Certification Requirements for Elementary

Mathematics Specialist (Grades 1 – 6) 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 serve as Mathematics Specialist. (1) An applicant for a Missouri certificate of license to serve as an Elementary Mathematics Specialist who possesses good moral character may be granted an initial Missouri certificate of license to serve as an Elementary Mathematics Specialist subject to the certification requirements found in 5 CSR 20-400.500 and the following additional certification requirements specific to certificates of license for Elementary Mathematics Specialists: (A) General Requirements— 1. A valid Missouri permanent or professional certificate of license to teach; 2. Two (2) years of successful mathematics teaching experience; 3. A recommendation from the designated certification official from an educator preparation program approved by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (department); and 4. 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 department; (B) Professional Requirements (minimum of twenty-four (24) semester hours beyond initial certification)— 1. Mathematical Content Knowledge— A. Mathematics Knowledge—concepts, structures, skills, and processes of school mathematics from an advanced perspective including number/operation; geometry/ measurement; algebra; probability and statistics; and B. Specialized Mathematics Know-ledge of Teaching— mathematics that relates to helping students understand school mathematics, often referred to as Mathematics Knowledge for Teaching (MKT); 2. Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) for Mathematics— A. Understanding of how students and adults learn mathematics; B. Effective teaching strategies for supporting mathematics learning; C. Curriculum trajectories, materials, standards, and methods for aligning curriculum systems; and D. Evaluation of mathematical abilities and achievement including formal and informal diagnostic procedures and in prescriptive instruction; 3. Foundations of Leadership— A. Effective communication strategies within and outside school; B. Professional development expertise ability to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate learning environments for educators; C. Ability to establish and nurture professional communities of learners—students, parents, and educators; and D. Informed about and contribute to policy and professional organization work related to teaching and learning mathematics; and 4. Field and Clinical Experiences (three (3) semester hours)— A. Culminating Clinical Experience. A supervised clinical placement in which candidates acquire experience working with a full range of students and educators in various professional development settings. (2) The requirements of this rule shall become effective August 1, 2017. AUTHORITY: sections 168.011, 168.405, and 168.409, RSMo 2000, and sections 161.092, 168.021, 168.071, 168.081, and 168.400, RSMo Supp. 2013.* Original rule filed Oct. 29, 2013, effective May 30, 2014. *Original authority: 161.092, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 2002, 2003, 2013; 168.011, RSMo 1963, amended 1984; 168.021, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013; 168.071, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2013; 168.081, RSMo 1963, amended 1984, 2002; 168.400, RSMo 1985, amended 1990, 2002; 168.405, RSMo 1985; and 168.409, RSMo 1985.