This endorsement licenses a person to teach the following secondary courses:
994400 Simulation and Animation Design and Development I
994401 Simulation and Animation Design and Development II
994402 Ethics, Design Theory, and Photography
994403 Design Visualization and Character Development
994404 Audio and Video Production
994405 Business, Evaluation, and Development of Simulation and Animation Projects
Minimum Requirements for this Endorsement:
- Applicant must hold a four-year college degree (bachelor's degree) or higher from an accredited institution of higher education. The degree must be in a related field or must be approved by MDE program coordinator.
- Applicant must validate technology competency by attaining the established minimum score or higher on an assessment approved by the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE). The assessment must be directly related to technology competency required by the grade level and subject matter being taught. Approved assessment for this license is IC3.
- Verification of at least one year of occupational experience in the past ten years. This experience must be appropriate to the subject area to be taught.
An educator with a standard five - year license may use experience outside of the ten - year timeframe.
This endorsement requires the following assessment(s) of occupational expertise:
- Earn Adobe Certified Associate Certification in all the following areas:
Photo Editing
Graphic Design
OR
- Other teacher occupational competency assessment(s) approved by MDE Office of Career and Technical Education.
- Applicant must enroll immediately in Vocational Instructor Preparation (VIP) program.
(Exception: Those teachers that have a currently valid five-year license or have completed an alternate route program do not have to enroll in VIP.)
- Applicant must complete the individualized professional development plan (PDP) requirements of the VIP program prior to the expiration date of the three-year Career & Technical license.
- Applicant must successfully complete a Certification for online learning workshop, module, or course that is approved by the Mississippi Department of Education.
- Applicant must successfully complete the Video Game Design and Development Certification workshop, module, or course that is approved by the Mississippi Department of Education.
Note: If the applicant meets all requirements listed above, that applicant will be issued a 988 endorsement-a five-year license. If the applicant meets the educational and occupational experience requirements, but does not meet all other requirements, the applicant may be issued one (1) three-year endorsement (license), and all requirements stated above must be satisfied prior to the ending date of that license.
7 Miss. Code. R. 142-988