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 Title10 Education and Culture
 SubTitle10-145d-1_10-145d-805. Standards for the Issuance of a Certificate for the Position of School Business Administrator

  Sec.10-145d-499. Professional educator certificate requirements  

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  • To receive a professional educator certificate for trade and industrial occupational subjects in comprehensive high schools an applicant shall present evidence of having met the following requirements:

    (a) Has completed at least 30 school months of successful teaching under a provisional educator certificate, interim provisional educator certificate or provisional teaching certificate;

    (b) Has completed a planned program of vocational education, which shall consist of 18 semester hours of credit at an approved institution or institutions related to the preparation of teachers of vocational education; and

    (c) Has completed a planned program of professional education which shall consist of at least 12 semester hours of credit related to the preparation of teachers with study in at least four of the following areas:

    (1) Developmental reading in secondary schools, including the knowledge and skill necessary to recognize problems and participate in a planned effort to assist students with reading problems;

    (2) Psychology of learning, including terminology, concepts and methods in the study of learning;

    (3) Developmental psychology, including knowledge of learners and the learning process as they are affected by physical, psychological, social and economic influences and positive practices for the level and subject taught;

    (4) Audiovisual education, including the ability to use, design or adapt teaching materials and aids for use in the classroom;

    (5) Principles of secondary education, including knowledge of the history and development of secondary education, the function, objectives, and problems of curriculum construction and revision, and professional responsibilities of the teachers;

    (6) Psychology of the disadvantaged, including psychological, social and cultural factors that involve personality development in disadvantaged individuals; and

    (7) Other areas approved for developing competencies for vocational education teachers.

(Effective July 1, 1995)