To be eligible for a professional certificate, PACE candidates will successfully complete requirements as follows.
2. Candidates will complete three successful years of teaching in a South Carolina public school including successful completion of the Assisting, Developing, and Evaluating Professional Teaching (ADEPT) process. This will include successful participation in an induction program that includes a mentoring program, successful completion of the formal evaluation process, and a successful formal or informal evaluation during the final year of program participation. Consistent with the ADEPT regulation (R. 43-205.1), a candidate must not receive a continuing contract until he or she has completed all PACE requirements and is eligible to advance to professional certification.
3. Candidates will successfully complete three courses from the list of core courses approved by the Division of Educator Quality and Leadership on behalf of the State Board of Education. Courses identified for individual teachers will be based on the individual's experience, knowledge, and skills.
The three required courses must be completed for college credit with an assigned grade of B or better. Courses must be completed at a South Carolina institution with a teacher education program approved by the State Board of Education for certification purposes. Eligible participants may request approval of courses from other regionally accredited colleges or universities provided the coursework is at the graduate level. However, no more than one of the courses (three semester hours) can be designated as a Professional Development (PD) course. Only the PD course could be completed as pass/fail.
4. Candidates will earn a passing score on the appropriate level of the pedagogy Praxis II examination, Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT), prior to advancing to the professional certificate.