department of education
Professional Standards Board
proposed
PUBLIC NOTICE
Educational Impact Analysis Pursuant
to 14 Del.C. Section 122(D)
1522 Standard Certificate Business Education Teacher
A. Type of Regulatory Action Requested
Amendment to Existing Regulation
B. Synopsis of Subject Matter Of Regulation
The Professional Standards Board, acting in cooperation and collaboration with the Department of Education, seeks the consent of the State Board of Education to amend DE Admin. Code 1522 Standard Certificate Business Education Teacher. The regulation concerns the requirements for certification of educational personnel, pursuant to 14 Del.C. §1220(a). It is necessary to amend this regulation to reflect changes in curriculum in business education classes, as well as to align it with the statutory change regarding PRAXIS™ II test passage as a condition of eligibility for a standard certificate.
C. Impact Criteria
1. Will the amended regulation help improve student achievement as measured against state achievement standards? The amended regulation addresses student achievement by establishing standards for the issuance of a standard certificate to educators who have acquired the prescribed knowledge, skill and/or education to practice in a particular area, to teach a particular subject or to instruct a particular category of students to help ensure that students are instructed by educators who are highly qualified.
2. Will the amended regulation help ensure that all students receive an equitable education? The amended regulation helps to ensure that all teachers employed to teach students meet high standards and have acquired the prescribed knowledge, skill and/or education to practice in a particular area, to teach a particular subject or to instruct a particular category of students.
3. Will the amended regulation help to ensure that all students' health and safety are adequately protected? The amended regulation addresses educator certification, not students’ health and safety.
4. Will the amended regulation help to ensure that all students' legal rights are respected? The amended regulation addresses educator certification, not students’ legal rights.
5. Will the amended regulation preserve the necessary authority and flexibility of decision makers at the local board and school level? The amended regulation will preserve the necessary authority and flexibility of decision makers at the local board and school level.
6. Will the amended regulation place unnecessary reporting or administrative requirements or mandates upon decision makers at the local board and school levels? The amended regulation will not place unnecessary reporting or administrative requirements or mandates upon decision makers at the local board and school levels.
7. Will decision making authority and accountability for addressing the subject to be regulated be placed in the same entity? The decision-making authority and accountability for addressing the subject to be regulated rests with the Professional Standards Board, in collaboration with the Department of Education, and with the consent of the State Board of Education.
8. Will the amended regulation be consistent with and not an impediment to the implementation of other state educational policies, in particular to state educational policies addressing achievement in the core academic subjects of mathematics, science, language arts and social studies? The amended regulation will be consistent with, and not an impediment to, the implementation of other state educational policies, in particular to state educational policies addressing achievement in the core academic subjects of mathematics, science, language arts and social studies.
9. Is there a less burdensome method for addressing the purpose of the new regulation? 14 Del.C. requires that we promulgate this regulation.
10. What is the cost to the state and to the local school boards of compliance with the amended regulation? There is no additional cost to local school boards for compliance with the regulation.
1522 Standard Certificate Business Education Teacher
1.0 Content
This regulation shall apply to the requirements for a Standard Certificate, pursuant to 14 Del.C. §1220(a), for Business Education Teacher (required for grades 9-12, and valid in grades 5-8 in a middle level school).
2.0 Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this regulation, shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
“Department” means the Delaware Department of Education.
“License” means a credential which authorizes the holder to engage in the practice for which the license is issued.
“Major in Business” means a major in business administration or management, or a related field, including, but not limited to, accounting, economics, finance or marketing.
“Standard Certificate” means a credential issued to certify that an educator has the prescribed knowledge, skill, and/or education to practice in a particular area, teach a particular subject, or teach a category of students.
“Standards Board” means the Professional Standards Board established pursuant to 14 Del.C. §1201.
“State Board” means the State Board of Education of the State pursuant to 14 Del.C. §104.
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3.0 Standard Certificate
In accordance with 14 Del.C. §1220(a), the Department shall issue a Standard Certificate as a Business Education Teacher to an applicant who holds a valid Delaware Initial, Continuing, or Advanced License; or Standard or Professional Status Certificate issued by the Department prior to August 31, 2003, and who meets the following requirements:
3.1 Professional Education A bachelor’s degree from an NCATE specialty organization recognized educator preparation program offered by a regionally accredited college or university with a major in business education; or
3.1.1 Completion of an approved teacher preparation program in the area of Business Education or,
3.1.2 A minimum of 27 semester hours to include Human Development,
3.1.1 A bachelor’s degree from a state approved educator preparation program offered by a regionally accredited college or university, with a major in business education, where the state approval body employed the appropriate NASDTEC standards or NCATE specialty organization standards; or
3.1.2 A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university with a major in business; and
3.2 Passage of the appropriate PRAXIS™ II test approved by the Standards Board and the State Board in business education.
3.2 Specific Teaching Field
3.2.1 Completion of a teacher education program in the area of Business Education or,
3.2.2 A minimum of forty-two (42) semester hours as specified below:
3.2.2.1 Accounting (6 semester hours);
3.2.2.3 Business Information Systems (3 semester hours);
3.2.2.4 Business Computer Software Applications (6 semester hours);
3.2.2.5 Electronic Office Procedures (3 semester hours);
3.2.2.6 Business Communications (3 semester hours);
3.2.2.7 Business Mathematics (3 semester hours);
3.2.2.8 Business Economics (3 semester hours); Electives in Business (12 semester hours).
3.3.3 Alternative Certification of individuals with Business experience as a substitute for coursework in 3.2.2.
3.3.3.1 For each 4000 hours of business experience in a field appropriate to the course areas listed above, credit for 3 semester hours of that coursework can be approved by the Department of Education for the purpose of certification.
3.3.3.2 At a minimum, an individual in this situation will have to complete or verify completion of the 12 semester hours of elective coursework in Business (as well as the coursework in Professional Education) to obtain the Standard Certificate.
3.4 Endorsement for Teaching Information Systems and Services Business Education Courses in Vocational-Technical Schools shall be required of teachers in vocational-technical schools teaching information systems and services courses in business education programs.
3.4.1 Standard Certificate in Business Education and nine semester hours of elective coursework selected from the following:
3.4.1.1 Principles of Business Data Processing
3.4.1.2 COBOL Programming
3.4.1.3 Data Base Systems
3.4.1.4 Systems Analysis and Design
3.4.1.5 Programming Language Principles
3.4.1.6 RPG Programming.
3.4.2 This elective coursework can satisfy part of the elective requirements specified in 3.4.1.
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4.0 This regulation shall be effective through June 30, 2006 only. Applicants who apply for a Standard Certificate as a Business Education Teacher after that date must comply with the requirements set forth in 14 DE Admin. Code 1516.
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