ARC 3197B
EDUCATIONAL EXAMINERS BOARD[282]
Notice of Intended Action
Twenty-five interested persons, a governmental subdivision, an agency or association of 25 or more persons may demand an oral presentation hereon as provided in Iowa Code section 17A.4(1)"b."
Pursuant to the authority of Iowa Code section 272.2, the Board of Educational Examiners hereby gives Notice of Intended Action to amend Chapter 16, "Occupational and Postsecondary Endorsements and Licenses," Iowa Administrative Code.
As of July 1, 2003, the Board of Educational Examiners no longer issues postsecondary licenses pursuant to 2002 Iowa Acts, chapter 1047. The proposed amendments reflect the phrase "career and technical endorsements and licenses" for secondary level only, rather than the current "occupational and postsecondary endorsements and licenses." All references to "postsecondary" have been struck.
A waiver provision is not included. The Board has adopted a uniform waiver rule.
Any interested party or persons may present their views either orally or in writing at the public hearing that will be held Thursday, March 25, 2004, at 1 p.m. in Room 3 North, Third Floor, Grimes State Office Building, East 14th Street and Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50319.
At the hearing, persons will be asked to give their names and addresses for the record and to confine their remarks to the subject of the proposed amendments. Persons who wish to make oral presentations at the public hearing may contact the Executive Director, Board of Educational Examiners, Grimes State Office Building, East 14th Street and Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0147, or at (515)281- 5849, prior to the date of the public hearing.
Any interested person may make written comments or suggestions on the proposed amendments before 4 p.m. on Friday, March 26, 2004. Written comments and suggestions should be addressed to Dr. Anne E. Kruse, Executive Director, Board of Educational Examiners, at the above address, or sent by E-mail to anne.kruse@ed.state.ia.us, or by fax to (515)281-7669. Any person who intends to attend the public hearing and requires special accommodations for specific needs, such as a sign language interpreter, should contact the office of the Executive Director at (515)281-5849.
These amendments are intended to implement Iowa Code chapter 272.
The following amendments are proposed.
ITEM 1. Amend 282-Chapter 16, title, as follows:
CHAPTER 16
OCCUPATIONAL CAREER AND POSTSECONDARY
TECHNICAL ENDORSEMENTS AND LICENSES
ITEM 2. Amend rule 282-16.1(272) as follows:
282-16.1(272) Requirements for secondary level (grades 7-12) license. The initial license with the appropriate endorsement will be issued if the requirements of rules 282- 14.111(272) and 282-14.123(272) for initial licensing have been met.
16.1(1) Requirements for adding the following secondary level occupational career and technical endorsements.
a. Agricultural sciences and agribusiness. Completion of 24 semester hours in agricultural business management or economics, agricultural mechanics, agronomy, animal science, and horticulture. One thousand hours of work experience in one or more agriculture-related occupations. Coursework in agriculture education to include foundations of vocational and career and technical education, planning and implementing courses and curriculum, methods and techniques of instruction, evaluation of programs and students, and in the coordination of cooperative experience education programs.
b. Marketing/distributive education. Completion of 24 semester hours in business to include a minimum of 6 semester hours each in marketing, management, and economics. Three thousand hours of recent, relevant work experience in occupations where the distribution of goods and services was the prime function. Coursework in foundations of vocational and career and technical education, in curriculum design oriented to marketing, and in the coordination of cooperative education programs.
c. Office education. Completion of 24 semester hours in business to include coursework in office management, business communications, word and data processing and computer applications in business. Three thousand hours of recent, relevant work experience in an office-related occupation. Coursework in foundations of vocational and career and technical education, in curriculum design oriented to office education, and in the coordination of cooperative education programs.
d. Consumer and homemaking education. Completion of 24 semester hours in food and nutrition, consumer education, family living and parenthood education, child development, housing, home and resource management, and clothing and textiles. Four hundred hours of work experience in one or more homemaking or consumer-related occupations. Coursework in consumer and homemaking education to include methods and techniques of instruction, foundations of vocational and career and technical education, course and curriculum development, and evaluation of programs and students.
e. Occupational Career and technical home economics.
1. (1) Option 1. Completion of the requirements for consumer and homemaking education (see 16.1(4) 16.1(1)"d") and special preparation in the occupational career and technical area or 400 hours of employment related specifically to the occupational career and technical area.
2. (2) Option 2. Completion of a baccalaureate degree with a major in the occupational career and technical area, coursework in methods and techniques of teaching, course and curriculum development, evaluation of programs and students, foundations of vocational and career and technical education, coordination of cooperative programs and a teaching practicum (supervised or assessment of other teaching experience), 400 hours of employment related specifi-cally to the occupational career and technical area.
16.1(2) Multioccupations. Completion of any 7-12 endorsement, and in addition thereto, coursework in foundations of vocational and career and technical education, coordination of cooperative programs and competency-based curriculum development. Four thousand hours of occupational career and technical experience in two or more occupations. The multioccupations endorsement also authorizes the holder to supervise students in cooperative programs, school-to-work programs, and similar programs in which the student is placed in school-sponsored, on-the-job situations.
