16-15-057

WSR 16-15-057

PERMANENT RULES

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR

STANDARDS BOARD

[Filed July 18, 2016, 8:46 a.m., effective August 18, 2016]

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

Purpose: Amends WAC 181-77-041 by adding American sign language (ASL) assessment inadvertently left off when rule was adopted May 2015.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 181-77-041.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.410.210.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 16-10-101 on May 4, 2016.

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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Date Adopted: July 18, 2016.

David Brenna

Senior Policy Analyst

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 16-07-096, filed 3/18/16, effective 4/18/16)

WAC 181-77-041 Requirements for candidates seeking career and technical education certification on the basis of business and industry work experience.

Candidates for certification who have not completed approved programs set forth in WAC 181-82-322 shall complete the following requirements in addition to those set forth in WAC 181-79A-150 (1) and (2) and 181-79A-155 (1) and (2).

(1) Initial.

(a) Candidates for the initial certificate shall provide documentation of paid occupational experience in the specific career and technical education subcategory for which certification is sought: Provided, That individuals seeking the initial certification for the sole purpose of instruction of American sign language who are deaf, hard of hearing per RCW 43.20A.720, or who's primary method of communication is American sign language, may have the requirements for interpreter experience waived by the certification office of the superintendent of public instruction.

(i) Three years (six thousand hours) is required.

(ii) One year (two thousand hours) must be within the past six years.

(iii) If all or part of the two thousand hours is more than six years old, an additional three hundred hours of recent (occurring in the last two years) occupational experience is required.

(iv) Individuals seeking this certification solely for teaching American sign language must also hold or earn the national interpreter certification, certified deaf interpreter certificate, the American sign language teachers association certificate, the American sign language performance interview, or meet the standard required of interpreters for the deaf per RCW 28A.410.271.

(b) Candidates for the initial certificate shall complete a professional educator standards board approved program under WAC 181-77A-029 in which they demonstrate competence in the general standards for all career and technical education teacher certificate candidates pursuant to WAC 181-77A-165, which include but are not limited to knowledge and skills in the following areas:

(i) General and specific safety;

(ii) Career and technical education teaching methods;

(iii) Occupational analysis;

(iv) Course organization and curriculum design;

(v) Philosophy of vocational education;

(vi) Personal student development and leadership techniques.

(c) Candidates for the initial certificate shall also demonstrate knowledge and skills in the following areas:

(i) School law;

(ii) Issues related to abuse as specified in WAC 181-77A-165(7).

(d) In addition, candidates for initial certification in career choices or coordinator of worksite learning shall demonstrate competency in knowledge and skills described in WAC 181-77A-180.

(2) Initial renewal. Candidates for renewal of the initial certificate must complete three quarter hours of credit or thirty clock hours of career and technical education educator training in the subject matter certified to teach since the initial certificate was issued or renewed.

(3) Continuing.

(a) Candidates for the continuing certificate shall have in addition to the requirements for the initial certificate at least nine quarter hours or ninety clock hours of career and technical education educator training in the career and technical education subject matter to be certified completed subsequent to the issuance of the initial certificate.

(b) Candidates for the continuing certificate shall provide as a condition for the issuance of a continuing certificate documentation of two years of teaching/coordination in the career and technical education subject matter certified to teach with an authorized employer-i.e., school district(s) or skills center(s).

(4) Continuing certificate renewal.

(a) Candidates for renewal of the continuing certificate shall complete since the previous continuing certificate was issued one of the following:

(i) Six quarter hours or sixty clock hours of career and technical education educator training;

(ii) Three quarter hours or thirty clock hours of career and technical education educator training and three quarter hours or thirty clock hours of technical education/upgrading;

(iii) Three quarter hours or thirty clock hours of career and technical education educator training and three hundred hours of occupational experience;

(iv) Provided, beginning September 1, 2014, continuing education or professional growth plans for teachers at the elementary and secondary levels in STEM-related subjects must include a specific focus on the integration of science, mathematics, technology, and engineering instruction as per RCW  28A.410.2212. This renewal requirement applies to career and technical education endorsements. ((Certificates with a renewal date of June 30, 2019)) Applications for renewal dated September 1, 2018, and beyond must demonstrate completion of at least fifteen continuing education credit hours, or at least one goal from an annual professional growth plan, with an emphasis on the integration of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

(b) Beginning January 2018, renewal of continuing certificates under this section specifically for teaching American sign language will require the national interpreter certification, certified deaf interpreter certificate, the American sign language teachers association certificate, or meet the standard required of interpreters of the deaf per RCW 28A.410.271.