16 KAR 3:080. Career and technical education administrators.
RELATES TO: KRS 161.020, 161.025, 161.027, 161.030
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 156.070, 161.030
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 161.020, 161.025, and 161.030 require that teachers and other professional school personnel hold certificates of legal qualifications for their respective positions to be issued upon completion of programs of preparation prescribed and approved by the Education Professional Standards Board; furthermore, the teacher education institutions are required to be approved for offering the preparation programs corresponding to particular certificates by the Education Professional Standards Board. KRS 161.027 establishes testing and internship requirements for principals. This administrative regulation establishes appropriate certificate conditions for their issuance and renewal, and relates to the corresponding standards and procedures for program approval as included in the Kentucky Standards for Preparation-Certification of Professional School Personnel for career and technical education administrators.
Section 1. The certificate for administration, supervision, and coordination of vocational education issued only through January 4, 1988 under prior versions of this administrative regulation shall:
(1) Not qualify the holder for any vocational education position; and
(2) Be designated as one of the several requirements for certain positions of administration, supervision, and coordination as identified in the Kentucky State Plan for Vocational Technical Education, as incorporated by reference in 780 KAR 1:010.
Section 2. (1) The certificate for career and technical school principal shall be issued in accordance with the pertinent Kentucky statutes and Education Professional Standards Board administrative regulations to an applicant who has:
(a) at least three (3) years of teaching experience in a career and technical education teaching assignment; and
(b) completed the approved program of preparation which corresponds to the certificate at a teacher education institution approved under the standards and procedures for approval of preparation programs as established in 16 KAR 5:010.
(2) The certificate shall be issued and renewed in accordance with the provisions of KRS 161.027, 16 KAR 6:030, and 16 KAR 7:020.
(3)(a)1. The initial certificate for career and technical school principal shall be issued for a duration period of one (1) year upon:
a successful completion of the approved curriculum and the tests prescribed under KRS 161.027 and 16 KAR 6:030; and
b. obtaining employment for an internship position as principal or assistant principal of a career and technical school.
2. During the period of validity of the one (1) year certificate, the internship program for career and technical school principals as outlined in KRS 161.027 shall be completed.
3. Upon successful completion of the internship, the certificate shall be extended for four (4) years.
(b) 1. The certificate shall be renewed subsequently for five (5) year periods.
2. Each five (5) year renewal thereafter shall require the completion of:
a. Two (2) years of experience as a career and technical school principal,
b. Three (3) semester hours of additional graduate credit related to the position of career and technical school principal, c. Forty-two (42) hours of approved training selected from programs approved for the Kentucky Effective Instructional Leadership Training Program.
(4) In compliance with KRS 161.027, persons applying for the certificate for career and technical school principal who satisfy the curriculum requirements and all other prerequisites, and who have completed at least two (2) years of successful full-time experience, including at least 140 days per year, as a career and technical school principal, within a ten (10) year period prior to making application, shall be:
(a) Exempt from the internship requirements for career and technical school principal; and
(b) required to pass the written examinations required by KRS 161.027 and the governing administrative regulation.
(5)(a) The certificate for career and technical school principal shall be valid for the position of principal at a career and technical school.
(b) The hiring authority of a career and technical school may employ as a principal a candidate who possesses the following:
1. A valid Kentucky certificate or statement of eligibility for instructional leadership- school principal;
2. A valid Kentucky certificate for a career and technical education; and
3. A minimum of three (3) years of teaching experience in the field of career and technical education.
Section 3. (1) The certificate for career and technical education principal shall be issued in accordance with the pertinent Kentucky statutes to an applicant who has at least three (3) years of teaching experience in a career and technical education teaching assignment and who has completed the approved program of preparation which corresponds to the certificate at a teacher education institution approved under the standards and procedures of the Education Professional Standards Board pursuant to 16 KAR 5:010.
(2)(a)The certificate for career and technical education principal shall be issued for a duration period of five (5) years and shall be renewed subsequently for five (5) year periods.
(b) Each five (5) year renewal shall require the completion of:
1. Two (2) years of experience as a supervisor or coordinator of career and technical education;
2. Three (3) semester hours of additional graduate credit related to the position of supervisor or coordinator of career and technical education;
3. Forty-two (42) hours of approved training selected from programs approved for the Kentucky Effective Instructional Leadership Training Program. (SBE 42.126; 1 Ky.R. 504; eff. 3-12-75; Am. 5 Ky.R. 616; eff. 3-7-79; 14 Ky.R. 1105; eff. 1-4-88; recodified from 704 KAR 20:215, 7-2-2002; 33 Ky.R. 836; 1272; eff. 12-1-06.)