About this role
Must hold a valid Mississippi Department of Education certification with endorsement 912 - Law and Public Safety Minimum Requirements: 1. Education - Applicant must have earned a two-year college degree (associate degree) or higher from an accredited institution of higher education. The degree must be in Criminal Justice, Emergency Medicine (EMC), Political Science, Social Science, or a two – year college degree or higher with documented completion of law enforcement training, emergency medicine training, fire academy training, or military training, or eighteen (18) hours of acceptable coursework with an earned grade of “C” or higher in the subject area to be taught. OR 2. Technology Literacy and Related Assessment of that Competency - Applicant must validate technology competency by attaining the established minimum score or higher on an assessment approved by the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE). The assessment must be directly related to technology competency required by the grade level and subject matter being taught. Approved assessments for this license are IC3 or other approved MDE substitute. 3. Occupational Experience and Related Assessment of that Experience - Applicants with an associate degree must have at least three years of verifiable occupational experience in the past ten years. Experience must be appropriate to the subject to be taught. Applicants with a bachelor or higher degree must have at least one year of verifiable occupational experience in the past ten years. Experience must be appropriate to the subject to be taught. An educator with a standard five – year license may use experience outside of the ten – year timeframe.