Kan. Admin. Regs. § 91-1-209
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024
Section 91-1-209 - Additional endorsements(a) Any person who hold any currently valid teaching, school specialist, or school leadership license may add additional endorsements to that license by submitting to the state board the following:(1) Verification from an accredited institution by a unit head or designee of completion of an approved content area program;(2) verification of successful completion of the appropriate endorsement content assessment prescribed by the state board;(3) an application for an added endorsement; and(b)(1) Except as specified in paragraph (b)(2), any person who holds a valid teaching license may add additional teaching endorsements by submitting to the state board the following, for each endorsement: (A) Verification of successful completion of the endorsement content assessment prescribed by the state board;(B) an application for the added endorsement; and(2) Teaching endorsements for early childhood, early childhood unified, early childhood through late childhood, high-incidence special education, low-incidence special education, elementary education unified, secondary education unified, gifted, deaf or hard-of-hearing, or visually impaired shall not be available under paragraph (b)(1).(3) Each applicant adding a subject endorsement for technology and engineering education, family and consumer science, agriculture, or English for speakers of other languages shall verify completion of content specific professional learning and assessment of the learning in addition to the requirements of paragraph (b) (1). The assessment shall be designed and administered by any teacher education institution providing a state board-approved program in the subject endorsement and shall address the essential knowledge and skills prescribed in the program standards, including student safety where applicable. The professional learning and assessment shall be reviewed during each teacher education institution's program review process as required in K.A.R. 91-1-235 and K.A.R. 91-1-236.(4) An endorsement for driver education may be added to a currently valid standard teaching license by submitting to the state board the following: (A) An official transcript verifying completion of six semester hours of credit in driver education and three semester hours of credit in general safety from an approved program;(B) an application for the driver education endorsement; andKan. Admin. Regs. § 91-1-209
Authorized by and implementing Article 6, Section 2(a) of the Kansas Constitution; effective July 1, 2003; amended Aug. 10, 2007; amended July 18, 2008; amended July 27, 2012; amended by Kansas Register Volume 42, No. 09; effective 3/17/2023.