Subp. 2.
License requirements.
A candidate for licensure as a career and technical education
accommodation specialist for students with disabilities shall hold a
baccalaureate degree in education or special education or a baccalaureate
degree in vocational rehabilitation or a graduate degree in vocational
rehabilitation counseling or a graduate degree in vocational education with a
special population specialization from a regionally accredited college or
university; and a special education license under part
8710.5100,
8710.5200,
8710.5250,
8710.5400,
8710.5600,
8710.5700, or
8710.5800, and have successfully
completed a Board of Teaching preparation program approved under part
8700.7600 leading to the licensure
of special education; and have successfully completed a Board of Teaching
preparation program approved under part
8700.7600 leading to the licensure
of career and technical education.
Subp.
3.
Subject matter standards.
A candidate for licensure as a career and technical education
accommodation specialist for students with disabilities must successfully
complete a preparation program under subpart
2 that includes the
candidate's demonstration of the knowledge and skills in items A to D.
A. A career and technical education
accommodation specialist for students with disabilities understands various
models, methods, and practices of career and technical education and can meet
the needs of students with disabilities. The coordinator understands:
(1) health and safety needs of students to
provide a safe education and work environment;
(2) career and technical education programs
such as work-based learning, school-based enterprise, and how students access
those programs to gain preparation they need to meet their career
goals;
(3) industry standards for
employment;
(4) laws and rules
regarding education, employment, and equity;
(5) family structures and dynamics;
(6) labor markets and employment
trends;
(7) important trends in the
nature of work settings; and
(8)
graduation standards and how to facilitate appropriate modifications for
students with special needs.
B. A career and technical education
accommodation specialist for students with disabilities understands and applies
processes of referral, assessment, curriculum team planning, and program
placement and intervention. The teacher:
(1)
understands career and vocational testing instruments and interpretation of
their results;
(2) adapts and
modifies curriculum and instruction to meet individual learner needs;
(3) compiles student productivity data and
provides verbal, written, and graphic presentations;
(4) knows various teaching and learning
styles and strategies that accommodate individual needs;
(5) adapts and uses assisted technologies and
resources for educational and vocational accommodations;
(6) develops and implements performance
evaluation plans based on individual student productivity;
(7) assesses and documents a learner's skills
and abilities through appropriate educational methodology; and
(8) teaches self-advocacy skills necessary
for success in future training or employment.
C. A career and technical education
accommodation specialist for students with disabilities understands how to
design and manage a system for developmental services and accommodations for
students with special needs in career and technical education. The specialist:
(1) identifies and allocates resources
required to perform effective, efficient service coordination;
(2) collaborates with school personnel,
advocacy groups, and outside agencies to ensure equal access and enrollment in
career and technical programs;
(3)
designs systems that monitor delivery of services and special accommodations
for the purpose of program improvement;
(4) provides and coordinates professional
development activities for career and technical faculty to enhance
understanding of students with special needs;
(5) designs and implements student advising
systems and lifework planning skills for career and technical transition to the
work and lifelong learning; and
(6)
establishes and maintains positive, collaborative relationships with students,
families, community agencies, business and labor representatives, and other
professionals to support students' lifework plans.
D. A career and technical education
accommodation specialist for students with disabilities understands career
development and development of transitional and lifework plans. The teacher:
(1) understands career development theory and
its application to students with disabilities;
(2) possesses skills needed to develop and
interpret career portfolios and lifework plans;
(3) interprets, or obtains interpretations
from appropriate experts when necessary, medical, psychological, social,
special education case files, and vocational data for the development of
transition and lifework plans;
(4)
applies local and regional labor market information to the development of
lifework plans;
(5) knows industry
standards for employment;
(6)
identifies and implements accommodations for special needs students in the
workplace;
(7) knows career
resources such as libraries, community, and Internet systems as they apply to
lifework planning;
(8) facilitates
the development of realistic occupational goals and academic standards for
students with disabilities; and
(9)
facilitates the job and educational placement of students with
disabilities.
