Certification Guideline 58
SUBJECT
Course Certification - Electives, Alternates, Advanced Technical Certificates,
or Credit Based Continuing Education in Occupational Areas
GUIDELINE DEFINITION
Instructors teaching courses that are not part
of an instructional program (i.e., electives, alternates, advanced technical
certificates, or credit-based continuing education courses) will generally
need to meet one of the appropriate occupational experience documents associated
with the instructional area to receive certification for the course. If a
district can make a case because of the content of the course and the expertise
of the instructor, certification will be granted for the course.
Instructors teaching academic courses must meet provisional certification requirements.
EXAMPLE
Sarah is certified for instructional area 106 (Office Systems/ Technology).
District staff want to assign her course 204-196 (Desktop Publishing) which
is being run as credit based continuing education. This course is not part of
the 106 program that Sarah teaches. Certification will not be granted unless
district staff can document that Sarah has considerable experience in desktop
publishing. If the State Certification Officer does not agree that certification
should be granted, district staff may appeal the decision to the State Certification
Committee.
RATIONALE
An individual performing one target job may have some of the same skills and
knowledge as an individual performing in a different target job. These skills
and knowledge may be large enough in scope to be packaged as a course. The fact
that the courses are common to the programs should allow the occupational teacher
of the program utilizing the course to be competent to teach the course. This
logic works for courses that are either occupational specific or supportive.
Courses identified as electives, alternates, advanced technical certificates,
or credit-based continuing education do not exist in the context of a program.
Implemented: February 22, 2002
Last Reviewed/Revised: May 2002
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