7 Miss. Code. R. 142-934
This endorsement licenses a person to teach the following secondary courses:
992004 Business, Marketing, and Finance I
992005 Business, Marketing, and Finance II
992404 Fundamentals of Business and Entrepreneurship
992403 Marketing
992309 Management
992003 Finance
Minimum Requirements for this Endorsement:
- Applicant must have earned a bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited institution of higher education in the area of Business or hold a currently valid five-year license in 105 Business Education, 405 Business Management, 192 Social Studies, or 193 Economics.
- 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 assessments for this license are IC3 or other approved MDE substitute.
- Applicants with a bachelor's or higher degree must have at least one year of verifiable occupational experience in the past ten years. Experience must be appropriate to the subject to be taught.
(Exception: Those teachers that have a currently valid five-year license are not required to have the occupational experience.)
This endorsement requires the following assessment(s) of occupational expertise:
- Earn the required score on the Entrepreneurship and Small Business assessment. https://certiport.pearsonvue.com/Certifications/ESB/Certification/Overview.
- 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 the Master Teacher of Economics program as approved by the MDE.
- 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 Business, Marketing, and Finance 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 934 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.
* Teachers with a currently valid five - year 952 Business Finance and Accounting, 955 Business Management, and/or 956 Marketing endorsement will have three years (June 30, 2023) to complete the updated curriculum training for the certification.
7 Miss. Code. R. 142-934