§ 20-28-5-22.5 — Workplace specialist license; eligibility requirements

Indiana § 20-28-5-22.5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 28: SCHOOL TEACHERS
• Ch. 5: Licenses

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5. To be eligible for a workplace specialist
license, an applicant must meet the following criteria:
(1) Hold a high school diploma and be at least twenty-one (21)
years of age.
(2) Be accepted for employment as a workplace specialist teacher
in a recognized content area listed on the workplace specialist
license by at least one (1) of the following:
(A) An Indiana school corporation.
(B) A cooperating school corporation for career and technical
education organized under IC 20-37-1-1.
(C) An accredited education program offered by the department
of correction.
(3) Complete the application process required by the department.
(4) Provide documentation that the applicant meets at least one
(1) of the following criteria:
(A) The applicant has, within the immediately preceding five
(5) years, at least five thousand (5,000) clock hours of
documented occupational experience in the specific career and
technical occupational area in which the applicant intends to
teach.
(B) The applicant has:
(i) within the immediately preceding ten (10) years, at least
four thousand (4,000) clock hours of documented
occupational experience in the specific career and technical
occupational area in which the applicant intends to teach; and
(ii) completed a state approved occupational competency
exam in the career and technical occupational area in which
the applicant intends to teach, an associate, baccalaureate, or
graduate degree from a postsecondary educational institution
in the career and technical occupational area in which the
applicant intends to teach, or an approved apprenticeship or
internship program that is a regular part of the training for the
career and technical occupational area in which the applicant
intends to teach.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.275-2019, SEC.5.