The preparing institution shall have a procedure to confirm
that professional educator candidates maintain academic performance in each
academic discipline that the candidates plan to teach or in the academic
discipline related to the certificate category in which they plan to serve and
in the professional educator courses related to the certificate category the
candidates intend to earn. This standard shall be met by the following
criteria:
(1) Candidates whose initial
preparation program culminates in a bachelor's degree or higher shall maintain
an overall minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 in each certificate area
the candidates plan to teach or in the certificate category in which the
candidates plans to serve, to be phased in as follows:
(i) Academic Year: 2001-2002-2.6
GPA
(ii) Academic Year:
2002-2003-2.8 GPA
(iii) Academic
Year: 2003-2004-3.0 GPA
(2) For initial preparation programs
culminating in a bachelor's degree or higher, academic preparation courses
under §
354.23 (relating to academic
preparation) shall be the same as for a bachelor of arts or bachelor of science
degree.
(3) For initial preparation
programs culminating in a bachelor's degree or higher, academic content area
courses for the preparation of professional educators shall include all
required core courses and required elective courses in the bachelor of arts or
bachelor of science major academic area the candidates intend to teach or in
the noninstructional certificate category the candidates plan to serve. Free
electives in the bachelor of arts and bachelor of science major and credits in
the cognate areas shall be optional.
(4) For initial preparation programs
culminating in a bachelor's degree or higher, candidates for certification in
more than one certificate area or certificate category shall meet the
requirements in paragraph (3) in the major area and for each additional area
that candidates plan to serve.
(5)
For initial preparation programs conducted under §
49.91 (relating to intern
certificates) candidates for certification shall meet the requirements of this
section and §
354.23 (relating to academic
preparation).
