Sec. 21.0482. MASTER MATHEMATICS TEACHER CERTIFICATION. (a) To ensure that there are teachers with special training to work with other teachers and with students in order to improve student mathematics performance, the board shall establish:
(1) a master mathematics teacher certificate to teach mathematics at elementary school grade levels;
(2) a master mathematics teacher certificate to teach mathematics at middle school grade levels; and
(3) a master mathematics teacher certificate to teach mathematics at high school grade levels.
(b) The board shall issue the appropriate master mathematics teacher certificate to each eligible person.
(c) To be eligible for a master mathematics teacher certificate, a person must:
(1) hold a teaching certificate issued under this subchapter;
(2) have at least three years of teaching experience;
(3) satisfactorily complete a knowledge-based course of instruction on the science of teaching children mathematics that includes training in mathematics instruction and professional peer mentoring techniques that, through scientific testing, have been proven effective;
(4) perform satisfactorily on the appropriate master mathematics teacher certification examination prescribed by the board; and
(5) satisfy any other requirements prescribed by the board.
(d) The course of instruction prescribed under Subsection (c)(3) shall be developed by the board in consultation with mathematics and science faculty members at institutions of higher education.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 834, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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