Alabama Administrative Code

The State Department of Education shall approve a certification program to provide minimum standards, professional development, and continuing education for the wide variety of assignments, duties, and tasks of chief school finance officers. (a) The certification program approved…

(1) The certification program approved by the State Department of Education shall provide the following continuing professional education (CPE) requirements: (a) A CCSFO shall receive 18 contact hours of approved CPE credits during each fiscal year. CPE hours earned in excess of …

(1) Short Title. This chapter shall be entitled Public School Governance and shall refer specifically to the Alabama Public School Governance. (2) Purpose. The purpose of the Alabama Public School Governance is to provide governance guidelines for public schools in Alabama. (3) N…

(1) Safe School Equipment and Facilities, Laboratories, and Policies. (a) Safety precautions must be implemented and adequate facilities must be provided for implementations of programs prescribed by SDE Bulletin(s). (b) Effective with the 1995-96 school year and thereafter, loca…

(1) An Extended Learning Opportunity (ELO) is an out-of classroom learning experience, approved by the State Board of Education, a local board of education, or a public charter school, where an eligible entity provides a student with any of the following: (a) Enrichment opportuni…

(1) Each local board, consistent with Section 16-28-4, shall adopt and implement policies that ensure students being enrolled in or promoted to the first grade can demonstrate first grade readiness. (2) Each policy, at a minimum, shall: (a) Provide first grade readiness may be de…

(1) 30/18. The semester hours required in a teaching field, including at least 30 semester hours of credit with at least 18 semester hours of upper-division credit. (2) Academic Major. Refer to the definition in the Educator Preparation Chapter of the Alabama Administrative Code.…

(1) Certification Authority. (a) The Educator Certification Section shall be the sole office within the Alabama State Department of Education to issue certificates and licenses and to implement Alabama laws and Rules adopted by the Alabama State Board of Education relating to the…

(1) General Information. (a) A Professional Educator Certificate is renewable and may be issued at the Class B, Class A, or Class AA level. (b) A Professional Leadership Certificate is renewable and may be issued at the Class A or Class AA level. (c) An individual may be eligible…

(1) Authority of the Alabama State Superintendent of Education. (a) The Alabama State Superintendent of Education shall have the authority under existing legal standards to: 1. Revoke, suspend, recall, non-renew, refuse to issue, or impose any other condition or requirement autho…

(1) Overview. An individual may seek additional certification in the selected teaching field(s) of early childhood education (P-3), elementary education (K-6), and most middle level (4-8), secondary (6-12), and elementary-secondary (P-12) teaching fields if a valid Alabama Profes…

(1) Overview. A superintendent or administrator who wishes to employ an individual may request a Provisional Certificate in a Teaching Field (PCTF). The individual must be employed full-time in a teaching field while completing the requirements of the PCTF-approach to earn a Clas…

(1) Overview. A superintendent or administrator who wishes to employ an individual may request a Provisional Certificate in a Career and Technical Teaching Field (PCCT). The individual must be employed full-time in a teaching field while completing the requirements of the PCCT ap…

(1) Overview. An individual who has held the first, second, and third PCTF and/or ABC or PCCT and/or CT ABC may meet requirements for a Class B Professional Educator Certificate in the same teaching field and grade level for which the three PCTFs/ABCs or PCCTs/CT ABCs were issued…

(1) Overview. This approach was previously named the Special Alternative Certificate (SAC) Approach for Teaching Fields. A superintendent or administrator who wishes to employ an individual may request an Interim Employment Certificate in a Teaching Field (IEC). The individual mu…

(1) Overview. This approach was previously named the Special Alternative Certificate (SAC) Approach for Areas of Instructional Support. A superintendent or administrator who wishes to employ an individual may request an Interim Employment Certificate in a certain Areas of Instruc…

(1) Overview. This approach was previously named the Preliminary Certificate (PRE) Approach. When no other certification approach is applicable, a superintendent or administrator who wishes to employ an individual may request a Provisional Certificate (PCLS). The individual must …

(1) Overview. When no other certification approach is applicable, a superintendent who wishes to employ an individual as an educational administrator, or the chairperson of the Board of Education of a public school system that wishes to employ an individual as a superintendent, m…

(1) Overview. An individual who has held the first and second PCLS and/or PRE or BIEA and/or PRE EX may meet requirements for a Professional Educator or Professional Leadership Certificate in the same area and grade level for which the two PCLSs/PREs or BIEA/PRE EXs were issued. …

(1) Overview. An individual may seek additional certification in selected secondary (6-12) technical education program areas or health science if a valid Alabama Professional Educator Certificate in a teaching field is held, appropriate experience is verified, and the appropriate…

(1) Overview. An individual may seek additional certification in Cooperative Education Coordination for Grades 6-12 if a valid Alabama Professional Educator Certificate in a career and technical education teaching field is held, appropriate experience is verified, and credit earn…

(1) Overview. In cases where an individual who holds a valid Alabama certificate endorsed in the appropriate technical education program area or health science is not available, a superintendent who wishes to employ an individual to teach may request a Career and Technical Educat…

(1) Overview. An individual may seek a Degree Equivalent Health Science Certificate for Grades 6-12 in health science. These certificates are Career and Technical Certificates. (2) Bachelor's Equivalent Health Science 1 Certificate. (a) Application. 1. The applicant is required t…

(1) Overview. An individual may seek a Degree Equivalent Technical Education Certificate for Grades 6-12 in selected technical education program areas. The specific technical education program areas are identified by the Office of Career and Technical Education of the Department.…

