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Chapter 9 Professional Licensure and Standards N.J.A.C. 6A:9 UPDATED WITH PHASE 5 AMENDMENTS
ADOPTED 12/06/07 (EFFECTIVE 01/07/08)

CHAPTER 9. PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE AND STANDARDS

SUBCHAPTER 1. SCOPE AND PURPOSE

6A:9-1.1 Scope

This chapter sets forth the rules governing the preparation, licensure and professional
development of those educators required by their positions to be certified. It also
contains rules governing the approval of educator preparation programs and the content
of such programs. Finally, it contains the rules delineating the organization of, powers
of, duties of and proceedings before the State Board of Examiners.

6A:9-1.2 Purpose

(a)
The purpose of this chapter is to establish a licensure system based on
professional standards for pre-service preparation, certification and professional
development that continuously serves to improve the quality of instruction for
New Jerseys children so that they are equipped to work and succeed in an ever-
changing and increasingly complex global economy.
(b)
A standards-based, rigorous system of licensure, designed to support improved
student achievement of the Core Curriculum Content Standards will serve to
improve the quality of the New Jersey educator workforce and to improve
student performance.

SUBCHAPTER 2. DEFINITIONS

6A:9-2.1 Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following
meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

Accreditation means an institution that has a professional education unit and has
completed successfully a review process by a national professional organization
recognized by the Council on Higher Education Accreditation and approved by the
Commissioner. The institution must meet state, professional and institutional standards
as determined by a review of its individual programs and overall capacity to prepare
education professionals. This review is substantiated through a site visit to the
institution by a team of education professionals trained to assess educator preparation
programs.


2 Agency means a Department-approved international agency that recruits foreign
teachers for New Jersey school districts in subject areas that the State Board has
defined as having a critical shortage.

ALJ means an administrative law judge assigned by the Director of the Office of
Administrative Law to preside over contested cases pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:14F-1 et
seq.

Alternate route means a non-traditional teacher preparation program.

Approved program means a Department-approved planned program of professional
preparation for educators at an institution of higher education.

Authorization means any requirement, other than a teaching certificate, established
by the State or Federal government or by a profession that allows an individual to
engage in the practice of that profession.

Board of Examiners means the New Jersey State Board of Examiners.

CCCS means the Core Curriculum Content Standards pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:8.

Career cluster means one of the vocational-technical program areas recognized
nationally and by the New Jersey Department of Education.

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Certificate means one of three types of credentials, instructional, educational services
and administrative, that the Board of Examiners issues which permits an individual to
serve as a teaching staff member. The Board of Examiners will issue a separate
endorsement for each subject area that falls under a specific type of certificate. The
endorsement shall be considered part of that certificate.

Certificate of Eligibility (CE) means a credential with lifetime validity issued to
persons who have completed degree, academic study and applicable test requirements
for certification. The CE permits the applicant to seek and accept employment in
positions requiring certification.

Certificate of advanced study in educational administration and supervision means a
post-masters college or university program, minimum of 24 graduate semester-hour
credits, that prepares school leaders with the knoweldge, skills and dispositions to be an
effective school leader. The program results in out-of-State certification as a principal
or superintendent and in a Certificate of Advanced Study in School Leadership from the
college or university.

Certificate of Eligibility with Advanced Standing (CEAS) means a credential with
lifetime validity issued to persons who have completed degree, academic study,
applicable test requirements and traditional professional preparation programs for

4 certification. The CEAS permits the applicant to seek and accept employment in
positions requiring certification.

Coherent sequence of courses means a sequence of at least 30 semester-hour credits
of college level coursework in a subject field that includes study at the introductory,
intermediate and advanced levels.

Commissioner means the Commissioner of Education or the Commissioners
designee.

Consortium means a joint sponsorship between one or more public school districts
and a college or university providing formal instruction to provisional teachers.

County superintendent means a county superintendent of schools pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 18A:7-7.1 et seq.

Department means the New Jersey State Department of Education.

District boards of education means all providers of publicly-funded preschool,
elementary, secondary, and adult high school education programs, including county
vocational schools, educational services commissions, jointure commissions, charter
schools, regional day schools, adult high schools, county special services school
districts, the Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf, the Department of Human

5 Services, the Department of Corrections, the Juvenile Justice Commission, and
approved private schools for the disabled whose staff hold appropriate certificates.

Dual content major means any college major that combines two of the Core
Curriculum Content Standards.

Early Childhood Program Expectations means the standards set forth in N.J.A.C.
6A:8-2.1(a)3.

Education preparation program means a program approved by the Commissioner to
prepare individuals for educator certification.

Endorsement means the specific subject area in which a certificate holder is
authorized to serve.

Field experience means a course designed to permit preservice students to engage in
observation of teachers in a classroom setting and to assume some level of teaching
responsibility that shall take place prior to the culminating student teaching experience.

Formal instruction means a Department-approved planned program of professional
preparation for holders of certificates of eligibility which is located at a regional
training center site operated by a school district, school district consortium or institution
of higher education.

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Full-time teaching means the equivalent of 900 clock-hours of teaching per year.

GPA means grade point average.

IEP means an individualized education program. It is a written plan developed at a
meeting pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:14-2.3 which sets forth present levels of performance,
measurable annual goals and short-term objectives or benchmarks and describes an
integrated, sequential program of individually designed instructional activities and
related services necessary for a student with disabilities to achieve the stated goals and
objectives. This plan shall establish the rationale for the students educational
placement, serve as the basis for program implementation and comply with the
mandates set forth in N.J.A.C. 6A:14.

Interdisciplinary major means any college major that combines two or more
academic, scientific or artistic disciplines, permitting students to explore an area of
interest from several perspectives.

Liberal arts major means any college major such as philosophy, history, literature,
sociology or world language that is intended primarily to provide general knowledge
and to develop an individuals general intellectual capacities to reason and evaluate, as
opposed to professional or vocational skills.


7 Mentor teacher means a New Jersey certified experienced teacher who is assigned to
provide support and guidance to a novice teacher.

NASDTEC means the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education
and Certification.

NCATE means the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education.
NCATE is a national professional accrediting body for educator preparation.