Certification Requirements for Gifted

Education (Kindergarten – Grade 12) PURPOSE: The State Board of Education is authorized to grant certificates of license to teach in any of the public schools of the state and establish requirements and qualifications for those certificates. This rule outlines the requirements for application for a certificate of license to teach Gifted Education. (1) An applicant for a Missouri certificate of license to teach Gifted Education who possesses good moral character may be granted an initial Missouri certificate of license to teach Gifted Education subject to the certification requirements found in 5 CSR 20-400.500 and the following additional certification requirements specific to Gifted Education: (A) General Requirements— 1. A valid Missouri permanent or professional certificate of license to teach; and 2. The applicant must achieve a score equal to or in excess of the qualifying score on the required exit assessment(s) as defined in 5 CSR 20-400.310 and 5 CSR 20-400.440. The official score shall be submitted to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (department); (B) Content Knowledge for Teaching (Minimum requirement of fifteen (15) semester hours)— 1. A Survey of Gifted and Talented Education; 2. Programming Planning and Development: An Understanding of Administration and Supervision of Gifted Programs; 3. Screening, Assessing, and Evaluating Gifted Students; 4. Curriculum and Instruction for the Gifted; and 5. Meeting the Affective Needs of Gifted Students; and (C) Culminating Clinical Experience. A supervised clinical experience in which candidates acquire experience in planning for and working with gifted students in various instructional settings in both elementary and secondary schools. The clinical experience should include collaboration with other educators to support student learning. (2) The requirements of this rule shall become effective August 1, 2024. AUTHORITY: sections 161.092, 168.011, 168.071, 168.081, 168.400, 168.405, and 168.409, RSMo 2016, and section 168.021, RSMo Supp. 2023.* Original rule filed Oct. 29, 2013, effective May 30, 2014. Amended: Filed Jan. 10, 2024, effective July 30, 2024. *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; 168.071, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2014; 168.081, RSMo 1963, amended 1984, 2002, 2014; 168.400, RSMo 1985, amended 1990, 2002; 168.405, RSMo 1985; and 168.409, RSMo 1985.