Delaware § 1260 Requirements for an alternative routes for teacher licensure and certification program

Delaware Statutes

§ 1260 — Requirements for an alternative routes for teacher licensure and certification program

Delaware § 1260

JurisdictionDelaware

Title14

PartFree Public Schools

Ch. 12EDUCATOR LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, EVALUATION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND PREPARATION PROGRAMS

Subch.Alternative Routes for Teacher Licensure and Certification

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Bluebook

Del. Code tit. 14, § 1260 (2026).

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(a)Criteria is established for alternative routes for teacher licensure and certification programs, which are intended to provide essential knowledge and skills to participants in ARTC programs, through the following phases of training:

(1)A seminar and practicum that include all of the following: a. Formal instruction or equivalent professional development required by an ARTC program established by regulation of the Department or law. b. Introduction of basic teaching skills through supervised teaching experiences with students. c. Components that are integrated and include an orientation to the policies, organization, and curriculum of the employing district or charter school. d. 1. Assessment of the ARTC program participant’s ability to apply pedagogical skills to meet the needs

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(a) Criteria is established for alternative routes for teacher licensure and certification programs, which are intended to provide essential knowledge and skills to participants in ARTC programs, through the following phases of training:

(1) A seminar and practicum that include all of the following:

a. Formal instruction or equivalent professional development required by an ARTC program established by regulation of the Department or law.

b. Introduction of basic teaching skills through supervised teaching experiences with students.

c. Components that are integrated and include an orientation to the policies, organization, and curriculum of the employing district or charter school.

d. 1. Assessment of the ARTC program participant’s ability to apply pedagogical skills to meet the needs of the participant’s students.

2. The Department shall create a committee of stakeholders including teachers, principals, local education agency administrators, representatives of institutions of higher education, representatives of the Delaware State Education Association (DSEA), representatives of the Delaware Association of School Administrators (DASA), and national experts, to gather input and make recommendations regarding the options for an ARTC program to assess the pedagogical skills of their participants.

(2) At least 200 hours of formal instruction, or equivalent professional development approved by the Department, is required to address subjects including, at a minimum, all of the following:

a. Curriculum.

b. Student development and learning at all levels.

c. The classroom and the school.

(b) A participant in an ARTC program may be granted hours for formal instruction or equivalent professional development successfully completed before entry into the program, or during the seminar and practicum.

(c) The Department shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement this section.

Legislative History

70 Del. Laws, c. 459, § 1 ; 71 Del. Laws, c. 180, § 62A ; 72 Del. Laws, c. 294, §§ 12, 13 ; 75 Del. Laws, c. 77, §§ 21-25 ; 77 Del. Laws, c. 15, §§ 1, 2, 5 ; 78 Del. Laws, c. 214, § 1 ; 80 Del. Laws, c. 10, § 1 ; 80 Del. Laws, c. 297, § 3 ; 81 Del. Laws, c. 43, § 3 ; 81 Del. Laws, c. 202, §§ 7, 8 ; 81 Del. Laws, c. 282, § 2 ; 83 Del. Laws, c. 79, § 5