7 Miss. Code. R. 142-954
This endorsement licenses a person to teach the following secondary courses:
992206 Information Technology Associate I
992207 Information Technology Associate II
992208 Information Technology Fundamentals I
992209 Information Technology Fundamentals II
992210 Information Technology Networking I
992211 Information Technology Networking II
Minimum Requirements for this Endorsement:
- Hold a two-year college degree or higher from an accredited institution of higher education.
- 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.
- Applicants with an associate degree must have at least two years of verifiable occupational experience in the past ten years. Experience must be appropriate to the subject to be taught.
- Applicants with a bachelor 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.
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:
- Possess and maintain up-to-date CompTIA A+ Certification or CompTIA IT Fundamentals Certification or Test Out IT Fundamentals Pro
AND
- Microsoft MTA Networking Fundamentals or CompTIA Network+ or Test Out Network Pro
OR
- Other teacher occupational competency assessment 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 Information Technology 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 954 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. 142-954