Middle School Add-On

Middle School 4-8 Specialty Area Add-On



Middle School Specialty Area Add-On Certification

English, Mathematics, Science, or Social Studies

 

* * * Adopted as Policy at June 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.

 

Middle School Specialty Area Add-On (Endorsement)

English, Mathematics, Science, or Social Studies

Requirements

 

  • For individual holding a valid early childhood certificate (PK-K, PK-3)elementary certificate (e.g., 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 1-8) upper elementary or middle school certificate (e.g., 4-8, 5-8, 6-8), secondary certificate (e.g., 6-12, 7-12, 9-12) mild/moderate certificate, or an all level K-12 certificate (art, dance, foreign  language, health, PE,H&PE, music)

 

 

 

  1. Achieve passing PRAXIS score for Middle School:

 

      Specialty Area Exam in the content area or

 accumulate 30 credit hours in the specialty content area                    

 

   2.  Achieve passing score for PRAXIS Principles of Learning and Teaching 5-9

 

   3.  Accumulate 6 semester hours of reading

 

 

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, June 2004) 


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