13A.12.02.15
A. To receive certification in trades and industry (grades 7—12), the applicant shall complete one of the following options:
(1) Option I:
(a) An applicant shall earn a bachelor's or higher degree in a state-approved vocational education program from an IHE, and provide official verification of 2 years of previous satisfactory occupational experience in the trade to be taught;
(b) The occupational experience in §A(1)(a) of this regulation shall:
(i) Be within 10 years of the issuance of the certificate; and
(ii) Include 1 year full-time employment;
(c) A graduate of a career and technology education program in the practice of the trade to be taught, with a minimum 3.0 grade point average in course work related to the trade to be taught, shall earn credit for 6 months occupational experience under §A(1)(a) of this regulation;
(2) Option II:
(a) An applicant shall have a bachelor's or higher degree in industrial arts/technology education, industrial technology, or in the trade to be taught from an IHE, and provide official verification of 2 years of previous satisfactory occupational experience in the trade to be taught;
(b) The occupational experience in §A(2)(a) of this regulation shall:
(i) Be within 10 years of the issuance of the certificate; and
(ii) Include 1 year full-time employment;
(c) A graduate of a career and technology education program in the practice of the trade to be taught, with a minimum 3.0 grade point average in course work related to the trade to be taught, shall earn credit for 6 months occupational experience under §A(2)(a) of this regulation;
(d) An applicant shall meet the professional education course work required in §B of this regulation;
(3) Option III.
(a) An applicant shall earn an associate degree in the trade to be taught or a bachelor's or higher degree from an IHE, and provide official verification of 3 years of previous satisfactory occupational experience in the trade to be taught;
(b) The occupational experience in §A(3)(a) of this regulation shall:
(i) Be within 10 years of the issuance of the certificate; and
(ii) Include 1 year full-time employment;
(c) A graduate of a career and technology education program in the practice of the trade to be taught, with a minimum 3.0 grade point average in course work related to the trade to be taught, shall earn credit for 6 months occupational experience under §A(3)(a) of this regulation;
(d) An applicant shall meet the professional education course work required in §B of this regulation; or
(4) Option IV:
(a) An applicant shall have a secondary school diploma or the equivalent, and official verification of 5 years of previous satisfactory occupational experience in the trade to be taught;
(b) The occupational experience in §A(4)(a) of this regulation shall:
(i) Be within 10 years of the issuance of the certificate; and
(ii) Include 2 years full-time employment;
(c) A graduate of a career and technology education program in the practice of the trade to be taught, with a minimum 3.0 grade point average in course work related to the trade to be taught, shall earn credit for 6 months occupational experience under §A(4)(a) of this regulation;
(d) An applicant shall meet the professional education course work as required in §B of this regulation.
B. Professional Education Courses.
(1) With the exception of an applicant under §A(1) of this regulation, the trades and industry applicant shall complete the approved trade-related and industrial related professional education course work, as provided by §B(2) of this regulation, from an IHE. A maximum of 9 semester hours of credit may be earned through CPDs.
(2) The professional education course work shall include:
(a) 6 semester hours of curriculum/methods of teaching/practicum, which shall be completed before the second year of teaching, and which include:
(i) 3 semester hours to be completed during the first year of teaching; and
(ii) 3 semester hours which may be earned through an approved supervised mentored experience;
(b) 3 semester hours of student performance assessment and evaluation;
(c) 3 semester hours of teaching students with special needs;
(d) 3 semester hours of teaching reading/writing; and
(e) 6 semester hours of course work related to teaching the math or science basis of the trade, or both, or 3 semester hours in an integrated course related to teaching the math and science basis of the trade.