Candidates shall complete the following requirements in
addition to those set forth in WAC 181-79A-150 and
181-79A-155. Candidates shall
complete preparation programs under the standards in chapter 181-78A
WAC.
(1)
Initial.
(a) Candidates for the initial certificate
shall hold a baccalaureate degree or higher from an accredited college or
university.
(b) Candidates for the
initial certificate shall demonstrate competency in one or more of the career
and technical education broad areas: Agriculture education, business and
marketing education, family and consumer sciences education, and technology
education, as listed in WAC
181-77-005.
(c) Candidates for the initial certificate
shall complete a state approved career and technical education teacher
preparation program which shall include completion of student teaching in the
relevant career and technical education subject area.
(d) Candidates for the initial certificate
shall provide documentation of two thousand hours occupational experience in
the broad area for which certification is sought. If all or part of the two
thousand hours is more than ten years old, candidates must complete an
additional three hundred hours of recent (occurring in the last two years)
occupational experience. The candidate must also apply for the residency
teacher certificate or add the subject area to their teacher certificate in
their subject area, meet the content knowledge assessment requirement for the
subject area, and be issued the residency teacher certificate before the CTE
initial certificate can be issued.
(e) In addition, candidates for initial
certification in career choices or coordinator of worksite learning shall
demonstrate competency in knowledge and skills described in WAC
181-77A-180.
(2)
Continuing.
(a) Candidates for the continuing certificate
shall have in addition to the requirements for the initial certificate at least
one hundred fifty continuing education credit hours of career and technical
education educator training in the career and technical education subject area
to be certified completed subsequent to the conferral of the baccalaureate
degree, or, hold a valid national board certificate issued by the National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards in any certificate area.
(b) Candidates for the continuing certificate
shall provide as a condition for the issuance of a continuing certificate
documentation of two years of teaching/coordination in the career and technical
education subject area certified to teach with an authorized employer (i.e.,
school district(s) or skills center(s)).
(3) Certificates under this section are
renewed under chapter
181-79A WAC.
Notes
Wash. Admin. Code
§
181-77-031
Amended by
WSR
16-07-096, Filed 3/18/2016, effective
4/18/2016
Amended by
WSR
16-23-064, Filed 11/14/2016, effective
12/15/2016
Amended by
WSR
18-08-007, Filed 3/22/2018, effective
4/22/2018
Amended by
WSR
18-21-070, Filed 10/11/2018, effective
11/11/2018
Amended by
WSR
19-15-112, Filed 7/22/2019, effective
8/22/2019
Amended by
WSR
21-08-023, Filed 3/29/2021, effective
4/29/2021
Amended by
WSR
21-15-085, Filed 7/16/2021, effective
8/16/2021
Statutory Authority:
RCW
28A.410.210. 08-16-004, § 181-77-031,
filed 7/23/08, effective 8/23/08; 06-14-010, § 181-77-031, filed 6/22/06,
effective 7/23/06. 06-02-051, recodified as § 181-77-031, filed 12/29/05,
effective 1/1/06. Statutory Authority:
RCW
28A.410.010 and
28A.305.130(1) through
(4). 02-04-018, § 180-77-031, filed
1/24/02, effective 2/24/02. Statutory Authority:
RCW
28A.305.130(1) and (2),
28A.410.010. 00-18-064, §
180-77-031, filed 9/1/00, effective 10/2/00. Statutory Authority:
RCW
28A.410.010. 98-01-026, § 180-77-031,
filed 12/8/97, effective 1/8/98; 97-04-085, § 180-77-031, filed 2/5/97,
effective 3/8/97; 95-12-056, § 180-77-031, filed 6/2/95, effective
7/3/95.
