A. The
Arizona Teacher Proficiency Assessment is adopted as the proficiency assessment
for applicants for teaching certificates. The Arizona Administrator Proficiency
Assessment is adopted as the proficiency assessment for applicants for
administrative certificates.
B. The
subject knowledge portion of the Arizona Teacher Proficiency Assessment shall
assess proficiency as described in
R7-2-602 related to the teacher's knowledge of the certification subject area or
areas.
C. The professional
knowledge portion of the Arizona Teacher Proficiency Assessment shall assess
proficiency as described in
R7-2-602 related to the teacher's pedagogical
knowledge.
D.
The performance assessment portion of the Arizona
Teacher Proficiency Assessment shall assess proficiency as described in
R7-2-602(B), (C),
(D), (E), (F), and (G) as a requirement for
certification of elementary, secondary, and special education teachers. In lieu
of a passing score on the performance portion of the Arizona Teacher
Proficiency Assessment, a teacher who holds a provisional teaching certificate
may convert such certificate within two months prior to its expiration to a
standard elementary, secondary, or special education teaching certificate
pursuant to subsection (H) until the Board adopts the performance assessment
portion of the Arizona Teacher Proficiency Assessment. The Board shall adopt
the performance assessment portion of the Arizona Teacher Proficiency
Assessment, or make a decision that a performance assessment will no longer be
required as part of the Arizona Teacher Proficiency Assessment.
E. The Arizona
Administrator Proficiency Assessment shall assess professional knowledge as
described in
R7-2-603 as a requirement for certification of administrators, supervisors, principals,
and superintendents.
F.
E. The passing score
for each assessment shall be determined by the Board using the results of
validity and reliability studies. The passing score for each assessment shall
be reviewed by the Board at least every three years.
G.
F. The
proficiency assessments for professional knowledge and subject knowledge. for a
certificate, endorsement, or
approved area shall be approved by the
Board.
H. The provisional elementary, secondary, or special education
certificate allows the beginning teacher up to four semesters or two school
years of teaching experience before completing the performance assessment
portion of the Arizona Teacher Proficiency Assessment.
1. If the Board has adopted the
performance assessment portion of the Arizona Teacher Proficiency Assessment
but the teacher does not have full-time teaching experience for four semesters
or two school years, the certificate shall, upon the written request of the
holder, be extended once for the equivalent of the time the teacher was not
employed during the provisional certification period.
2.
If the Board has adopted the performance assessment
portion of the Arizona Teacher Proficiency Assessment and the teacher has been
employed for four semesters or two school years and has taken but not passed
the performance assessment, the certificate shall be extended once, for one
year, upon the written request of the holder.
3.
If the teacher has been employed full-time for four
semesters or two school years in a private school, public school, charter
school, or parochial school or any Department of Defense dependent school or in
a closely related education field and the Board has not yet adopted the
performance portion of the Arizona Teacher Proficiency Assessment, the
provisional certificate shall be converted within two months prior to its
expiration to a standard teaching certificate upon verification by the teacher
to the Department that the teacher has had four semesters or two school years
of teaching experience or experience in a closely related education field.
"Closely related education field" means employment involving the presentation
of instruction to K through 12 students whether self-employed or employed by a
private, parochial, public, or charter school.
4.
If the teacher has not been employed full-time for
four semesters or two school years in a private school, public school, charter
school, or parochial school or any Department of Defense dependent school or in
a closely related education field, and the Board has not yet adopted the
performance assessment portion of the Arizona Teacher Proficiency Assessment,
the provisional certificate shall be extended once for three years, upon
written request of the holder to the Department. "Closely related education
field" means employment involving the presentation of instruction to K through
12 students whether self-employed or employed by a private, parochial, public,
or charter school.
5.
If the performance assessment portion of the Arizona
Teacher Proficiency Assessment is adopted by the Board prior to the expiration
of a teacher's provisional certificate, the provisional certificate shall be
extended once for two years, upon written request of the holder to the
Department, to allow the teacher additional time in which to take the
performance portion of the assessment.
I. If the provisionally certified teacher has taken but not
passed the performance assessment by the expiration date on the extended
certificate pursuant to subsection (H)(1) or (2) of this Section, the
individual may reapply for a provisional certificate after one year, upon
verification of the following:
1.
Efforts to remediate deficiencies identified in the
performance assessment,
2.
Passing score on the professional knowledge portion
of the Arizona Teacher Proficiency Assessment, and
3.
Completion of the requirements for the provisional
certificate which are in effect at the time of
reapplication.
Notes
Ariz. Admin. Code §
R7-2-606
Repealed effective
December 4, 1978 (Supp. 78-6). New Section adopted effective March 10, 1994
(Supp. 94-1). Amended effective March 6, 1997 (Supp. 97-1). Section repealed;
new Section adopted effective December 4, 1998 (Supp. 98-4). Section
R7-2-606 amended by emergency rulemaking under A.R.S. §
41-1026
at 8 A.A.R. 2562, effective May 23, 2002 for a period of 180 days (Supp. 02-2).
Emergency Section
R7-2-606 amended by emergency rulemaking under A.R.S. §
41-1026
at 8 A.A.R. 3739, effective August 5, 2002 for a period of 180 days (Supp.
02-3). May 23, 2002 emergency rulemaking renewed under A.R.S. §
41-1026
at 8 A.A.R. 5132, effective November 19, 2002 for a period of 180 days (Supp.
02-4). August 5, 2002 emergency rulemaking renewed under A.R.S. §
41-1026
at 9 A.A.R. 522, effective January 31, 2003 for a period of 180 days (Supp.
03-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 9 A.A.R. 1605, effective May 5, 2003
(Supp. 03-2). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 16 A.A.R. 1249, effective May 24,
2010 (Supp. 10-4). Amended by final exempt rulemaking at
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A.A.R. 1427, effective 4/23/2018.
