Endorsement Type: Supplemental. This endorsement requires an applicant to hold, or earn concurrently, a subject or field endorsement in: Science, Biology, Health and Physical Education, Physical Education, Health Education, Agriculture Education, or Family and Consumer Sciences Occupational.
Persons with this endorsement may teach Health Sciences courses and will be eligible for the Work-Based Learning endorsement.
Certification Endorsement Requirements: This supplemental endorsement requires a minimum of fifteen (15) semester hours with the following minimums:
- A minimum of nine (9) semester hours which must include:
- A minimum of three (3) semester hours in human anatomy and/or human physiology; and
- A minimum of six (6) semester hours in one or more additional Health Sciences areas: medical terminology, exercise physiology, kinesiology, and public/community health; and
- A minimum of three (3) semester hours of professional education course work to include pedagogical content knowledge and principles of career and technical education; and
- A minimum of three (3) semester hours of course work in coordination and supervision of work-based learning; and
Work Experience: The endorsement is available only to those persons who have either (A) 1,000 verified hours of paid work-based experience relevant to the career field or (B) at least 300 hours of supervised work experience relevant to the career field under the direction of the college or university recommending the endorsement.
Endorsement Program Requirements: Standard institutions of higher education offering this endorsement program must have on file, within the institution, a plan which identifies the courses and the course completion requirements which the institution utilizes to grant credit toward completion of this endorsement.
Extracted from Nebraska Department of Education Rule 24 Regulations for Certificate Endorsements Title 92, Nebraska Administrative Code, Chapter 24