SECTION 210:35-9-44. Staff qualifications

(a)   Teachers at the secondary level shall hold valid Oklahoma teaching licenses/certificates and endorsements appropriate to the specific subjects taught.

(b)   Teachers who instruct Remedial Reading a major portion of the day shall hold a valid Reading Specialist Certificate. Other Remedial Reading teachers shall hold a minimum of 6 semester hours in one or more of the following areas of specialization and a language arts credential: Diagnosis and Correction of Reading Disabilities, Foundations or Survey of Reading, Clinical or Practicum in Reading, or comparable courses approved by the State Department of Education, Accreditation Section. Beginning and/or reassigned teachers as of 1975-76 shall comply with this requirement.

(c)   Any teacher who instructs Aeronautics shall have a private pilot license or a basic ground instruction certificate issued by the F.A.A. or a minimum of 8 semester hours in physics with a college course in Aeronautics.

(d)   Any teacher who instructs Careers shall hold a Secondary or Elementary-Secondary License/Certificate.

(e)   Any teacher who instructs Computer Education shall hold a valid certificate. The employing district will make the assignment based on expertise as determined by the local school board.

(f)   Instructors for Military Science (Jr. ROTC) shall hold a certificate of special provision granted by the State Board of Education.

(g)   Any teacher who instructs Photography shall hold a valid Secondary Certificate with a college course in photography.

(h)   All athletic coaches, being assigned coaching duties , shall have completed a course in the care and prevention of athletic injuries.

(i)   All coaches and athletic directors shall be employed by the school district and shall hold valid teaching certificates. Their names shall appear on the class schedule and Application for Accreditation.

[Source: Added at 8 Ok Reg 2159, eff 5-17-91 (emergency); Added at 9 Ok Reg 2371, eff 7-13-92; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 18, eff 8-1-97 (emergency); Amended at 15 Ok Reg 364, eff 10-13-97 (emergency); Amended at 15 Ok Reg 2306, eff 6-11-98; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 2910, eff 7-13-00; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 20, eff 9-17-01 (emergency); Amended at 19 Ok Reg 982, eff 5-13-02; Amended at 25 Ok Reg 727, eff 1-28-08 (emergency); Added at 25 Ok Reg 1618, eff 6-12-08]