N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:9B-9.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 6A:9B-9.4 - 21st century life and careers, and career and technical education endorsements and authorizations

(a) The teaching endorsements below authorize the holder to teach kindergarten through grade 12, including approved career and technical education programs in grades nine through 12, in all public schools:

1. Business education/business-related technologies: The endorsements authorize the holder to teach business education and business-related technologies in all public schools.

i. Comprehensive business: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach accounting, banking and insurance, business computer applications, business law, business communications, business mathematics, economics and finance, entrepreneurship, international business, keyboarding, business management, business organization, marketing, office administration/office systems technology, and exploration in business-related careers.

ii. Business: accounting: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach accounting, finance and investment, business mathematics, and exploration of related careers.

iii. Business: finance/economics/law: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach finance and investment, economics, law, banking and insurance, business mathematics, business communications, business management, business organization, and exploration of related careers.

iv. Business: keyboarding and data entry: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach keyboarding, computer data entry, word processing, and exploration of related careers.

v. Business: computer applications and business-related information technology: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach business-related software applications, safety and security policies pertaining to computer use, emerging hardware and operating systems, file management, legal issues related to computer use, and exploration of related business occupations.

vi. Business: office administration/office systems technology: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach office organization, word processing, speed writing, business communication, office and administrative support practices and procedures, keyboarding, data entry, and exploration of related business occupations. vii. Marketing education: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach marketing occupations including sales, advertising and retailing, global marketing, entrepreneurship, and exploration of related business occupations.

2. Family and consumer sciences: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach family and consumer sciences in all public schools.

i. Comprehensive family and consumer sciences: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach family and consumer sciences. Family and consumer sciences includes: family economics and resource management; family relations and human development, including child care and development, and parenting education; housing and environment, including interior design; nutrition, health, and food management and preparation; textiles and apparel design, construction, and merchandising; and exploration in family and consumer sciences related occupations.

ii. Family and consumer sciences: Child and family development: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach family relations and human development--including parenting education, child care and development, and operating a preschool in a high school classroom environment, developing skills needed to deal with crisis in families, handling children with special needs, and managing family economics and resources--and to provide career-related instruction.

iii. Family and consumer sciences: Foods, nutrition, and food science: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach nutrition, individual and family food preparation, food science, managing time and resources related to food preparation, and exploration of careers in foods and nutrition related occupations.

iv. Family and consumer sciences: Apparel, textiles, and interiors: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach textiles and apparel design, construction, and merchandising, interior design; managing time and resources related to apparel construction and interior design; and exploration of careers in apparel, textiles, and interior design.

3. Agriculture, food, and natural resources: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach agribusiness systems; animal systems; environmental service systems; natural resource systems; plant systems; power, structural, and technical systems; and related technologies in all public schools.

(b) Career and technical education endorsements: The endorsements authorize the holder to teach approved career and technical education programs in grades nine through 12 in all public schools in accordance with N.J.A.C. 6A:9B-11.3. The holder of a standard career and technical education endorsement who has completed the study requirements in N.J.A.C. 6A:9B-14.19(b)2 i and ii, or 14.20(b)2i or ii, is also authorized to place and supervise career and technical education students in school-sponsored cooperative education experiences in the occupation in which the holder is certified as part of a career and technical education program.

(c) Specific career and technical education endorsements are based on the candidate's Department-approved employment or self-employment experience, bachelor's degree, and/or associate degree. Endorsements are organized under the following career clusters and are listed on the Department's website:

1. Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources: Endorsements are authorized under this career cluster for career and technical education programs that prepare students for careers related to the production, processing, marketing, distribution, financing, and development of agricultural commodities and resources including food, fiber, wood products, natural resources, horticulture, and other plant and animal products and resources.

2. Architecture and Construction: Endorsements are authorized under this career cluster for career and technical education programs that prepare students for careers related to the designing, planning, managing, building, and maintaining the built environment.

3. Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications: Endorsements are authorized under this career cluster for career and technical education programs that prepare students for careers related to the designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multimedia content including visual and performing arts and design, journalism, and entertainment services.

4. Business, Management and Administrative: Endorsements are authorized under this career cluster for career and technical education programs that prepare students for careers related to the planning, organizing, directing, and evaluating business functions essential to efficient and productive business operations.

5. Education and Training: Endorsements are authorized under this career cluster for career and technical education programs that prepare students for careers related to the planning, management, and provision of education and training services, and related learning support services.

6. Finance: Endorsements are authorized under this career cluster for career and technical education programs that prepare students for careers related to services for financial and investment planning, banking, insurance, and business financial management.

7. Government and Public Administration: Endorsements are authorized under this career cluster for career and technical education programs that prepare students for careers related to governance, national security, revenue and taxation, regulation, and management and administration at the local, State, and Federal levels.

8. Health Science: Endorsements are authorized under this career cluster for career and technical education programs that prepare students for careers related to the planning, management, and provision of therapeutic services, diagnostic services, support services, and biotechnology research and development.

9. Hospitality and Tourism: Endorsements are authorized under this career cluster for career and technical education programs that prepare students for careers related to the management, marketing, and operations of restaurants and other food services, lodging, attractions, recreation events, and travel-related services.

10. Human Services: Endorsements are authorized under this career cluster for career and technical education programs that prepare students for careers related to families and human needs.

11. Information Technology: Endorsements are authorized under this career cluster for career and technical education programs that prepare students for careers related to the designing, developing, supporting, and managing hardware, software, multimedia, and systems integration services.

12. Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security: Endorsements are authorized under this career cluster for career and technical education programs that prepare students for careers related to the planning, management, and provision of legal services, public safety services, protective services, and homeland security, including professional and technical support services.

13. Manufacturing: Endorsements are authorized under this career cluster for career and technical education programs that prepare students for careers related to the planning, management, and performance of materials processing into intermediate or final products and related professional and technical support activities such as production planning and control, maintenance, and manufacturing/process engineering.

14. Marketing: Endorsements are authorized under this career cluster for career and technical education programs that prepare students for careers related to the planning, management, and performance of marketing activities to reach organizational objectives.

15. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics: Endorsements are authorized under this career cluster for career and technical education programs that prepare students for careers related to the planning, management, and provision of scientific research and professional and technical services, including laboratory and testing services, and research and development services.

16. Transportation, Distribution and Logistics: Endorsements are authorized under this career cluster for career and technical education programs that prepare students for careers related to the planning, management, and movement of people, materials, and goods by road, pipeline, air, rail, and water, and related professional and technical support services such as transportation infrastructure planning and management, logistics services, and mobile equipment and facility maintenance.

(d) School districts seeking to establish a new career and technical education program for which a career and technical education endorsement does not exist shall submit to the Department a request to establish a new career and technical education endorsement.

N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:9B-9.4

Adopted by 47 N.J.R. 2989(a), effective 12/7/2015

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