2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 161 - SCHOOL EMPLOYEES -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT AND TENURE 161.027 Preparation program for principals -- Assessment and internship requirements.
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161.027 Preparation program for principals -- Assessment and internship
requirements.
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The Education Professional Standards Board, pursuant to KRS 161.028, shall
by administrative regulation establish requirements for a preparation program
in institutions of higher education for all new applicants for principal certification
and establish criteria for admission to the program.
The Education Professional Standards Board and the Council on
Postsecondary Education shall evaluate the preparation programs for
principals and maintain only those institutional programs that can demonstrate
both the quality and the capability to enroll adequate numbers of students to
justify the resources necessary for maintenance of a quality program.
The Education Professional Standards Board shall develop or select
appropriate assessments for applicants seeking certification as principals,
including:
(a) An assessment of the ability to apply knowledge, instructional leadership,
management, and supervision skills; and
(b) A specialized assessment on the current instructional and administrative
practices in Kentucky public education.
The Education Professional Standards Board shall establish the minimum
score for successful completion of assessments and shall establish a
reasonable fee to be charged applicants for the actual cost of administration of
the assessments. The Education Professional Standards Board shall provide
for confidentiality of assessment scores.
The Education Professional Standards Board shall develop an internship
program which shall provide for the supervision, assistance, and assessment of
beginning principals and assistant principals. The internship shall not be
required of applicants who have completed, within a ten (10) year period prior
to making application, at least two (2) years of successful experience as a
principal in a school situation. The Education Professional Standards Board, by
administrative regulation, shall establish the internship program.
The certification of principals shall require the successful completion of the
examinations required by subsection (3) of this section. A one (1) year
certificate may be given to a person who has:
(a) A comparable certificate from another state; or
(b) All other qualifications except the assessments and is selected as a
principal or assistant principal in a district where the superintendent
certifies to the Education Professional Standards Board that there is a
limited number of applicants to meet the requirements.
Upon successful completion of the assessments, a certificate shall be issued
for an additional four (4) years. A person employed in Kentucky as a principal
or assistant principal who was certified in another state and practiced in that
state for two (2) or more years is exempt from taking the assessment described
in subsection (3)(a) of this section.
Upon successful completion of the approved preparation program and the
assessments, the Education Professional Standards Board shall issue to the
applicant a statement of eligibility for internship valid for five (5) years. If the
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applicant does not participate in an internship program within the five (5) year
period, the applicant shall reestablish eligibility by repeating and passing the
assessments in effect at that time or by completing a minimum of six (6)
graduate hours, directly related to instructional leadership, management, or
supervision, at a regionally or nationally accredited institution. The option for
renewal through completion of graduate hours shall be available only for the
first reestablishment of eligibility. Upon obtaining employment for an internship
position as principal or assistant principal within the period of eligibility, the
applicant shall be issued the appropriate one (1) year certificate for the
position.
All applicants for principal certification, after successfully completing the
assessments, shall successfully complete the internship program described in
subsection (5) of this section for principal certification. If the principal's or
assistant principal's internship performance is judged to be less than
satisfactory pursuant to administrative regulations developed by the Education
Professional Standards Board, the applicant for principal certification shall be
provided with an opportunity to repeat the internship one (1) time if the
applicant is employed by a school district as a principal or assistant principal.
Following successful completion of the internship program, the principal
certificate shall be extended for four (4) years. Renewal of the certificate shall
require the completion of a continuing education requirement as prescribed by
the Education Professional Standards Board.
Effective:June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec. 1, effective June 20, 2005. -Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 362, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended
1997 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 65, effective May 30, 1997. -Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 343, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended
1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. II, sec. 60, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1988
Ky. Acts ch. 275, sec. 1, effective April 9, 1988. -- Created 1985 (1st Extra.
Sess.) ch. 10, sec. 22, effective October 18, 1985.
2012-2014 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2012 Ky. Acts
ch. 144, Pt. I, D, 10, (3) at 1116.
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