Code of Alabama
Chapter 23 - Teacher Training and Certification.
Section 16-23-14 - Standards and Minimum Requirements for Training.

For the purpose of setting up standards for the preparation of teachers, supervisors and administrative employees for service in the public schools, the State Board of Education shall, subject to other provisions of this chapter, authorize and prescribe minimum requirements on courses of study, organization, qualifications of instructors, buildings and equipment and sanitary conditions, and it shall be the duty of the State Superintendent of Education or his professional assistants to visit institutions engaged in teacher-training, hold conferences with the teachers and officials of such institutions, explain the requirements of the State Board of Education relating to the preparation of teachers, look into the character of work being done and perform such other services as may be deemed advisable for the improvement of the training provided for prospective teachers of the public schools of the state.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 16 - Education.

Chapter 23 - Teacher Training and Certification.

Section 16-23-1 - Certain Public School Employees Must Hold Certificate.

Section 16-23-2 - Issuance, Extension and Renewal of Certificates.

Section 16-23-3 - Provisional Certificates.

Section 16-23-4 - Fee of Applicant for Certificate.

Section 16-23-4.1 - Fee for Evaluation of Transcript.

Section 16-23-5 - Revocation of Certificates.

Section 16-23-6 - Placement Bureau for Teachers.

Section 16-23-7 - Institutes - Conduct; Duration; Character of Instruction.

Section 16-23-8 - Institutes - Attendance Required; Penalty for Failure to Attend.

Section 16-23-9 - Institutes - Excuses for Nonattendance.

Section 16-23-10 - Institutes - List of Persons Subject to Attendance.

Section 16-23-11 - Institutes - Persons Not Attending Not Placed on Payroll.

Section 16-23-12 - Teachers' Conferences.

Section 16-23-13 - Training-in-Service Work.

Section 16-23-14 - Standards and Minimum Requirements for Training.

Section 16-23-16 - Rules and Regulations Relative to Training.

Section 16-23-16.1 - Creation of Professional Teachers Standards Commission; Designation or Development of Entry-Level Pre-Certification Examination for Teacher Candidates.

Section 16-23-16.2 - Criminal History Background Check for Teacher Preparation Program Applicants.

Section 16-23-24 - Teacher Education Scholarship Loan Program Established; Use; Subsequent Obligations; Funding; Rule-Making Authority; Provisions for Current Scholarship Recipients.