(1) Overview. An individual holding a valid Master's Equivalent Technical Education 4 Certificate or Sixth-Year Equivalent Technical Education 5 Certificate in a technical education program area or a valid Master's Equivalent Health Science 3 Certificate or Sixth-Year Equivalent …

(1) Overview. An individual who holds a valid professional educator certificate issued by another state, the District of Columbia, a U.S. Territory, or the Department of Defense Education Activity (henceforth in this Rule referred to as "another state") may seek an Alabama Profes…

(1) Requirements. (a) Successful completion of the Alabama Special Requirements in Rule 290-3-2-.02(4). (b) A recommendation from the Child Nutrition Program of the Department to the Educator Certification Section. (2) Valid Period. The valid period of the certificate shall be fr…

(1) Overview. An individual who has completed at least a master's degree level CACREP-accredited school counseling program may seek a Class A School Counselor Professional Educator Certificate. (2) Application. The applicant is required to submit to the Educator Certification Sec…

(1) Overview. An individual may seek additional certification in Driver and Traffic Safety Education. (2) Limitations on Issuance. This approach is not available to an individual who holds only a Provisional Certificate, Interim Employment Certificate, Business and Industry to Ed…

(1) Overview. In cases of emergency when an individual who holds a valid Alabama certificate is not available, a superintendent or administrator who wishes to employ an individual may request an Emergency Certificate. The Emergency Certificate is not an alternative certificate. A…

(1) Overview. An individual who earned a bachelor's or higher degree and completed an educator preparation program at a university or college in another country may seek a Professional Educator Certificate in a teaching field. (2) Limitations on Issuance. (a) An individual may be…

(1) Overview. A superintendent or administrator who wishes to employ an individual as a JROTC instructor may request a JROTC Certificate. (2) Application. (a) The applicant is required to submit to the employing superintendent or administrator the current application for this app…

(1) Overview. An individual who holds valid NBPTS certification may seek a Professional Educator Certificate. (2) Limitations on Issuance. This approach is only available if the applicant's NBPTS certification is in an area, at a grade level, and at a degree level in which Alabam…

(1) Overview. An individual who holds valid certification as a Nationally Certified School Psychologist may seek a School Psychologist Professional Educator Certificate. (2) Application. The applicant is required to submit to the Educator Certification Section the current applica…

(1) General Requirements for the Continuation of a Valid Renewable Professional Educator Certificate, Type Career and Technical Certificate, Level Career and Technical Certificate, Specialty Area Career and Technical Certificate, or Degree Equivalent Career and Technical Certific…

(1) Overview of the SLA Certificate. A public school superintendent may request a nonrenewable Level I SLA Certificate, valid for three scholastic years, to employ an applicant who has an earned bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited senior institution in speech-language …

(1) Overview. An individual may seek certification in the instructional support area of speech-language pathology. A SLPEC allows the holder to serve only as a speech-language pathologist. (2) Application. The applicant is required to submit to the Educator Certification Section …

(1) Overview. A superintendent or administrator who wishes to employ an individual as a speech-language pathologist may request a SLTC. This certificate may be requested for an individual who does not hold a valid speech-language pathology license or valid renewal card issued by …

(1) Overview. An individual who completes a State-approved program as prescribed in the Educator Preparation Chapter of the Alabama Administrative Code may be eligible for a Professional Educator Certificate or Professional Leadership Certificate. (2) General Information. (a) An …

(1) Overview. A superintendent or administrator who wishes to employ an individual as a substitute teacher may request a Substitute Teacher License. An individual who holds a valid Substitute Teacher License may be employed as a substitute in any Alabama public or nonpublic schoo…

(1) Overview. An individual who has completed at least a bachelor's level National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) accredited program in child development for birth through age four may seek an Early Childhood Development Certificate for birth through age …

(1) Overview. An individual who has experience teaching at a regionally accredited college or university may seek a Letter of Eligibility for the Higher Education Transitional Certificate (HETC). A superintendent who wishes to employ an individual holding a valid Letter of Eligib…

(1) Overview. An individual who holds a valid Alabama Professional Educator Certificate in a teaching field and meets the specified training and assessment requirements as prescribed in 290-3-2-.37(3) may apply for the Dyslexia Therapist Endorsement. (2) Application. The applican…

Other terms related to the preparation and certification of educators are provided in the current Educator Certification Chapter (290-3-2) of the Alabama Administrative Code. 1. 30/18. The 4x12 requirement for early childhood, elementary, and collaborative special education progr…

(1) Unless noted elsewhere, the effective date of these rules is June 1, 2019, for educator preparation providers (EPPs) and programs to be reviewed after that date. (2) Changes based on the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) (i.e., general studies requirements for e…

1. Unless noted elsewhere, the effective date for these rules will be August 1, 2025. 2. The implementation date of these rules for educator preparation providers (EPPs) and programs to be reviewed after that date is August 1, 2025. 3. EPPs and programs to be reviewed fall semest…

To offer approved educator preparation programs, institutions in Alabama shall be accredited by the U.S. DOE. If an institution loses accreditation at one or more levels, the educator preparation provider (EPP) must notify the ALSDE and candidates individually and in writing. 1. …

1. Pursuant to the mission of improving the academic achievement of all students in the public schools of Alabama, candidates will align their practice with the Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (InTASC) standards. InTASC and International Society for Technolog…

(1) Rationale. This rule brings attention to those elements that are distinctive to the pre-K program. These elements represent the unique nature of pre-K education encompassing the foundations of learning including play, developmentally appropriate practices, and integration wit…

1. Overview of Educator Preparation Program Levels. Formal preparation of educators occurs at two levels, initial and advanced. Successful completion of an initial program may qualify the candidate for Class B certification or Class A certification upon completion of an Alternati…