The following types of certificates shall be issued:
(1) Teacher. The teacher certificate authorizes service as a teacher in the school district(s) or skills center(s) and shall be issued in one of the following categories and/or in a specific subcategory of the major category as approved by the professional educator standards board and/or its designee:
(a) Agriculture education;
(b) Business and marketing education;
(c) Family and consumer sciences education;
(d) Technology education;
(e) Trade and industrial;
(f) Health occupations;
(g) Career choices;
(h) Coordinator for worksite learning; or
(i) New and emerging fields;
(j) Categories which may be added to a continuing career and technical education certificate are:
(i) Mathematics applied. To add this category, the candidate shall:
(A) Have completed a state approved career and technical education preparation program based on business and industry under chapter
181-77A WAC;
(B) Hold an approved baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university pursuant to WAC
181-79A-030(5);
(C) Hold a continuing career and technical education certificate with a technology education or trade and industrial category under this section: Provided, That trade and industrial candidates hold a math-related degree in mathematics or engineering;
(D) Be fully contracted as a teacher or long-term substitute teacher by a Washington public school;
(E) Pass the mathematics subject knowledge test approved by the professional educator standards board; and
(F) Document a minimum of one year teaching experience in technology education or trade and industrial courses.
(ii) Science applied. To add this category, the candidate shall:
(A) Have completed a state approved career and technical education teacher preparation program based on business and industry under chapter
181-77A WAC;
(B) Hold an approved baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university pursuant to WAC
181-79A-030(5);
(C) Hold a continuing career and technical education certificate with an agriculture education, health occupations, or trade and industrial category under this section: Provided, That trade and industrial candidates hold a science-related degree in science, engineering, or a medical practice field;
(D) Be fully contracted as a teacher or long-term substitute by a Washington public school;
(E) Pass the science subject knowledge test approved by the professional educator standards board; and
(F) Document a minimum of one year teaching experience in agriculture education, health occupations, or trade and industrial courses.
(iii) CTE teachers who have earned a mathematics applied or science applied category are eligible for teaching assignments in general education mathematics or science courses, dependent upon the category on the continuing career and technical education certificate, under WAC
181-77-025.
(2) Director. The director certificate authorizes service as a career and technical education director, as an assistant director, or as a career and technical education supervisor in the school district(s) or skills center(s);
(3) Counselor. The career and technical education counselor certificate authorizes service in the role of career and technical education guidance and counseling;
(4) Occupational information specialist. The occupational information specialist certificate authorizes service in the role as an occupational information specialist.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.210. 08-16-004, § 181-77-005, filed 7/23/08, effective 8/23/08; 06-14-010, § 181-77-005, filed 6/22/06, effective 7/23/06. 06-02-051, recodified as § 181-77-005, filed 12/29/05, effective 1/1/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010 and 28A.305.130 (1) through (4). 02-04-018, § 180-77-005, filed 1/24/02, effective 2/24/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010. 95-12-056, § 180-77-005, filed 6/2/95, effective 7/3/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.70.005. 78-10-003 (Order 11-78), § 180-77-005, filed 9/7/78.]