12 NCAC 09G .0311. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATION

(a)  An applicant meeting the requirements for Specialized Instructor Certification shall be issued a certification to run concurrently with the existing General Instructor Certification.  The applicant must apply for certification as a specialized instructor within 60 days from the date of completion of a specialized instructor course.

(b)  The terms of certification as a specialized instructor shall be determined by the expiration date of the existing General Instructor Certification.  The following requirements shall apply during the initial period of certification:

(1)           where certifications for both General Probationary Instructor and Specialized Instructor are issued on the same date, the instructor shall only be required to satisfy the teaching requirement for the general probationary instructor certification.  The instructor may satisfy the teaching requirement for the General Probationary Instructor certification by teaching any specialized topic for which certification has been issued;

(2)           when Specialized Instructor Certification is issued during an existing period of General Instructor Certification, either probationary status or full general status, the specialized instructor may satisfy the teaching requirement for the General Certification by teaching the specialized subject for which certification has been issued;

(3)           where Specialized Instructor Certification becomes concurrent with an existing active period of General Instructor Certification, and there are 12 months or more until the certifications' expiration date, the instructor must teach 12 hours for each specialized topic for which certification has been issued; and

(4)           where Specialized Instructor Certification becomes concurrent with an existing active period of General Instructor Certification, and there are fewer than 12 months until the certification expiration date, the instructor is not required to teach any hours for the specialized subject.

(c)  The term of certification as a specialized instructor shall not exceed the 36 month period of full General Instructor Certification.  The certification may subsequently be renewed by the Commission at the time of renewal of the full General Instructor Certification.  The application for renewal shall contain, in addition to the requirements listed in Rule .0310 of this Section, documentary evidence that the applicant has remained active in the instructional process during the previous three-year period.  Such documentary evidence shall include proof that the applicant has, within the three-year period preceding application for renewal, instructed at least 12 hours in each of the topics for which the Specialized Instructor Certification was granted and that instruction was provided in a Commission-certified training course or a Commission-recognized in-service training course.  Acceptable documentary evidence shall include official Commission records submitted by School Directors and written certification from a School Director and either of the following:

(1)           a favorable written recommendation from a School Director accompanied by certification that the instructor successfully taught at least 12 hours in each of the topics for which Specialized Instructor Certification was granted.  Such teaching must have occurred in a Commission-certified training course or a Commission-recognized in-service training course during the three-year period of Specialized Instructor Certification; or

(2)           a written evaluation by a staff member, based on an on-site classroom evaluation of a presentation by the instructor in a Commission-certified training course or a Commission-recognized in-service training course, during the three-year period of Specialized Instructor Certification.

(d)  Any specialized instructor training courses previously accepted by the Commission for purposes of certification shall no longer be recognized if the instructor does not successfully teach at least 12 hours in each of the specialized topics during the three-year period for which certification was granted.  Upon application for re-certification, such applicants shall be required to meet the requirements of Rule .0310 of this Section.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 17C-6;

Temporary Adoption Eff. January 1, 2001;

Eff. August 1, 2002;

Amended Eff. May 1, 2014; June 1, 2012; January 1, 2006.