Academically Gifted Add-On
* * * Adopted as Policy at November 2004 BESE Meeting * * *
The chart below identifies requirements to be completed in order to add-on a certification level and/or a certification area within levels to an existing valid teaching certificate.
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Academically Gifted Add-On(Endorsement) |
Requirements |
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2. Fifteen (15) graduate hours of prescribed coursework from the following list either within a Master's degree program or as an add-on to an existing Master's:
3. Three (3) hours in practicum for academically gifted (EDUC 646) or an internship for college credit in academically gifted or three (3) years of successful teaching in academically gifted
NOTE: Academically gifted certification will be valid only in the teaching area(s) in which one is certified.
The secondary teacher of academically gifted students who is to award Carnegie Units in the secondary subject area(s) must be certified in the subject area(s) in which Carnegie Units are awarded.
Elementary and secondary teachers who are also certified in academically gifted may offer approved special education elective (enrichment) courses at either the elementary or secondary level. |
NOTE: Add-on endorsement certifications not identified in this proposed policy will continue to follow requirements currently in place in Bulletin 746.
Endorsement (Add-on) Policy, October 2003 (Revised December 2003; September 2004; November 2004)