Sec.10-145d-601. Professional educator certificate requirements

To receive a professional educator certificate for external diploma program and noncredit mandated programs an applicant shall present evidence of having met the following requirements:

(a) Has completed three years of successful teaching as defined in Section 10-145d-400 (ii) and Section 10-145d-400 (pp) under the provisional teaching certificate or provisional educator certificate or interim educator certificate; and

(b) Has completed not less than 30 semester hours of credit beyond the bachelor's degree at an approved institution or institutions. Such course work need not necessarily lead to a master's degree and may include graduate or undergraduate courses. It shall consist of:

(1) A planned program at an approved institution, related directly to the subject areas or grade levels of the endorsement or in an area or areas related to the teacher's ability to provide instruction effectively or to meet locally determined goals and objectives; or

(2) An individual program which is mutually determined or approved by the teacher and the employing agent of the board of education and which is designed to increase the ability of the teacher to improve student learning; or

(c) On and after July 1, 2003, any applicant who holds or held a provisional teaching or provisional educator certificate shall have completed, at an approved institution, either a master's degree or at least 30 semester hours of graduate credit.

(Effective July 1, 1995)