PROPOSED RULES
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 03-10-016 [03-10-076].
Title of Rule: WAC 180-77-014 Requirements for limited certification.
Purpose: The amendment to this rule will align the language with the language in WAC 180-77-068 related to individuals seeking a probationary certificate to serve as a coordinator of work-based learning.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.410.010.
Summary: See Purpose above.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: See Purpose above.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting, Implementation and Enforcement: Larry Davis, State Board of Education, Olympia, (360) 725-6024.
Name of Proponent: State Board of Education.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: See Purpose above.
Proposal Changes the Following Existing Rules: See Purpose above.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. Not applicable.
RCW 34.05.328 does not apply to this rule adoption. Not applicable.
Hearing Location: Edmonds School District Board Room, 20420 68th Avenue West, Lynnwood, WA 98036-7400, on October 23, 2003, at 8:30 a.m.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Laura Moore by October 8, 2003, TDD (360) 664-3631 or (360) 725-6027.
Submit Written Comments to: Rules Coordinator, State Board of Education, P.O. Box 47206, Olympia, WA 98504-7206, fax (360) 586-2357, by October 8, 2003.
Date of Intended Adoption: October 24, 2003.
August 27, 2003
Larry Davis
Executive Director
OTS-6478.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 02-04-018, filed 1/24/02,
effective 2/24/02)
WAC 180-77-014
Requirements for limited certification.
(1) Probationary certificate. The probationary certificate is
valid for two years and is renewable one time for two
additional years upon recommendation of the employing district
if the individual has completed the procedures outlined for
the first year in the professional growth plan and has made
additional progress in meeting the requirements for the
initial career and technical education certificate.
The candidate for a probationary certificate must have substantially completed requirements for the initial career and technical education certificate as set forth in WAC 180-77-031 or 180-77-041.
(a) Such a certificate may be issued upon recommendation by the employing school district.
(b) The candidate shall have developed a professional growth plan in cooperation with the career and technical education administrator. The plan must be approved by the local school district career and technical education program advisory committee, to which the candidate is assigned. The plan shall provide for orientation, prior to the commencement of the teaching assignment, in the following:
(i) Issues related to legal liability;
(ii) The responsibilities of professional career and technical education educators; and
(iii) The lines of authority in the employing school district and/or building.
Within the first sixty working days, the plan shall establish procedures for the career and technical education instructor to develop competencies in the following:
(iv) Career and technical education methods; and
(v) General and specific safety.
If the candidate does not have access to the required course work within the first ninety working days, the local school district career and technical education advisory committee responsible may authorize the completion of the course work at a later date. The required course work shall be completed prior to the second year of employment.
(vi) The plan shall develop procedures and timelines for the career and technical education instructor to meet the requirements for the initial career and technical education certificate.
(vii) Provided, That candidates for probationary
certificates as a coordinator of work-based learning shall
((have completed a course in)) successfully demonstrate
competencies related to coordination techniques as verified by
a state board of education approved program and ((either: (A)
Possess)) hold a valid ((initial or continuing)) probationary
career and technical education teacher certificate((; or
(B) Have completed five hundred hours of occupational experience within the past six years)).
(2) Conditional career and technical education certificate. Notwithstanding other requirements prescribed in this chapter for eligibility for career and technical education certification in the state of Washington, the one-year conditional career and technical education certificate may be issued under specific circumstances set forth below for limited service:
(a) The issuance of the conditional career and technical education certificate may be issued only under unique and special circumstances where no regularly certificated career and technical education instructor is available and is limited to:
(i) Persons highly qualified and experienced in the knowledge and occupational skills of the career and technical education program to be certified; or
(ii) Persons who meet the occupational experience requirements for career and technical education certification; or
(iii) Persons who will be employed in new and emerging occupations as identified by the state board of education and/or its designee.
(b) The certificate is issued to individuals who are screened by the local career and technical education administrator and school district superintendent or designee. The local career and technical education administrator or superintendent will verify that the following criteria have been met when requesting the conditional career and technical education certificate:
(i) No person with career and technical education certification in the field is available as verified by the local career and technical education administrator or superintendent;
(ii) The individual is being certified for a limited assignment and responsibility in a specified career and technical education program area;
(iii) Personnel so certificated will be oriented and prepared for the specific assignment and will be apprised of any legal liability, the lines of authority and the duration of the assignment;
(iv) The career and technical education administrator and local program advisory committee will indicate the basis on which he/she has determined that the individual is competent for the assignment;
(v) A written work and/or educational experience training plan as specified in WAC 180-77-014 (1)(b) is on file with the employing district.
(c) The certificate is valid for one year and only for the teaching area specified on the certificate. The certificate may be reissued on application and evidence that requirements continue to be met.
(3) Substitute career and technical education certificates. Substitute career and technical education certificates may be issued to candidates who meet the requirements in WAC 180-79A-231 (2) or (4).
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010 and 28A.305.130 (1) through (4). 02-04-018, § 180-77-014, filed 1/24/02, effective 2/24/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.305.130 (1) and (2), 28A.410.010. 00-18-064, § 180-77-014, filed 9/1/00, effective 10/2/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010. 98-01-026, § 180-77-014, filed 12/8/97, effective 1/8/98; 95-12-056, § 180-77-014, filed 6/2/95, effective 7/3/95.]