Missouri alternative route
ABCTE
- Run by
- Private organization
- Teach while completing
- No
- Max years to complete
- 1
- Website
- Visit
Requirements
| Bachelor's degree | Yes |
|---|---|
| Bachelor's in the subject | No |
| Pedagogy coursework | No |
| Credit hours | No |
| Minimum GPA | No |
| Tests | Yes |
| Employment as a teacher | No |
| Clinical experience | No |
| Professional development | No |
| Mentoring | No |
| Service requirement | No |
| High-need schools | Not reported |
| Shortage areas | Not reported |
| Limited to some grades or subjects | Yes |
| Designed for shortage areas | No |
Grade or subject limits
State Board Rule:
Certification authorized under this rule shall not be granted for the areas of early childhood education, elementary education, or special education.
5 CSR 20-400.210 Application for Certificates of License to Teach on the Basis of Certification by the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence (ABCTE)
http://www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/csr/current/5csr/5c20-400.pdf
State Law
*(5) By the state board, under rules and regulations prescribed by it, on the basis of certification by the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence (ABCTE) and ... shall not be granted for the areas of early childhood education, elementary education, or special education.
http://www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/C100-199/1680000021.HTM
Other requirements
In addition to all the criteria for application provided under 5 CSR 20-400.200, an initial four (4)-year certificate shall be issued to an applicant who has successfully obtained certification through the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence (ABCTE) and upon verification by the school principal of sixty (60) contact hours in any one (1) of the following areas:
(A) Sixty (60) contact hours in a public school or accredited nonpublic school classroom, of which at least forty-five (45) must be teaching;
(B) Sixty (60) contact hours as a substitute teacher in a public school or accredited nonpublic school, with at least thirty (30) consecutive hours in the same classroom; or
(C) Sixty (60) contact hours of teaching as a paraprofessional.
http://www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/C100-199/1680000021.HTM
http://www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/csr/current/5csr/5c20-400.pdf
http://www.abcte.org/teach/missouri
Linked teacher preparation providers
Title II links no providers to this route.