16.1(3) Specialized secondary occupational career and technical endorsement programs. These are bachelor's degree programs which include specific preparation in occupational or vocational career and technical teacher education.
a. Health occupations. Four thousand hours of occupational health-care-related career and technical experience within five years preceding application for licensure in the occupation to be taught. Program completion leading to registration, certification, or licensure in Iowa in the health specialty to be taught. Coursework in foundations of vocational and career and technical education, planning and implementing courses and curriculum, methods and techniques of instruction, and evaluation of programs and pupils students.
b. Trade and industrial subjects. Demonstrated occupational career and technical competence in an industrial, trade, or technical field by completion of a minimum of 4,000 hours of practical, hands-on experience in the area in which the endorsement is sought or written examination. Coursework in foundations of vocational and career and technical education, planning and implementing courses and curriculum, methods and techniques of instruction, and evaluation of programs and pupils students.
ITEM 3. Amend rule 282-16.2(272) as follows:
282-16.2(272) Requirements for the provisional occupational licenses career and technical secondary license.
16.2(1) Provisional occupational career and technical secondary license. Valid This license is valid for five years.
NOTE: This license is provided to noneducators entering the education profession to instruct in occupations and specialty "fields" that are recognized in vocational career and technical service areas and career cluster areas.
a. An applicant for this license must have completed 6,000 hours of recent and relevant career and technical experience in the teaching endorsement area sought.
In those subjects, career and technical areas or endorsement areas which require state registration, certification or licensure, the applicant must hold the appropriate license, registration or certificate before the provisional career and technical secondary license or the career and technical secondary license will be issued.
b. Applicants must commit to complete initial the following requirements. within the term of this license:
a. (1) A new teacher's workshop of a minimum of 30 clock hours and specified competencies. To , to be completed during the first year of license validity.
b. Competency development in four basic areas:
(1) (2) Methods Competency development in the methods and techniques of teaching.
(2) (3) Course Competency development in course and curriculum development.
(3) (4) Measurement Competency development in the measurement and evaluation of programs and students.
(4) (5) History Competency development in the history and philosophy (foundations) of vocational and career and technical education.
(6) An approved human relations course as described in 282-14.124(272).
Holders of this license are expected to make annual progress at a minimum rate of one course per year to complete the studies.
The four areas of competency development required in 16.2(1)"b," 16.5(1)"a"(2), and 16.6(1)"a"(1)"3" cannot be accepted as credit to meet the minimum endorsement requirement of 16.6(2) for an education teaching endorsement at the postsecondary level.
NOTE: c. Individuals who feel that their previous professional experiences or formal education and preparation indicate mastery of competencies in the required study areas may have such the specific requirements waived. Transcripts or other supporting data should be provided to a teacher educator at one of the institutions which has an approved teacher education programs program. The results of the competency determination will be forwarded with recommendations to the board of educational examiners. Department Board personnel will make final determination as to the competencies mastered and cite studies which yet need to be completed, if any.
Instructors are expected to make annual progress at a minimum rate of one course per year to complete the studies following initial completion of the new teacher workshop.
c. Six thousand hours of recent and relevant occupational experience in the teaching endorsement area sought.
In those subjects, occupational areas or endorsement areas which require state registration, certification or licensure, each applicant must hold the appropriate license, registration or certificate before the issuance of the provisional or the occupational license.
16.2(2) Reserved.
ITEM 4. Rescind and reserve rule 282-16.3(272).
ITEM 5. Amend rule 282-16.4(272) as follows:
282-16.4(272) Requirements for the occupational career and technical secondary license.
16.4(1) Occupational Career and technical secondary license. This license is valid for five years.
a. Initial requirements. Meet An applicant for this license must meet the requirements for the provisional occupational career and technical secondary license and have completed an approved human relations component.
b. Renewal requirements for the career and technical secondary license. Same as those in rule 16.3(272). Six units are needed for renewal. These units may be earned in any combination of the units listed below.
(1) One renewal unit may be earned for each semester hour of credit which advances an applicant toward the completion of a degree program.
(2) One renewal unit may be earned for each semester hour of credit completed which may not lead to a degree but which adds greater technical depth/competence to the endorsement(s) held.
(3) Renewal units may be earned upon the completion of staff development programs approved through guidelines established by the board of educational examiners or a technical update program approved by the board of educational examiners.
c. The applicant must complete an approved human relations component if the applicant has not previously done so.
d. An applicant who renews a license issued by the board of educational examiners must submit documentation of completion of the child and dependent adult abuse training approved by the state abuse education review panel. A waiver of this requirement may apply under the following conditions with appropriate documentation of any of the following:
(1) A person is engaged in active duty in the military service of this state or of the United States.
(2) The application of this requirement would impose an undue hardship on the person for whom the waiver is requested.
(3) A person is practicing a licensed profession outside this state.
(4) A person is otherwise subject to circumstances that would preclude the person from satisfying the approved child and dependent adult abuse training in this state.
16.4(2) Reserved.
ITEM 6. Rescind and reserved rules 282-16.5(272) to 282-16.10(272).
ITEM 7. Amend rule 282-16.11(272) as follows:
282-16.11(272) Conditional occupational Class D career and postsecondary licenses technical license.
16.11(1) Conditional occupational Class D career and technical license. A two-year conditional occupational secondary Class D career and technical licensee may be issued to an applicant who has not met all of the experience requirements for the provisional occupational career and technical license.
16.11(2) Conditional postsecondary license. A two-year conditional postsecondary license may be issued to an applicant who has not met all of the initial requirements for a provisional postsecondary license or holds the provisional or regular postsecondary license with an endorsement and is seeking an endorsement in another teaching field.
ITEM 8. Rescind and reserve rule 282-16.12(272).