Massachusetts § 18 - Competency-based vocational-technical teacher training standards
Full text of Massachusetts Massachusetts General Laws § 18 — Competency-based vocational-technical teacher training standards, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 18. Competency-based vocational-technical teacher training standards
Section 18. The department of elementary and secondary education shall establish basic competency-based vocational-technical teacher training standards which shall serve as the fundamental, pedagogical requirements for beginning vocational-technical instructors. The department shall further require that all persons seeking to meet the department's requirements shall have successfully passed performance and written tests in areas as determined by the board or shall have satisfied alternative measures of proficiency established by the board and shall have successfully completed an approved seminar on teaching skills and methods.
The commissioner under the direction of the state board shall encourage the establishment of a two year certificate program and a four year preservice program for the preparation of vocational-technical teachers. Said board shall promulgate regulations governing the administration of the vocational-technical education program and the establishment of criteria for the inclusion of the basic and two year programs.
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