16 KAR 8:020 - Planned Fifth-Year Program
RELATES TO: KRS 157.390(1)(a), (b), 161.020, 161.028(1)(a), (c), (k), 161.030(1), (2)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 161.028(1)(a), (c), (k) and 161.030(1), (2) vests authority for the issuance and renewal of certification for all school personnel in the Education Professional Standards Board. This administrative regulation establishes the standards for the Fifth-year Program for certificate renewal.
Section 1.
(1) The standards required for the renewal of
a teaching certificate shall require completion of:
(a) The continuing education alternative plan
as defined in
16
KAR 8:030; or
(b) Plan I or Plan II described in this
administrative regulation and in keeping with one (1) or more of the following
purposes:
1. To improve the professional
competency for the position covered by the initial teaching
certificate;
2. To extend the scope
of professional competency to a certification area not covered by the initial
certificate; or
3. To obtain
preparation-certification required for professional advancement to a higher
position.
(2)
Upon application by the candidate, the teacher education institution shall
verify the completion of the Fifth-year Program to the Division of
Certification.
Section 2.
(1) Plan I Fifth-year Program shall require
the completion of a master's degree from a college or university which meets
the standards established by the Education Professional Standards Board in KAR
Title 16:
(a) In a professional education
specialty for which certification is issued;
(b) In an academic subject for which teacher
certification is issued; or
(c) In
professional education with emphasis in an academic subject for which
certification is issued.
(2) The master's degree shall be consistent
with the experienced teacher standards established by the Education
Professional Standards Board in
16 KAR
1:010 or with standards established by the Education
Professional Standards Board in KAR Title 16 for a particular professional
education specialty.
Section
3. Plan II Fifth-year Program shall require thirty-two (32)
semester hours of graduate level coursework earned beyond the bachelor's degree
and the four (4) year program of teacher preparation in accordance with the
following guidelines:
(1) The Fifth-year
Program shall be planned individually with each candidate by a teacher
education institution approved for offering graduate programs of teacher
preparation.
(2) The Fifth-year
Program shall be a major component of the candidate's professional growth plan
and shall be consistent with the experienced teacher standards established by
the Education Professional Standards Board in
16 KAR
1:010 or with standards established by the Education
Professional Standards Board in KAR Title 16 for a professional education
specialty.
(3) The Fifth-year
Program shall relate to the initial classroom teaching certificate or to an
additional classroom teaching certificate.
(4) The grade point standing for the
thirty-two (32) semester hour program shall not be less than is required at the
planning institution for a teacher education graduate.
(5) Professional development in lieu of up to
twelve (12) semester hours of the college credit shall be approved as part of
Plan II Fifth-year Program if requested by the applicant using the following
guidelines:
(a) Twenty-four (24) clock hours
of professional development shall equal one (1) semester hour;
(b) The candidate shall seek and obtain prior
approval of the institution for the professional development
activities;
(c) The application for
approval shall identify the specific professional development activities, and
the action plan to achieve one (1) or more goals of the professional growth
plan identified in subsection (2) of this section;
(d) Upon completion of the professional
development activities, the candidate shall submit to the institution a report
of the activities which shall include an evaluation of the experiences and a
follow-up plan for implementing the professional development; and
(e) The institution shall keep a record of
the professional development completed by each candidate for the Fifth-year
Program.
Section
4. New Teacher Standards. An approved preparation program for
initial certification to be completed at the master's degree level shall be
consistent with the new teacher standards as established in
16 KAR
1:010.
Notes
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 161.028(1)(a), (c), (k), 161.030(1), (2)
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