To qualify for the endorsement for Hearing Impairments, a person must:

1. Have completed a program of preparation for teaching pupils who have hearing impairments, which has been approved by the Board; or

2. Hold a license or certificate, issued by another state, with an endorsement to teach hearing impairments; or

3. Hold a certificate from the Council on Education of the Deaf; or

4. Hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in the area of hearing impairments and have completed 8 semester credits of student teaching, equivalent field experience or 1 year of verifiable teaching experience with such pupils; or

5. Hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree; and

    

   1. Have completed 8 semester hours of student teaching of pupils who have hearing impairments, equivalent field experience with such pupils or 1 year of verifiable teaching experience with such pupils; and

   2. Have completed 18 semester credits of course work in any of the following areas:

       

      1. Characteristics of pupils who have hearing impairments;

      2. Methods of communication for pupils who have hearing impairments;

      3. Anatomy and physiology of the ear and the mechanisms of speech;

      4. Audiology;

      5. Hearing aids and auditory training;

      6. Development of the curriculum and methods of teaching pupils who have hearing impairments;

      7. Parental involvement in programs for pupils who have disabilities;

      8. Linguistics, speech and language for pupils who have hearing impairments;

      9. Introduction to special education or education of pupils who have disabilities; or

      10. Education or planning for the transition of pupils who have disabilities from their current placement to placement in additional educational programs, employment and living independently as an adult.