La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXXXI-1535

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Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section CXXXI-1535 - Parish or City School Supervisor/Director of Special Education

A. Eligibility requirements:

1. valid Type A or Level 3 Louisiana teaching certificate with certification as a special education teacher;

2. five years of successful professional experience, at least three of which must have been in special education;

3. graduate degree from an institution of higher education accredited in accordance with 34 CFR 602 ;

4. minimum of 33 semester hours of graduate credit:

a. six semester hours of special education administration, with three semester hours in each area of special education administration that address the following competencies:

i. administration and organization of special education; and

ii. special education compliance;

b. professional education, 24 semester hours of instructional supervision, to include three semester hours in each of the following:

i. foundations and theory of educational administration;

ii. educational research;

iii. history and philosophy of education;

iv. school law;

v. school finance;

vi. curriculum;

vii. principles of instructional supervision; and

viii. three semester hours of electives to be selected from instructional evaluation, statistics, testing and measurement, learning theory, or program development and evaluation in professional education or areas outside professional education; and

c. three semester hours in either practicum in special education administration or internship in special education administration.

B. Persons who have met the requirements of Paragraphs A.1-3, three semester hours from A.4.a, and 12 semester hours from A.4.b may be issued a non-renewable, non-extendable Supervisor/Director of Special Education provisional certificate, valid for three years.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXXXI-1535

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 32:1827 (October 2006), LR 46:1384 (October 2020), LR 48472 (3/1/2022), Repromulgated LR 481081 (4/1/2022).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6(A)(10), (11), and (15), R.S. 17:7(6), R.S. 17:10, R.S. 17:22(6), R.S. 17:391.1-391.10, and R.S. 17:411.