i) Digital media. No test identified;
(j) Electrical technology. NOCTI
Electrical Technology Construction - 45;
(k) Engineering technology. Bachelor’s
degree in engineering or engineering technology;
(l) Environmental technology. No test
identified;
(m) HVAC and Air conditioning technology.
No test identified;
(n) Heavy equipment. Commonwealth of
Kentucky license for equipment taught;
(o) Industrial chemical technology.
Bachelor’s degree in chemistry or related sciences;
(p) Industrial electronics technology. No
test identified;
(q) Industrial maintenance technology.
NOCTI Industrial Maintenance Mechanic - 44;
(r) Interior finishing and design. No
test identified;
(s) Machine tool technology. NOCTI
Precision Machining - 50;
(t) Major appliance technology. No test
identified;
(u) Manufacturing. NOCTI Industrial
Maintenance Mechanic - 44;
(v) Marine technology. No test
identified;
(w) Masonry - No test identified;
(x) Metal fabrication. No test
identified;
(y) Multimedia technology:
1. Macromedia Certified Professional; or
2. Adobe Certified Expert;
(z) Plastics technology. No test
identified;
(aa) Plumbing technology. NOCTI Plumbing
- 55;
(bb) Printing technology. No test
identified;
(cc) Small engine and motorcycle repair
technology:
1. NOCTI Small engine technology - 71; or
2. Equipment and Engine Training Council
(EETC) Outdoor Power Equipment Certification;
(dd) Visual communication art.
1. NOCTI Advertising and Design - 69; or
2. Adobe-certified expert in Photoshop or
Illustrator;
(ee) Welding:
1. NOCTI Welding - 53; or
2. American Welding Society (AWS)
Certified Welder; or
(ff) Wood manufacturing technology. No
test identified;
(4) Specialty area tests or other
examination prerequisites for health science and human service:
(a) Allied health sciences. Active licensure,
certification, or registration by a state or nationally-recognized accrediting
agency as a professional health care practitioner following completion of a minimum
of an associate degree or technical diploma preparation program;
(b) Barbering. A license for teacher of
barbering issued by the Kentucky Board of Barbering;
(c) Biomedical sciences. Baccalaureate or
higher degree in biomedical or health science area;
(d) Culinary arts. In the field of
culinary arts, an individual shall provide proof of one (1) of the following
prerequisites:
1. NOCTI Commercial Foods - 55; or
2. American Culinary Federation
Professional Certification;
(e) Cosmetology. A license for instructor
of cosmetology issued by the Kentucky Board of Hairdressers and Cosmetologists;
(f) Health science. An active Registered
Nurse License in Kentucky and meet applicable accrediting body state and
federal requirements; or
(g) Practical nursing. An active
Registered Nurse License in Kentucky and baccalaureate or higher degree in
nursing;
(5) Specialty area tests or other
examination prerequisites for public service:
(a) EMS training. First Responder
Instructor Certification and EMT Instructor Certification by the Kentucky Board
of Emergency Medical Services;
(b) Fire and rescue training. State Fire
Commission Instructor Certification;
(c) Law Enforcement. Certification as a
police officer or police instructor from the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council;
or
(6) Specialty area tests for information
technology:
(a) Computing Technology Industry
Association (CompTIA):
1. A+ Certification;
2. Security+ Certification; or
3. Network+ Certification;
(b) Cisco Certified Network Associate
(CCNA);
(c) Microsoft Certified Professional
(MCP);
(d) Novell Certified Administrator (CAN);
or
(e) NOCTI Computer Technology Test - 63.
Section 3. A teacher applicant in any occupation-based
career and technical education program for which no appropriate specialty test
is yet available shall not be required to take a specialty test, except for
research and validation purposes. After a new program has been piloted and
fully implemented, a test shall be developed or identified and a new teacher
applicant shall be required to pass a designated specialty test.
Section 4. (1) An applicant for initial
certification may take the written tests on any of the dates established by the
Kentucky Department of Workforce Investment, with the tests to be administered
on a regular basis.
(2) Public announcement of testing dates
and locations shall be issued sufficiently in advance of testing dates to
permit advance registration as required by the Kentucky Department of Workforce
Investment.
(3) An applicant shall seek information
regarding the dates and location of the tests and make application to the
Kentucky Department of Workforce Investment for the appropriate tests prior to
the deadlines established and sufficiently in advance of anticipated employment.
(4) Applicants shall authorize test
results to be forwarded to the Education Professional Standards Board.
Section 5. Applicants shall pay an
examination fee directly to the testing agency for the required tests. The
testing agency shall publish the examination fee with the publication of
testing dates.
Section 6. An applicant who fails to
achieve at least the minimum score on any of the appropriate examinations may
retake the test or tests during one (1) of the scheduled test administrations.
All retakes shall meet the regularly scheduled testing dates. Initial
certification shall not be granted until acceptable scores are achieved in each
of the required areas.
Section 7. Assessment Recency. (1) An applicant
for initial or additional Kentucky teacher certification shall comply with the
assessment recency requirements established in this section.
(2) A test established in this
administrative regulation shall be valid for five (5) years from the test
administration date.
(3) A passing score on a test established
in this administrative regulation and completed on or after January 1, 2002
shall be valid for five (5) years from the test administration date.
(4)(a) A teacher shall complete
application for certification to the Education Professional Standards Board
within the five (5) year validity period of the test and the passing score.
(b) A teacher who fails to complete
application for certification to the Education Professional Standard Board
within the five (5) year validity period of the test and the passing score
shall retake the appropriate test or tests and achieve the appropriate passing
score or scores required for certification at the time of application.
(5) The test administration date shall be
established by the National Occupational Competency Testing Institute or other
authorized test administrator.
Section 8. The Education Professional
Standards Board in conjunction with the Department of Workforce Investment shall
collect data and conduct analyses of the impact of these tests as to permit a
review of this administrative regulation on a regular basis. (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. 1318; 1622; eff.
2-4-2011.)
