Certification Requirements for Transition Administrator Certificate

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 each of the various areas of certification within the Transition Administrator Certificate. (1) An applicant for a Missouri Transition Administrator Certificate who possesses good moral character may be granted a Transition Administrator Certificate subject to the certification requirements found in 5 CSR 20-400.500 and the following additional certification requirements specific to Transition Administrator Certificates: (A) The Transition Administrator Certificate, valid for a period of six (6) years from the effective date on the certificate, will be issued upon completion and verification of the following: 1. For applicants seeking a Transition Administrator Certificate for School Leader (Grades K-12); Career and Technical Education Administrator (Grades 7-12); and Special Education Director (Grades K-12)— A. Four (4) years of administrator experience approved by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (department); B. Participation in two (2) years of district-provided mentoring (during the first two (2) years of administrator experience); C. The development, implementation, and completion of a professional development plan of at least one hundred twenty (120) contact hours of professional development based on standards and quality indicators as required by the State Board of Education (board), or eight (8) semester hours of graduate credit toward an advanced degree in educational leadership, reading/literacy, or curriculum/instruction, or a combination of credits/professional development, or successful completion of three (3) department-approved micro-credentials based on the department’s leadership development system; and D. Successful participation in an annual performancebased administrator evaluation. (2) The requirements of this rule shall become effective September 1, 2021. 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. 2020.* Original rule filed Oct. 29, 2013, effective May 30, 2014. Amended: Filed Jan. 14, 2021, effective July 30, 2021. *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; 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.