Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3652

  • Program: means a completed five-year professional improvement program, or refers to the subject of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3602
  • Teacher: means any public school classroom teacher, librarian, school counselor, secondary vocational instructor, principal, assistant principal, or other personnel for whom a valid Louisiana teaching certificate is required for employment; any teacher in an institution which offers thirteenth and fourteenth grade instruction; any speech therapist who possesses a valid Louisiana ancillary certificate issued by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; and any instructor seeking to continue in the program who has been transferred from the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to vocational-technical schools under the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3602

A.  The provisions of this Chapter shall have no effect on the existing requirements for initial certification or the designated types of certificates.

B.  Certificates subsequent to the initial certificate issued to a participating teacher shall contain an endorsement of participation in a professional improvement program.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 207, §1.