RELATES TO:
KRS
157.3175,
161.020,
161.030,
34 C.F.R.
200.56,
20 U.S.C.
7801(23)
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 the respective position to be issued upon completion of a
program of preparation prescribed by the Education Professional Standards
Board. KRS
161.028(1)(a) requires the
Education Professional Standards Board to establish the standards for obtaining
and maintaining a teaching certificate.
KRS
161.028(1)(b) requires that
a teacher education institution 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.
KRS
161.028(1)(f) requires the
Education Professional Standards Board to issue and renew any certificate. This
administrative regulation establishes a plan for recruiting qualified
individuals into positions for teachers of children ages birth to primary
age.
Section 1. Definition. "Qualified
teacher" means a teacher who holds an interdisciplinary early childhood
education certificate or who has received an approval as established in
16 KAR 2:040, Section 5, unless
the superintendent of the employing school district has documented evidence
that the teacher is unsuitable for appointment.
Section 2. If a qualified teacher is not
available for the position as teacher of children birth to primary age, as
attested by the local school superintendent, the superintendent, on behalf of
the local board of education, may request a one (1) year probationary
interdisciplinary early childhood education certificate be issued as provided
in this administrative regulation.
(1) A
prerequisite for a one (1) year probationary interdisciplinary early childhood
education certificate for teaching children, birth to primary age, shall be:
(a) A certificate or statement of eligibility
in kindergarten or elementary special education; or
(b) A certificate in another area, if the
applicant has had one (1) year of teaching children birth through age five (5)
years.
(2) The applicant
shall have:
(a) Enrolled in an approved
preparation program for certification in interdisciplinary early childhood
education established in
16 KAR 2:040; and
(b) Completed a minimum of nine (9) semester
hours of credit in the development of children below primary age or in special
education.
(3) The
requirements established in subsection (2) of this section shall be verified by
submission of a curriculum contract completed by the teacher education
institution with an interdisciplinary early childhood education preparation
program approved pursuant to
16 KAR 2:040.
(4) The applicant shall complete twelve (12)
clock hours of training established by the Kentucky Department of Education
prior to employment.
(5) The
applicant shall complete an additional six (6) clock hours of training
established by the Kentucky Department of Education within the first three (3)
months of employment.
(6) To apply
for the probationary interdisciplinary early childhood education certificate,
the applicant shall submit a completed Form CA-BP to the Education Professional
Standards Board.
Section
3. Requirements for Renewal of a Probationary Interdisciplinary
Early Childhood Education Certificate.
(1) The
first renewal of the probationary interdisciplinary early childhood education
certificate shall be for one (1) year based upon:
(a) Evidence of employment in a Kentucky
school district or nonpublic school as a teacher of children ages birth to
primary;
(b) Completion of at least
six (6) semester hours or its equivalent from the interdisciplinary early
childhood education preparation program as approved pursuant to
16 KAR 2:040 and indicated on the
teacher's curriculum contract; and
(c) Successful completion of the Kentucky
Teacher Internship Program established in
16 KAR 7:010. A teacher who has
successfully completed the Kentucky Teacher Internship Program prior to
issuance of the initial probationary certificate or who is not required to
complete the internship program under the requirements for out-of-state
teachers established in
KRS
161.030(5) shall not be
required to complete the internship program again while serving on the
probationary certificate.
(2)
(a)
Subsequent one (1) year renewals of the probationary interdisciplinary early
childhood education certificate shall require at least six (6) semester hours
or its equivalent of additional credit from the interdisciplinary early
childhood education preparation program as approved pursuant to
16 KAR
2:40 and as indicated on
the teacher's curriculum contract.
(b) The total validity period of the
probationary certificate for interdisciplinary early education shall not exceed
three (3) years in compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001,
20 U.S.C.
7801(23) and
34 C.F.R.
200.56.
(3) Upon successful completion of all program
requirements for the approved interdisciplinary early childhood education
preparation program established in
16 KAR 2:040, including successful
completion of all required assessments established in
16 KAR 6:010, a professional
certificate for interdisciplinary early childhood education, birth to primary,
valid for five (5) years shall be issued.
(4) Program requirements for completion of
the interdisciplinary early childhood education preparation program while
serving on the probationary certificate established in this administrative
regulation shall not include student teaching.
Section 4. Incorporation by Reference.
(1) Form CA-BP, 08/15, Education Professional
Standards Board, 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.
