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Annual Report on the American Board for the Certification of Teaching Excellence - Provided to the South Carolina State Board of Education and General Assembly Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-350
South Carolina Department of Education
South Carolina Department of Education
Abstract
Per S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-350, the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) submits annually by March 31 to the State Board of Education (SBE) and General Assembly the total number of individuals employed in South Carolina with a passport certificate issued by the American Board by district, as well as non-privileged information collected on these individuals through the Assisting, Developing, and Evaluating Professional Teaching (ADEPT) reporting system. The American Board for the Certification of Teaching Excellence (American Board) is a self-sustaining, non-partisan, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization established in 2001 through a grant from the United States Department of Education. In June 2007, the South Carolina General Assembly passed the American Board for the Certification of Teacher Excellence Act, which allows school districts to hire individuals who have received a passport certificate issued by the organization. The statute, S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-310, authorizes the following content areas: “biology, chemistry, English, mathematics, physics, or science. Additional areas of certification may be approved by the State Board of Education upon review of the longitudinal information required in Section 59-25-350.” Current areas are secondary biology, chemistry, English, mathematics, physics, science, middle-level language arts, middle-level mathematics, and middle-level science. Previously known as ABCTE, the organization in now known as the American Board and has relocated its headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Atlanta, Georgia. Currently, South Carolina is one of thirteen states that accept the American Board for initial certification purposes.
Issue Date
2018-03-31
Keywords
Teachers--Certification--South Carolina
Type
Document
Rights
Records, documents, and information made available by the agencies of the South Carolina state government or its subdivisions are made accessible through the South Carolina State Library Depository and are protected under U.S. Copyright law (Title 17, U.S.C.) and South Carolina state law (Title 30 and 60, S.C.C.L.). Distribution rights are determined by the agency or author and users should contact the aforementioned for more information.
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