92 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 14, § 007 - Regulations Pertaining to the Secondary School
007.01 The
Secondary Instructional Program
007.01A
Required High School Program. The high school program
consists of courses totaling at least 200 instructional units of which at least
100 instructional units are taught by certificated teachers employed by the
school. Up to a total of 100 instructional units may be provided through one or
more of the following:
007.01A1
Cooperative
Arrangements. Instructional units provided through contractual or
cooperative arrangements with other schools, educational service units, and/or
postsecondary institutions may be counted in meeting a portion of the
instructional unit requirement provided the courses are taught by properly
certificated teachers and are made available to all eligible students. The
course(s) must be shown on the high school class schedule if the courses are to
be counted toward compliance with this regulation. A copy of the written
agreement with the cooperation school/agency must be on file in the school.
007.01A1a
Distance
Learning. Up to 60 instructional units of the 200 unit
instructional program requirement of the high school may be met through the use
of courses presented primarily through one or more forms of distance learning
technology such as satellite, regional course sharing, or other audio-video
distance learning, provided:
(a) each course
is shown on the high school class schedule,
(b) at least one student is enrolled and
participating in each course to be counted, and,
(c) each student enrolled in a course is
assigned to a local certificated teacher who monitors student progress and
general appropriateness of the course. The teacher is present in the classroom
while instruction is in progress unless:
007.01A1a1 The off-site teacher holds a valid
teaching certificate and a para-professional is present in the classroom,
or
007.01A1a2 The off-site teacher
holds a Nebraska teaching certificate, maintains two-way audio and video
communication with the distance learning classroom, and has a direct telephone
connection with a supervising adult in the
school.
007.01A2
Correspondence
Courses. Up to 30 instructional units of the instructional program
requirement of the high school may be met through the use of correspondence
courses available through the Independent Study High School, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, provided:
(a) the courses
are made available to all students at the school expense,
(b) at least one high school student is
enrolled in each course used towards compliance with the instructional program
requirement,
(c) a correspondence
study class is scheduled each day that school is in session with a certificated
teacher present (one teacher may supervise several correspondence courses
within a single class period),
(d)
students are required to attend the scheduled classes, and
(e) a statement indicating the name of the
course, the number of hours to be completed, and the name of the students
enrolled is on file in the school system. The class assigned for the
correspondence work must be shown on the high school class schedule.
007.01B A school adding
high school grades provides at least one-fourth of the total instructional unit
requirement and one-fourth of the individual subject matter requirements for
each grade that it offers.
007.01C
The instructional program in grades 9-12 includes as a minimum the following
subject fields and the number of instructional units shown for each:
007.01C1
Language
Arts - 40 instructional units. Schools may include world language
in meeting this requirement
007.01C2
Social
Science - 30 instructional units. This must include instruction in
citizenship as provided in Section
79-724
R.R.S.
007.01C3
Mathematics - 20 instructional units
007.01C4
Science -
20 instructional units. This includes courses each year in the biological and
the physical sciences.
007.01C5
Career and Technical Education - 40 instructional
units
007.01C6
Personal
Health and Physical Education - 10 instructional units. Practice
for and participation in interscholastic athletic activities cannot substitute
for any part of the personal health and physical education
requirement.
007.01C7
Visual and Performing Arts - 5 instructional units in
music and 5 in art.
007.01D Secondary schools including grades
seven and eight provide instruction in the following subject areas in each
grade during each school year: Reading, Language Arts,
Social Science, Mathematics, Science, Personal Health and Physical Education,
Music, and Art. Computer education is integrated in the instructional program.
Practice for and participation in interscholastic activities are not accepted
as a substitute for any part of this requirement.
007.02 Number, Preparation, and Assignment of
Secondary Staff
007.02A A minimum of 70
percent of the units offered in secondary grades during the regular school term
are assigned to teachers who hold certificates having appropriate endorsements
issued pursuant to 92 NAC 24. If 92 NAC 24 does not provide an endorsement
designated for a particular course or subject area, any teacher holding a
regular certificate may instruct such course without penalty to the school
system. Teachers holding a subject endorsement are considered appropriately
endorsed for any other subject within the broad field if they are acquiring six
credit hours per year toward the subject endorsement or the broad field
endorsement.
007.02B Each secondary
school has a principal assigned who holds a Nebraska Administrative and
Supervisory Certificate with an endorsement for serving as a secondary
principal or for superintendent. When the number of full-time equivalency
teachers reaches 10 or more, the principal is assigned at least one-half time
for administration and supervision. The principal is assigned full-time for
administration and supervision when the number of full-time equivalency
teachers reaches 20 or more.
Notes
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