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A 5-12 English language arts education program shall comply with the following: (1) The required courses and experiences of a 5-12 English language arts education program shall meet the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) standards, 2012 edition, require candidates to demonstrate competency on the multiple assessment measures of chapters 24:53:04, 24:53:05, and 24:53:06; (2) The required courses and experiences of a 5-12 drama/theater program shall meet the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST), 2018-2019 Handbook. The 5-12 drama/theater program shall require candidates to demonstrate the content, pedagogical, and professional knowledge and skills identified in the NAST standards, and to demonstrate competency on the multiple assessment measures of chapters 24:53:04, 24:53:05, and 24:53:06; (3) The 5-12 mass communications/journalism program shall meet the Journalism Education Association and the Scholastic Journalism Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication standards, 2002 edition, and require candidates to demonstrate competency on the multiple assessment measures of chapters 24:53:04, 24:53:05, and 24:53:06; (4) The 5-12 speech/debate program shall require candidates to demonstrate the content, pedagogical, and professional knowledge and skills identified in the standards specified in this subdivision and to demonstrate competency of the multiple assessment measures of chapters 24:53:04, 24:53:05, and 24:53:06. The required courses and experiences of a 5-12 speech/debate program shall enable candidates to meet the following standards: (a) Demonstrated knowledge of basic oral communication, including theories of communication, function of the individual, language acquisition, and context variables, such as setting, purpose, audience, and subject; (b) Demonstrated knowledge and experience in an oral communication genre, such as television news, documentary, or editorial reporting; (c) Demonstrated knowledge of critical skills associated with oral communicative arts, including critical stances, relationship between the critic and the critical object, and the social value of criticism; (d) Demonstrated knowledge of responsible communication, including ethical consciousness, free speech, and objectivity; and (e) Demonstrated knowledge and experience in developing and directing activities, such as debate, forensics, radio and television management, or film society. An English language arts composite program shall meet the requirements of at least two of the programs listed in subdivisions (1) through (4), inclusive, of this section.
Source: 24 SDR 160, adopted May 28, 1998, effective September 1, 2000; 33 SDR 73, effective November 2, 2006; transferred from § 24:16:08:12, 33 SDR 73, adopted October 13, 2006, effective July 1, 2008; 46 SDR 16, effective August 5, 2019.