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Certification Guide for School Staff Assignments
| Table of Contents View | |
| • TEACHER CERTIFICATION – FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS View | |
| • CERTIFICATE AREAS View (pages 1-5) | 1 |
• General Information |
2 |
• Oklahoma Teacher Licensure and Certification Procedures |
3-A |
| • Options for Non-Traditional Teacher Licensure and Certification Programs | 3-B |
• Licensure and Certification Areas (Listed Alphabetically) |
4-5 |
| • EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION – FOUR-YEAR-OLDS AND YOUNGER TO GRADE 3 View (pages 6-12) | 6 |
| • Highly Qualified Requirements at a Glance – No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 | 7 |
| • Special Education Highly Qualified Requirements at a Glance – No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 | 8 |
| • Highly Qualified Teacher - Early Childhood Education/Elementary Education (Four-year-olds and younger to Grade 3) | 9 |
| • OPTION E: HOUSSE - Early Childhood (Grades PK-3) Education and Elementary Education (Grades 1-8) | 10 |
| • Early Childhood Education – Four-year-olds and younger to Grade 3 | 11 |
| • Other Staff Assignments | 12 |
| • GRADES 4-8 View (pages 13-26) | 13 |
| • Highly Qualified Requirements At a Glance – No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 | 14 |
| • Special Education Highly Qualified Requirements at a Glance – No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 | 15 |
| • Highly Qualified Teacher – Elementary Education (Grades 4-8) | 16 |
| • OPTION E: HOUSSE - Middle Level (Grades 6, 7, and 8) and Secondary Level (Grades 9-12) | 17 |
Grades 4-5 |
18 |
Grades 6-8 – Subject Specific |
19 |
| • Agriculture | 19 |
| • Business Education | 19 |
| • Computer Education | 19 |
| • Dance | 19 |
| • English/Language Arts | 20 |
| • Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics | 20 |
| • Fine Arts and Music | 21 |
| • Health and Physical Education | 21 |
| • Humanities | 21 |
| • Languages | 22 |
| • Mathematics | 23 |
| • Science | 24 |
| • Social Studies | 24 |
| • Technology Education/Industrial Arts | 25 |
| • General Information | 25 |
| • Other Staff Assignments | 25 |
| • SEVENTH AND EIGHTH-GRADE COURSES FOR HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT View (page 27) | 27 |
| • HIGH SCHOOL – GRADES 9-12 View (pages 28-52) | 28 |
• Highly Qualified Requirements At a Glance – No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 |
29 |
| • Special Education Highly Qualified Requirements at a Glance – No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 | 30 |
| • Highly Qualified Teacher – Secondary Education (Grades 9-12) | 31 |
| • High School Career and Technology Education (Grades 9-12) – Highly Qualified Math and Science Teachers | 32 |
| • High School Career and Technology Education – Any Course Given for High School Mathematics or Science Credit | 33 |
| • OPTION E: HOUSSE - Middle Level (Grades 6, 7, and 8) and Secondary Level (Grades 9-12) | 34 |
High School – Grades 9-12 |
35 |
| • Agriculture – General | 35 |
| • Arts | 35 |
| • Business Education | 36 |
| • Computer Education | 38 |
| • English/Language Arts | 38 |
| • Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics | 40 |
| • Health and Physical Education | 40 |
| • Humanities | 40 |
| • Languages | 41 |
| • Mathematics | 43 |
| • Music | 45 |
| • Science | 46 |
| • Social Studies | 48 |
| • Technology Education/Industrial Arts | 51 |
| • Other Secondary | 51 |
| • Other Secondary – ROTC | 52 |
| • Other Staff Assignment | 52 |
| ACHIEVING CLASSROOM EXCELLENCE (ACE) View (pages 53-55) | 53 |
| • Grades 7 - 8 Remediation | 54 |
| • Grades 9 - 12 Remediation | 54-55 |
| • HIGH SCHOOL CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION (GRADES 9-12) View (pages 56-83) | 56 |
| • Highly Qualified Requirements At a Glance – No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 | 57 |
| • Special Education Highly Qualified Requirements at a Glance – No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 | 58 |
| • Highly Qualified Teacher – High School Career and Technology Education – Any Course Given for High School Mathematics or Science Credit |
59 |
| • OPTION E: HOUSSE - Middle Level (Grades 6, 7, and 8) and Secondary Level (Grades 9-12) | 60 |
• 8000 SERIES – CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION |
61 |
• 8100 – 8200 SERIES – AGRICULTURE EDUCATION |
62 |
• 8300 SERIES – MARKETING EDUCATION |
63 |
• 8400 SERIES – BUSINESS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY |
64 |
| Finance Cluster Class Codes 8460-8467 |
66 |
| Information Technology Cluster Class Codes 8480-8538 |
67 |
| Career and Technology Health Education Class Codes 8550-8597 |
70 |
| Family and Consumer Sciences, Career and Technology/Occupational Class Codes 8600-8880 |
72 |
• 8900 SERIES – CLIENT-BASED PROGRAMS |
74 |
• 9000 SERIES – CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION/TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION |
75 |
Trade and Industrial Education |
76 |
| • SPECIAL EDUCATION – GRADES PK-12 View (pages 84-95) | 84 |
| • Highly Qualified Requirements At a Glance – No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 | 85 |
| • Special Education Highly Qualified Requirements at a Glance – No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 | 86 |
| • Highly Qualified Special Education Teacher (Grades PK-12) | 87 |
| • HOUSSE: Special Education Teachers who are Providing Direct Instruction and are the Teacher of Record in a Core Subject Early Childhood Education (Grades PK-3) and Elementary Education (Grades 1-8) | 88 |
| • HOUSSE: Special Education Teachers who are Providing Direct Instruction in a Core Subject and are the Teacher of Record in a Core Subject Middle Level (Grades 6, 7, and 8) and Secondary Level (Grades 9-12) | 89 |
| • Instructional Personnel Standards | 90 |
| • American Sign Language | 92 |
| • Requirements for Special Education Paraprofessionals | 93 |
| • Listing Special Education Teacher Registry Training on Teaching Certificates | 94 |
| • Developmental Delay | 95 |
| • APPENDIX View (pages 97-111) | 96 |
| • Other Courses/Assignments | 97 |
| • Administrative Assignments | 99 |
| • Oklahoma Title I Paraprofessional | 100 |
| • Substitute Teachers | 101 |
| • Adjunct Teachers | 103 |
| • Alternative Education Academies, Grant Programs and Schools, and Residential Treatment Facilities | 104 |
| • Highly Qualified Teacher – Alternative Education (Grades 6-12) | 105 |
| • Specialist Certification | 106 |
| • How to Add Specialist Areas to Teaching Certificates | 107 |
| • How to Add Subject Areas to Teaching Certificates | 108 |
| • Traditional Administrator Certification Requirements | 109 |
| • Alternative Administrator Certification Requirements | 110 |
| • Definitions | 111 |