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

     Purpose: Changes references of "work-based" to "worksite" and "diversified occupations" to "career choices." These name changes better reflect school district language.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 181-77A-180.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.410.210.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 08-08-104 on April 2, 2008.

     A final cost-benefit analysis is available by contacting Nasue Nishida, P.O. Box 47236, Olympia, WA 98504, phone (360) 725-6238, fax (360) 586-4548, e-mail nasue.nishida@k12.wa.us.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: June 16, 2008.

Nasue Nishida

Policy and Research Analyst

OTS-1422.1

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 06-14-010, filed 6/22/06, effective 7/23/06)

WAC 181-77A-180   Career and technical education teacher preparation specialty standards.   In addition to the standards identified in WAC 182-82-332 or 181-77A-175, individuals obtaining certification in the areas of coordinator of ((work-based)) worksite learning or ((diversified occupations)) career choices must demonstrate competency in the following standards.

     (1) Coordinator of ((work-based)) worksite learning.

     (a) The ((work-based)) worksite learning coordinator demonstrates the knowledge and ability to develop, implement, manage, and evaluate a diversified ((work-based)) worksite learning program that utilizes local resources.

     (b) The ((work-based)) worksite learning coordinator models ethical behavior and demonstrates the ability to facilitate, supervise, and evaluate student leadership activities.

     (c) The ((work-based)) worksite learning coordinator demonstrates the ability to team with career and technical education teachers and prospective employers to relate ((work-based)) worksite learning with school-based learning and to measure student performance.

     (d) The ((work-based)) worksite learning coordinator demonstrates a commitment to professional development.

     (e) The ((work-based)) worksite learning coordinator demonstrates a current knowledge of the essential academic learning requirements and skills for entry level workers and uses a variety of methods to insure that students master the essential academic learning requirements.

     (2) ((Diversified occupations.)) Career choices.

     (a) The ((diversified occupations)) career choices teacher demonstrates competency in the areas of career exploration, employment acquisition, job retention, resource management (personal, community, workplace technology, and consumerism), economic systems (entrepreneurship, economics), basis skills development, and leadership development.

     (b) The ((diversified occupations)) career choices teacher demonstrates the ability to link classroom learning with the world of work and coordinate ((work-based)) worksite learning which prepares students for the world of work.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.210. 06-14-010, § 181-77A-180, filed 6/22/06, effective 7/23/06. 06-02-051, recodified as § 181-77A-180, filed 12/29/05, effective 1/1/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010 and 28A.305.130 (1) through (4). 02-04-018, § 180-77A-180, filed 1/24/02, effective 2/24/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.305.130 (1) and (2), 28A.410.010. 00-18-064, § 180-77A-180, filed 9/1/00, effective 10/2/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010 and 28A.305.130. 97-04-087, § 180-77A-180, filed 2/5/97, effective 3/8/97.]

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