Certification Guide for School Staff Assignments

Table of Contents View

• TEACHER CERTIFICATION – FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS View

• CERTIFICATE AREAS View	1
• General Information	2
• Oklahoma Teacher Licensure and Certification Procedures	3-A
• Options for Non-Traditional Teacher Licensure and Certification Programs	3-B
• Licensure and Certification Areas (Listed Alphabetically)	4-5

• EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION – FOUR-YEAR-OLDS AND YOUNGER TO GRADE 3 View	6
• Highly Qualified Requirements at a Glance – No Child Left Behind Act of 2001	7
• Special Education Highly Qualified Requirements at a Glance – No Child Left Behind Act of 2001	8
• Highly Qualified Teacher - Early Childhood Education/Elementary Education (Four-year-olds and younger to Grade 3)	9
• OPTION E: HOUSSE - Early Childhood (Grades PK-3) Education and Elementary Education (Grades 1-8)	10
• Early Childhood Education – Four-year-olds and younger to Grade 3	11
• Other Staff Assignments	12

• GRADES 4-8 View	13
• Highly Qualified Requirements At a Glance – No Child Left Behind Act of 2001	14
• Special Education Highly Qualified Requirements at a Glance – No Child Left Behind Act of 2001	15
• Highly Qualified Teacher – Elementary Education (Grades 4-8)	16
• OPTION E: HOUSSE - Middle Level (Grades 6, 7, and 8) and Secondary Level (Grades 9-12)	17

Grades 4-5	18

Grades 6-8 – Subject Specific	19
• Agriculture	19
• Business Education	19
• Computer Education	19
• Dance	19
• English/Language Arts	20
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics	20
• Fine Arts and Music	21
• Health and Physical Education	21
• Humanities	21
• Languages	22
• Mathematics	23
• Science	24
• Social Studies	24
• Technology Education/Industrial Arts	25
• General Information	25
• Other Staff Assignments	25

• SEVENTH AND EIGHTH-GRADE COURSES FOR HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT View	27

• HIGH SCHOOL – GRADES 9-12 View	28
• Highly Qualified Requirements At a Glance – No Child Left Behind Act of 2001	29
• Special Education Highly Qualified Requirements at a Glance – No Child Left Behind Act of 2001	30
• Highly Qualified Teacher – Secondary Education (Grades 9-12)	31
• High School Career and Technology Education (Grades 9-12) – Highly Qualified Math and Science Teachers	32
• High School Career and Technology Education – Any Course Given for High School Mathematics or Science Credit	33
• OPTION E: HOUSSE - Middle Level (Grades 6, 7, and 8) and Secondary Level (Grades 9-12)	34

High School – Grades 9-12	35
• Agriculture – General	35
• Arts	35
• Business Education	36
• Computer Education	38
• English/Language Arts	38
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics	40
• Health and Physical Education	40
• Humanities	40
• Languages	41
• Mathematics	43
• Music	45
• Science	46
• Social Studies	48
• Technology Education/Industrial Arts	51
• Other Secondary	51
• Other Secondary – ROTC	52
• Other Staff Assignment	52

ACHIEVING CLASSROOM EXCELLENCE (ACE) View	53
• Grades 7 - 8 Remediation	54
• Grades 9 - 12 Remediation	54-55

• HIGH SCHOOL CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION (GRADES 9-12) View	56
• Highly Qualified Requirements At a Glance – No Child Left Behind Act of 2001	57
• Special Education Highly Qualified Requirements at a Glance – No Child Left Behind Act of 2001	58
• Highly Qualified Teacher – High School Career and Technology Education – Any Course Given for High School Mathematics or Science Credit	59
• OPTION E: HOUSSE - Middle Level (Grades 6, 7, and 8) and Secondary Level (Grades 9-12)	60

• 8000 SERIES – CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION	61

• 8100 – 8200 SERIES – AGRICULTURE EDUCATION	62

• 8300 SERIES – MARKETING EDUCATION	63

• 8400 SERIES – BUSINESS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY	64

Finance Cluster Class Codes 8460-8467	66

Information Technology Cluster Class Codes 8480-8538	67

Career and Technology Health Education Class Codes 8550-8597	70

Family and Consumer Sciences, Career and Technology/Occupational Class Codes 8600-8880	72

• 8900 SERIES – CLIENT-BASED PROGRAMS	74
Class Codes 8910-8990

• 9000 SERIES – CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION/TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION	75
Class Codes 9010-9030

Trade and Industrial Education Class Codes 9040-9990	76

• SPECIAL EDUCATION – GRADES PK-12 View	84
• Highly Qualified Requirements At a Glance – No Child Left Behind Act of 2001	85
• Special Education Highly Qualified Requirements at a Glance – No Child Left Behind Act of 2001	86
• Highly Qualified Special Education Teacher (Grades PK-12)	87
• HOUSSE: Special Education Teachers who are Providing Direct Instruction and are the Teacher of Record in a Core Subject Early Childhood Education (Grades PK-3) and Elementary Education (Grades 1-8)	88
• HOUSSE: Special Education Teachers who are Providing Direct Instruction in a Core Subject and are the Teacher of Record in a Core Subject Middle Level (Grades 6, 7, and 8) and Secondary Level (Grades 9-12)	89
• Instructional Personnel Standards	90
• American Sign Language	92
• Requirements for Special Education Paraprofessionals	93
• Listing Special Education Teacher Registry Training on Teaching Certificates	94
• Developmental Delay	95

• APPENDIX View	96
• Other Courses/Assignments	97
• Administrative Assignments	99
• Oklahoma Title I Paraprofessional	100
• Substitute Teachers	101
• Adjunct Teachers	103
• Alternative Education Academies, Grant Programs and Schools, and Residential Treatment Facilities	104
• Highly Qualified Teacher – Alternative Education (Grades 6-12)	105
• Specialist Certification	106
• How to Add Specialist Areas to Teaching Certificates	107
• How to Add Subject Areas to Teaching Certificates	108
• Traditional Administrator Certification Requirements	109
• Alternative Administrator Certification Requirements	110
• Definitions	111