2016 Delaware Code
Title 14 - Education
CHAPTER 12. EDUCATOR LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, EVALUATION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND PREPARATION PROGRAMS
Subchapter VI Alternative Routes For Teacher Licensure and Certification
§ 1260. Requirements for the participation in alternative routes for teacher licensure and certification program [Effective until Apr. 20, 2018].

(a) Subject to § 1217 of this title and not withstanding any other provision in this chapter to the contrary, candidates seeking participation in an alternative routes for teacher licensure and certification program shall be issued a provisional license conditioned on continued enrollment in an alternative routes for teacher licensure and certification program and an emergency certificate or certificates provided they:

(1) Either:

a. Hold a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university in a coherent major or its equivalent, which shall be no less than 30 credit hours appropriate to the instructional field; or

b. Hold a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university and are enrolled in the Teach For America program or a teacher residency program and have completed all preservice requirements for such program and, where applicable and available, have achieved a passing score on an examination of content knowledge, such as Praxis II, for the area in which such individual will be teaching;

(2) Pass the state basic skills test and a state test of subject matter knowledge for fields of teaching specialization, if applicable and available. Candidates must pass the State Basic Skills Test and a state test of subject matter knowledge, if applicable and available, within the period of time from the date of hire to the end of the next consecutive fiscal year. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, candidates enrolled in the Teach For America Program or a teacher residency program shall, where applicable and available, have achieved a passing score on an examination of content knowledge, such as Praxis II, for the area in which such candidate will be teaching prior to taking full responsibility for teaching a classroom;

(3) Obtain an acceptable health clearance as per Department of Education regulations and an acceptable criminal background check clearance; and

(4) Obtain and accept an offer of employment in a position that requires instructional certification.

(b) Rules and regulations to implement this subchapter shall be promulgated and adopted pursuant to § 1203 of this title.

70 Del. Laws, c. 459, § 1; 71 Del. Laws, c. 180, § 62A; 72 Del. Laws, c. 294, §§ 12, 13; 75 Del. Laws, c. 77, §§ 21-25; 77 Del. Laws, c. 15, §§ 1, 2; 80 Del. Laws, c. 297, § 3.;