N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:9B-9.3 - Department-issued endorsements and authorizations

(a) The teaching endorsements and authorizations at (a)1 through 9 below are grouped within the relevant NJSLS.

1. Visual and performing arts:

i. Art: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach art in all public schools;

ii. Dance: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach dance in all public schools;

iii. Music: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach vocal and instrumental music and related theory in all public schools;

iv. Speech arts: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach speech arts in all public schools; and

v. Theater: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach theater in all public schools.

2. Comprehensive health and physical education:

i. Health education: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach health education in all public schools;

ii. Health and physical education: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach health and physical education in all public schools;

iii. Physical education: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach physical education in all public schools;

iv. Swimming and water safety: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach swimming, diving, and water safety in all public schools; and

v. Driver education: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach driver education in all public schools.

3. English language arts:

i. English: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach English in all public schools;

ii. English as a second language: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach English as a second language in all public schools; and

iii. Reading: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach reading in all public schools.

4. Mathematics:

i. Mathematics: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach mathematics in all public schools.

5. Science:

i. Biological science: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach biological, environmental and general science in all public schools. Biological science includes botany, anatomy and physiology, zoology and biology;

ii. Chemistry: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach chemistry and environmental and general sciences in all public schools;

iii. Earth science: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach earth, environmental, and general sciences in all public schools. Earth science includes astronomy, geology, meteorology, oceanography, physical geography, and space science;

iv. Physical science: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach physical, environmental, and general sciences in all public schools. Physical science includes physics, chemistry, and earth and space sciences other than geography; and

v. Physics: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach physics and environmental and general sciences in all public schools.

6. Social studies:

i. Psychology: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach psychology in all public schools; and

ii. Social studies: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach social studies in all public schools. Social studies includes American history, European history, world history, government, political science, sociology, geography, anthropology, and economics.

7. World languages: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach in all public schools one of the following designated world languages:

i. American Sign Language;

ii. Chinese;

iii. French;

iv. German;

v. Greek;

vi. Hebrew;

vii. Italian;

viii. Japanese;

ix. Latin;

x. Portuguese;

xi. Russian;

xii. Spanish;

xiii. Hindi;

xiv. Arabic;

xv. Korean; or

xvii. Other world languages.

8. Technology education:

i. This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach technology education in all public schools with the exception of approved career and technical education programs. Technology education includes content aligned with Standard 8.2 of the NJSLS.

ii. A technology education endorsement is not required to teach the use of educational technology pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:9B-5.17.

9. Computer science: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach computer science, as described in Standard 8.1 of the NJSLS, in all New Jersey public schools.

(b) The teaching endorsements below authorize the holder to teach specific populations, subjects, ages, and/or grade levels:

1. Bilingual/bicultural education: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach bilingual/bicultural education in all public schools. In addition to the content area(s) or grade level(s) authorized by the teachers' endorsement(s), the holder of a bilingual/bicultural education endorsement also may provide consultative services and supportive resource programs, including modification and adaptation of curriculum and instruction to multilingual learners and speakers of English as a second language in general education programs in preschool through grade 12.

2. Elementary school: This endorsement authorizes the holder to:

i. Serve as an elementary school teacher in kindergarten through grade six in all public schools;

ii. Teach language arts literacy, mathematics, science, computer and information literacy, and social studies full-time, integrating educational technology where appropriate in kindergarten through grade six;

iii. Teach world languages full-time in kindergarten through grade six pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:9B-10.5;

iv. Teach all remaining subjects no more than one-half of the daily instructional assignment; and

v. Teach reading, writing, mathematics, and spelling, for basic-skills purposes only, in grades six through 12.

3. Middle school with subject-matter specialization: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach the specialty subjects on the face of the certificate full-time in grades five through eight in all public schools. This endorsement does not permit the holder to teach the subject matter specialization in grades nine through 12.

4. Preschool through grade three: This endorsement authorizes the holder to:

i. Teach preschool through grade three in public schools and to teach public school students in approved settings providing early childhood education;

ii. Teach language arts literacy, mathematics, science, computer and information literacy, and social studies full-time, integrating educational technology where appropriate in preschool through grade three;

iii. Teach world languages full-time in preschool through grade three pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:9B-10.5; and

iv. Teach all remaining subjects in preschool through grade three no more than one-half of the daily instructional assignment.

5. Teacher of supplemental instruction in reading and mathematics, kindergarten through grade eight: This endorsement authorizes the holder to provide supplemental, pull-out instruction in reading and mathematics for students in kindergarten through grade eight. During their provisional teaching period, teachers holding this endorsement:

i. May not be assigned to more than two schools; and

ii. Shall conduct all teaching in a formal classroom environment with a minimum of eight students that approximates the experiences that novice teachers are expected to have, including, but not limited to, lesson planning, effective classroom management, instructional strategies, and incorporation of the NJSLS.

6. Students with disabilities: The endorsements authorize the holder to teach students from one of the designated populations listed at (b)6i through iv below. In addition to the content area(s) or grade level(s) authorized by the teachers' endorsement(s), the holder of a special education endorsement also may provide consultative services and supportive resource programs, including modification and adaptation of curriculum and instruction to students with disabilities in general education programs in preschool through grade 12.

i. Blind or visually impaired: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach blind or visually impaired students;

ii. Deaf or hard of hearing for oral/aural communication: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach deaf or hard-of-hearing students using oral/aural communication strategies;

iii. Deaf or hard of hearing for sign language communication: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach deaf or hard-of-hearing students using sign language communication strategies; and

iv. Students with disabilities: This endorsement authorizes the holder to teach students classified with disabilities with the exception of students identified at (b)6i, ii, and iii above.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:9B-9.3

Amended and recodified from N.J.A.C. 6A:9B-9.2 by 47 N.J.R. 2989(a), effective 12/7/2015 Administrative Change, 48 N.J.R. 1802(a). Amended by 55 N.J.R. 853(a), effective 5/1/2023 Administrative Change, 56 N.J.R. 890(a) effective 4/22/2024