Sec.10-145d-487. Initial educator certificate requirements

To receive an initial educator certificate for agriculture or aquaculture, an applicant shall present evidence of meeting the requirements of subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) in addition to meeting the assessment requirements, as appropriate:

(a) Holds a bachelor's degree from an approved college or university, with a major in agriculture or aquaculture;

(b) Has one year of satisfactory agriculture-related or aquaculture-related experience;

(c) Has completed a minimum of six semester hours of credit in professional education in areas such as:

(1) Teaching vocational and industrial education; or

(2) Foundations of education, educational psychology, adolescent psychology, psychology of learning, curriculum and methods of teaching, classroom instruction and management, multicultural diversity or equity issues in education; and

(d) A course of study in special education comprised of not fewer than 36 clock hours, which shall include study in understanding the growth and development of exceptional children, including handicapped and gifted and talented children and children who may require special education, and methods for identifying, planning for and working effectively with special-needs children in the regular classroom.

(Effective July 1, 1995)