Persons with this endorsement may teach grades 5 through 9 in the area(s) of the endorsement.
Certification Endorsement Requirements: This endorsement requires a minimum of 36 semester hours of which 12 semester hours will be in professional education courses, not including clinical experience, related to middle level education, and a minimum of 24 semester hours in one core academic area.
Additional content areas may be added with a minimum of 24 semester hours in any of the core academic areas as listed above, or in any of the following content areas:
- Agriculture Education;
- Business, Marketing and Information
- Technology Education;
- Family and Consumer Sciences;
- Health and Physical Education;
- Industrial Technology Education;
- World Language.
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.
Effective September 1, 2018, an applicant will be required to submit a passing score as set forth in Appendix C for the applicable content test for the first-time placement of this endorsement on a Nebraska certificate or permit.
Extracted from Nebraska Department of Education Rule 24 Regulations for Certificate Endorsements
Title 92, Nebraska Administrative Code, Chapter 24