Instructional Leader: STEM Grades PreK-6

To add Instructional Leader: STEM Grades PreK-6 as an endorsement to an existing professional license, an educator must:

1. Hold a valid, professional license in early childhood education or elementary education;

2. Complete a minimum of 12 semester hours of post-baccalaureate credit or Department-approved continuing professional development credits, including the following:

   1. 12 semester hours in STEM education which integrates a balance of authentic problem-based and project-based learning;

   2. Essential skills including questioning, spatial reasoning, communication, critical thinking, and problem solving;

   3. Engineering design process;

   4. Application of scientific practices and content;

   5. Application of mathematical practices and content;

   6. Technology literacy; and

   7. Collaborative learning;

3. Complete 3 semester hours or the equivalent in leadership knowledge and skills in providing professional learning in a school/district setting;

4. Complete at least 3 semester hours or the equivalent in a supervised practicum or school-based internship in which the applicant works with a range of students in grades pre-kindergarten—6 and adult learners in a variety of professional development settings; and

5. Present verification of 27 months of satisfactory teaching experience.