Section:
Most recently amended by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education: June 26, 2018
(1) Career vocational technical teachers who provide sheltered English instruction to English learners in school districts, including charter schools, education collaboratives, agricultural high schools, and regional vocational technical school districts, must earn an SEI Teacher Endorsement as set forth in 603 CMR 4.00, 603 CMR 7.00, and 603 CMR 14.08. Principals, assistant principals, and supervisors/directors who supervise or evaluate such teachers, must earn an SEI Teacher Endorsement or SEI Administrator Endorsement as set forth in 603 CMR 4.00, 603 CMR 7.00, and 603 CMR 14.08.
(2) The cohort of all career vocational technical teachers who instructed English learners during the 2017-2018 school year, and principals, assistant principals, and supervisors/directors who supervised or evaluated such teachers, must earn the appropriate SEI Endorsement by July 1, 2021. Members of the cohort who fail to earn an SEI endorsement by July 1, 2021, shall not be eligible to advance or renew their license under 603 CMR 4.00, 603 CMR 7.00, and 603 CMR 44.00 until such members earn an SEI endorsement; provided however, upon a showing of hardship, the Department may grant a member of the cohort an extension of time beyond July 1, 2021. Hardship shall consist of serious illness or injury, or other circumstances that are beyond the control of the individual and impede the individual's ability to complete the requirements for an SEI endorsement.
(3) Starting on July 1, 2021, any career vocational technical teacher who is assigned to provide sheltered English instruction to an English learner shall either hold the SEI Teacher Endorsement, or is required to earn such endorsement within one year from the date of the assignment. Any school district that assigns an English learner to a career vocational technical education teacher who has a year to obtain the SEI Teacher Endorsement, shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that such English learner is assigned to career vocational technical teachers with the SEI Teacher Endorsement in subsequent school years.
(4) Starting on July 1, 2021, no principal, assistant principal, or supervisor/director shall supervise or evaluate a career vocational technical teacher who provides sheltered English instruction to an English learner unless such principal, assistant principal, or supervisor/director holds the SEI Teacher Endorsement or the SEI Administrator Endorsement, or will earn either endorsement within one year of the commencement of such supervision or evaluation.
(5) For purposes of 603 CMR 14.08, "career vocational technical teacher" shall mean a teacher of a career vocational technical subject in a career vocational technical education program at the secondary level; "career vocational technical education program" shall include programs approved under M.G.L. c. 74; programs that meet the definition of career and technical education listed in the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, 20 U.S.C. § 2302(5); and any other programs that may be designated by the Commissioner; "career vocational technical subjects" shall include automotive technology, carpentry, culinary arts, engineering, exploratory, masonry, information technology, and any other subjects listed by the Department in guidance.
Regulatory Authority: M.G.L. c. 69, § 1B; c. 69, §§ 1J and 1K, as amended by St. 2010, c. 12, § 3; c. 71, § 38G; c. 71A, as amended by St. 2017, c. 138.
Disclaimer: For an official copy of these regulations, please contact the State House Bookstore, at 617-727-2834 or visit Massachusetts State Bookstore.
Last Updated: July 23, 2018
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 135 Santilli Highway, Everett, MA 02149
Voice: (781) 338-3000 TTY: (800) 439-2370
Disclaimer: A reference in this website to any specific commercial products, processes, or services, or the use of any trade, firm, or corporation name is for the information and convenience of the public and does not constitute endorsement or recommendation by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.