N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:9B-14.19

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 17, September 3, 2024

Section 6A:9B-14.19 - Cooperative education coordinator-hazardous occupations

(a) The cooperative education coordinator (CEC)-hazardous occupations endorsement authorizes the holder to serve as a coordinator supervising career and technical education students who are participating in cooperative education experiences in hazardous occupations, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 34:2-21.1 et seq., and N.J.A.C. 6A:8 and 6A:19. This endorsement also authorizes the holder to place and supervise career and technical education students in school-sponsored cooperative education experiences as part of a career and technical education program, and to supervise students participating in any other SLE in any career cluster.

(b) To be eligible for the CEC-hazardous occupations endorsement, the candidate shall present:

1. A standard instructional certificate with a career and technical education endorsement in any field;

2. Evidence of two years of successful teaching under a standard certificate in career and technical education with a hazardous occupations endorsement, and completion of the following:

i. Training in child labor, wage and hour, and wage payment laws and regulations, as required by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the U.S. Department of Labor in accordance with N.J.S.A. 34:2-21.1 et seq., and N.J.A.C. 12:56 and 12:58;

ii. A minimum of 20 hours of training or a Department-approved equivalent program in safety and health and required Department procedures and planning for SLEs pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:19;

iii. Two graduate-level college courses or a Department-approved equivalent program in instructional strategies for work-based education and career information/occupational guidance; and

iv. One-thousand hours of employment experience in a hazardous occupation, as approved by the chief school administrator, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 34:2-21.1 et seq.

(c) Individuals holding a Vocational-Technical Coordinator: Cooperative Industrial Education endorsement as of January 20, 2004 may serve in a position requiring the CEC--hazardous occupations endorsement in any career cluster.

(d) An emergency certificate in CEC-hazardous occupations may be issued to a candidate who meets the requirements at (d)1 through 3 below. The candidate shall complete the requirements for the standard certificate in no more than 24 months from the issuance date of the emergency certificate.

1. A standard instructional certificate with a career and technical education endorsement;

2. Two years of successful career and technical education teaching experience; and

3. One-thousand hours of employment experience in a hazardous occupation, as approved by the chief school administrator, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 34:2-21.1 et seq.

N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:9B-14.19

Amended and recodified from 6A:9B-12.19 by 47 N.J.R. 2989(a), effective 12/7/2015

Amended by 55 N.J.R. 853(a), effective 5/1/2023