Application for Substitute Certificate of License to Teach

PURPOSE: This rule outlines the procedures for application for a substitute certificate of license to teach. (1) An applicant for a substitute Missouri certificate of license to teach who has successfully completed thirty-six (36) semester hours or more of college-level credit from a regionally accredited academic degree granting institution recognized by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (department), or has a high school diploma, General Education Diploma (GED), or High School Equivalency Test (HiSET), and has successfully completed a minimum of twenty (20) clock hours of department-approved substitute teacher training that includes professionalism, honoring diversity, engaging students, foundational classroom management techniques, basic instructional strategies, supporting students with special needs, and working with at-risk youth may be granted a substitute Missouri certificate of license to teach pursuant to the rules promulgated by the State Board of Education (board). (2) An applicant for a career/technical substitute Missouri certificate of license to teach who has successfully completed the following may be granted a substitute Missouri certificate of license to teach pursuant to the rules promulgated by the board: (A) A bachelor’s degree in an area appropriate for the career/ technical area sought and four thousand (4,000) hours of department approved, related occupational experience; or (B) An associate’s degree in an area appropriate for the career/technical area sought and five thousand (5,000) hours of department approved, related occupational experience; or (C) Six thousand (6,000) hours of department approved, related occupational experience. (3) Applicants may renew the substitute certificate of license to teach by completing the following requirements: (A) A new fingerprint background check clearance every four (4) years or when employed by a new school district; and (B) One (1) hour of professional development and/or district training annually. (4) An application is not considered officially filed with the board until it has been determined by the board or department staff to be completed and the application is submitted on the forms provided by the board, signed, and accompanied by two (2) full sets of fingerprints with the appropriate fee as set by the Missouri State Highway Patrol (Highway Patrol) and/or Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and any other applicable forms and/or fees. All information should be received by the board within ninety (90) days of the date of the application. (A) The applicant is responsible for submitting the fingerprints in the manner acceptable to the Highway Patrol and/or FBI and the payment of any fees required by the Highway Patrol and/ or FBI. AUTHORITY: sections 161.092, 168.011, 168.071, and 168.081, RSMo 2016, and sections 168.021 and 168.036, RSMo Supp. 2022.* This rule previously filed as 5 CSR 80-800.290. Emergency rule filed July 30, 1999, effective Aug. 9, 1999, expired Jan. 26, 2000. Original rule filed July 30, 1999, effective Feb. 29, 2000. Amended: Filed Sept. 12, 2003, effective April 30, 2004. Amended: Filed June 30, 2005, effective Jan. 30, 2006. Amended: Filed Feb. 1, 2010, effective Sept. 30, 2010. Moved to 5 CSR 20-400.220, effective Aug. 16, 2011. Amended: Filed May 2, 2019, effective Dec. 30, 2019. Amended: Filed April 23, 2021, effective Dec. 30, 2021. Emergency amendment filed Aug. 30, 2022, effective Sept. 14, 2022, expired March 12, 2023. Amended: Filed Aug. 30, 2022, effective Feb. 28, 2023. *Original authority: 161.092, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 2002, 2003, 2013, 2014; 168.011, RSMo 1963, amended 1984; 168.021, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2022; 168.036, RSMo 2022; 168.071, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2014; and 168.081, RSMo 1963, amended 1984, 2002, 2014.