49-5-5401 - Career ladder certificates for assistant principals.
49-5-5401. Career ladder certificates for assistant principals.
(a) The state board of education shall issue three (3) levels of assistant principal certificates: career level I, career level II and career level III.
(b) (1) Assistant principals employed on July 1, 1984, shall be eligible to apply for career level certificates based on experience set out in § 49-5-5005.
(2) Assistant principals employed between July 1, 1984, and June 13, 1997, shall be eligible to apply for career level certificates based on the following:
(A) Career level I Employment for at least one (1) year as an assistant principal and completion of requirements defined by the state board of education;
(B) Career level II Employment for at least three (3) years as a principal, assistant principal or supervisor, of which at least one (1) year must be as an assistant principal; or
(C) Career level III Employment for at least five (5) years as a principal, assistant principal, or supervisor of which at least one (1) year must be as an assistant principal.
(c) Applicants shall meet the competencies prescribed by the state board of education for the position for which they are seeking certification.
(d) Assistant principals shall be entitled to undergo evaluation during the year in which they gain eligibility for career level I, II or III status based on experience as indicated in § 49-5-5005 or as indicated in subsection (b).
[Acts 1984 (1st E.S.), ch. 7, § 46; 1985, ch. 465, §§ 19, 20; 1986, ch. 933, §§ 3, 4, 33; 1987, ch. 308, § 56; 1993, ch. 32, § 26; 1997, ch. 424, § 2.]