What is a 5-Year Certificate?
A 5-year certificate is issued to a person employed by a district in a program approved by the board. An Academic instructor must have a baccalaureate degree with a major in the subject area for which certification is sought, or a baccalaureate degree with 30 semester credits in the subject area. An Occupational instructor must have a baccalaureate degree or equivalent. An occupational instructor must have education or training preparing a person for the occupational area to be taught. Appropriate training may include vendor, manufacturer, in-service or other structured on-the-job training in the occupation. A 5-year certificate will be issued only if the instructor has completed all seven requirement courses and two (2) years of full-time or 8 (eight) semesters of part-time instruction. An Academic instructor must have 12 months of non-teaching experience and an occupational instructor must have 24 months of non-teaching experience.
