PERMANENT RULES
STANDARDS BOARD
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: To comply with RCW 28A.410.225 by creating two new sections in chapter 181-82A WAC to create a deaf education specialty endorsement.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.410.210.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 06-16-140 on August 2, 2006.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: Other than reorganizing the sections to be consistent with other similar sections of WAC, the PESB also added language to better meet the intent of the RCW specific to teachers receiving a deaf education specialty endorsement. This language is under WAC 181-82A-208 (1)(a) and (b).
A final cost-benefit analysis is available by contacting Nasue Nishida, P.O. Box 47236, Olympia, WA 98504-7236, phone (360) 725-6238, fax (360) 586-4548, e-mail nnishidar@ospi.wednet.edu.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: September 21, 2006.
Nasue Nishida
Policy and Research Analyst
OTS-9085.3
NEW SECTION
WAC 181-82A-207
Specialty endorsement program
requirements.
Specialty endorsements prepare a teacher
candidate to work with a specific student population, and are
created to help candidates specialize beyond the required
certificate endorsements as stated in WAC 181-82A-202.
Specialty endorsements have unique endorsement competencies
not found in any of the existing endorsements.
(1) Candidates completing specialty endorsements shall complete the following:
(a) Complete a college/university teacher specialty endorsement program approved by the professional educator standards board pursuant to chapter 181-78A WAC, which includes methodology (see WAC 181-78A-264(5)) and field experience/internship (see WAC 181-78A-264(6)) and pursuant to endorsement program approval requirements in this chapter; and
(b) Pass the subject knowledge test for the specialty endorsement approved by the professional educator standards board.
(2) Out-of-state candidates shall comply with WAC 181-79A-257.
(3) Course work used to meet specialty endorsement requirements must be completed through a regionally accredited college/university.
(4) Only course work in which an individual received a grade of C (2.0) or higher or a grade of pass on a pass-fail system of grading shall be counted toward the course work required for the approved specialty endorsement program.
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(1) This specialty endorsement is required for teachers who will be working almost exclusively with students who are deaf or hard of hearing.
(2) Program and test requirements are waived and this specialty endorsement granted if a candidate possesses a baccalaureate or master's degree in deaf education from a teacher training program approved by the council on education of the deaf.
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