Pending Rule
Title 5 – DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Division 80 – Teacher Quality and Urban Education
Chapter 800 – Educator Certification
Comments about this proposed rule must be submitted by June 14, 2008,
to the Assistant Commissioner of Teacher Quality and Urban Education,
PO Box 480, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0480;
or by e-mail to this address: webreplyqual@dese.mo.gov.
PROPOSED RULE
5 CSR 80-800.285 Application for Certificates of License to Teach on the Basis of Certification by the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence (ABCTE)
PURPOSE: The state board of education is authorized to grant certificates of license to teach in any of the public schools of the state and establish requirements and qualifications for those certificates. This rule outlines the procedures for applicants to acquire certification through the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence (ABCTE).
(1) In addition to all the criteria for application provided under 5 CSR 80-800.200, an initial four (4)-year certificate shall be issued to an applicant who has successfully obtained certification through the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence (ABCTE) and upon verification by the school principal of sixty (60) contact hours in any one (1) of the following areas:
(A) Sixty (60) contact hours in a public school or accredited nonpublic school classroom, of which at least forty-five (45) must be teaching;
(B) Sixty (60) contact hours as a substitute teacher in a public school or accredited nonpublic school, with at least thirty (30) consecutive hours in the same classroom; or
(C) Sixty (60) contact hours of teaching as a paraprofessional.
(2) Upon completion of the requirements listed in section (1) of this rule and completion of the requirements listed herein, an applicant shall be eligible to apply for a career continuous professional certificate:
(A) Completion of thirty (30) contact hours of professional development within four (4) years, which may include hours spent in class in an appropriate college curriculum;
(B) Completion of four (4) years of department-approved teaching experience;
(C) Development and implementation of a professional development plan;
(D) Completion of two (2) years in a district mentoring program approved by the state board of education or the ABCTE;
(E) Attainment of a successful performance-based teacher evaluation; and
(F) Participation in a beginning teacher assistance program.
(3) Certification authorized under this rule shall not be granted for the areas of early childhood education, elementary education, or special education.
AUTHORITY: section 161.092, RSMo Supp. 2007. Original rule filed April 9, 2008.
PUBLIC COST: This proposed rule will not cost state agencies or political subdivisions more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.
PRIVATE COST: This proposed rule will cost private entities approximately twenty thousand four hundred dollars ($20,400) annually.
NOTICE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS: Anyone may file a statement in support of or in opposition to this proposed rule with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Attn: Dr. Charles Brown, Assistant Commissioner, Division of Teacher Quality and Urban Education, PO Box 480, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0480, or by email to: Tammy.Allee@dese.mo.gov. To be considered, comments must be received within thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the Missouri Register. No public hearing is scheduled.
FISCAL NOTE
PRIVATE COST
I.
Department Title: 5 – Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Division Title: 80 - Teacher Quality and Urban Education
Chapter Title: 800 - Educator Certification
Rule Number and Title: |
5 CSR 80-800.285 Application for Certificate of License to Teach on the Basis of Certification by the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence |
Type of Rulemaking: |
Proposed Rule |
II. SUMMARY OF FISCAL IMPACT
Estimate of the number of entities by class which would likely be affected by the adoption of the proposed rule: |
Classification by types of the business entities which would likely be affected: |
Estimate annually as to the cost of compliance with the rule be the affected entities: |
Estimated 24 Annually |
None |
$20,400 |
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III. WORKSHEET
IV. ASSUMPTIONS
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education assumes that an average of twenty-four (24) teachers per year will participate in the ABCTE. This individual cost of the examination is eight hundred fifty dollars ($850). Total private cost is estimated to be twenty thousand four dollars ($20,400) annually.
For more information regarding this rule, please contact
Educator Certification Section at (573) 751-0051.