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b. 4. B. The Transition to Teaching from Business and Industry, Including Small Business. (section 122(c)(3)(a)-(b))
Current Narrative:
Secondary
Perkins Sate leadership funds support leadership positions to facilitate review of teacher qualifications. This process has greatly facilitated access to additional certifications for licensed teachers in Minnesota and has promoted movement of new teacher candidates from industry or preparation other than traditional teacher preparation pathways.
Perkins funds support programming at Southwest Minnesota State “teacher education sequence,” a series of courses designed to prepare individuals for new CTE teaching positions whose technical background is gained through either coursework or industry experience.
Secondary CTE Teacher Licensure courses and programs exist for agriculture, business education and family and consumer science. Perkins State leadership funds are supporting the enhancement and development of additional career/technical teacher education programs in medical career and the work-based learning certification. The recruitment and education of career and technical education teachers presents an opportunity for creative solutions and multiple agencies working together. The current number of teachers wanting to access this educational pathway is not a critical mass so that the programs meet the strict guidelines of the business models of the universities.
Perkins funds support programming at Southwest Minnesota State University https://www.smsu.edu/ to deliver the “teacher education sequence,” a series of courses designed to prepare individuals for new CTE teaching positions whose technical background is gained through either coursework or industry experience. This instruction is provided through a variety of methodologies to serve our diverse, adult student population throughout the state.
Postsecondary
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities has developed a college faculty credentialing policy (http://www.minnstate.edu/board/policy/332.html) and procedure http://www.minnstate.edu/board/procedure/332p1.html that assures that qualified individuals perform faculty work in the system colleges through system- established faculty minimum qualifications. It applies to 100% of newly hired unlimited faculty teaching in our two-year colleges. Minimum qualifications mean system-established minimum requirements used to evaluate the credential of and individual considered for college faculty work. A component of these minimum requirements is the teaching and learning competency requirement. The teaching and learning competency requirement applies to college faculty, including counselors and librarians.