Certification Requirements for Career Continuous Student Services 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 Career Continuous Student Services Certificate. (1) An applicant for a Career Continuous Student Services Certificate who possesses good moral character may be granted a Career Continuous Student Services Certificate subject to the certification requirements found in 5 CSR 20-400.500 and the following additional certification requirements specific to Career Continuous Student Services Certificates: (A) The Career Continuous Student Services Certificate will be issued upon completion and verification of the following: 1. Four (4) years of experience approved by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (department) in specific area of Student Services Certification; 2. Participation in two (2) years of district-provided mentoring (during the first two (2) years of student services experience); 3. The development, implementation, and completion of a professional development plan of at least forty (40) contact hours of professional development, or three (3) semester hours of graduate credit toward an advanced degree; 4. Successful participation in an annual performancebased evaluation; and 5. For a Student Services Certificate—Speech-Language Pathologist, possession of a valid, unencumbered, undisciplined Missouri license in Speech-Language Pathology from the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts; (B) The Career Continuous Student Services Certificate will remain valid upon verification of the following: 1. Continued participation in a performance-based evaluation; 2. Completion of twenty (20) contact hours of professional development annually; and 3. For a Student Services Certificate—Speech-Language Pathology, possession of a valid, unencumbered, undisciplined Missouri license in Speech-Language Pathology from the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts; (C) The Career Continuous Student Services Certificate holder is exempt from additional professional development if the holder has a local professional development plan in place with the school and meets at least two (2) of the following: 1. For the Career Continuous Student Services—Career Education Counselor Certificate— A. Ten (10) years of Career Education Counselor experience approved by the department; B. An education specialist degree in School Counseling or a closely related field; and/or C. Certification from a nationally recognized professional counseling organization approved by the State Board of Education (board); 2. For the Career Continuous Student Services—School Counselor (K-12) Certificate— A. Ten (10) years of School Counselor experience approved by the department; B. An education specialist degree or higher in School Counseling or a closely related field; and/or C. Certification from a nationally recognized professional School Counselor organization approved by the board; 3. For the Career Continuous Student Services – School Psychological Examiner Certificate— A. Ten (10) years of School Psychological Examiner experience approved by the department; B. An education specialist degree in School Psychology or a closely related field; and/or C. Certification from a nationally recognized professional School Psychology organization approved by the board; 4. For the Career Continuous Student Services – School Psychologist Certificate— A. Ten (10) years of School Psychologist experience approved by the department; B. An education specialist degree in School Psychology or a closely related field; and/or C. Certification from a nationally recognized professional School Psychology organization approved by the board; and 5. For the Career Continuous Student Services – SpeechLanguage Pathologist (Birth-Grade 12) Certificate— A. Ten (10) years of Speech-Language Pathologist experience approved by the department; B. An education specialist degree in Speech-Language Pathology or a closely related field; and/or C. Certification from a nationally recognized professional Speech-Language Pathology organization approved by the board. 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. 2024.* Original rule filed Oct. 29, 2013, effective May 30, 2014. Amended: Filed May 15, 2024, effective Nov. 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, 2024; 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, 2024; 168.405, RSMo 1985; and 168.409, RSMo 1985.