Sec.10-145d-501. Initial educator certificate requirements

To receive an initial educator certificate for marketing education an applicant shall present evidence of meeting the following requirements, in addition to meeting the assessment requirements, as appropriate:

(a) Holds a bachelor's degree from an approved institution;

(b) Has completed a minimum of 15 semester hours of credit in marketing fields such as: merchandising, promotion, store organization, management and marketing;

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

(d) Has completed one year of satisfactory experience in a marketing field. Participation in a cooperative part-time college-level program may be accepted to meet this requirement; and

(e) 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, 1993)