Educator Licensing - Business Composite

Business Composite
Endorsement/SAEP Application - PDF

Note: Please complete interactive PDF form electronically.  Once completed, print and send in form as outlined in application instructions.

Minimum Endorsement Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, and
• Existing Secondary Education License, and
• Transcripts showing sixty-three (63) semester credits completed from the required course list. See below.

Minimum SAEP Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, and
• Existing Secondary Education License, and
• An assignment that requires the requested endorsement, and
• Transcripts showing a minimum of thirty-two (32) hours of completed course work related to the requested endorsement, and
• A plan submitted to and approved by the state specialist outlining all requirements and when/where they will be (or have been) fulfilled.

Required Courses - Business Core

• Accounting - 3 credits
• Business Law - 3 credits
• Business Writing - 3 credits
• Finance - 3 credits
• Microeconomics - 3 credits
• Macroeconomics - 3 credits
• Management - 3 credits
• Marketing - 3 credits

Required Courses - Business Information Technology

• Computer Information Literacy (CIL) class or exam - 3 credits
• Keyboarding Class or Exam – 35 wpm - 1 credit
• Word Processing - beyond CIL - 1 credit
• Spreadsheets - beyond CIL - 1 credit
• Database - beyond CIL - 1 credit
• Multimedia/Graphics Applications - 3 credits
• Web Page Design - 3 credits

Elective Courses - Business Information Technology

• Information Technology
• PC Hardware and Software
• Operating Systems Windows Applications
• Network Administration/LAN Management
• Other courses may qualify, but require pre-approval by the USOE business education specialist

Required Courses - Pedagogy

• Instruction, Technology, Assessment and Planning - 3 credits
  (SLCC EDU 2800)
• Child/Adolescent Development/Classroom Management - 3 credits
  (SLCC EDCU 2820)
• Introduction to Special Education - 3 credits
  (SLCC EDU 2600)
• Foundations of Learning & Teaching Diverse Populations - 3 credits
  (SLCC EDU 2600)
• Special Topics in Education: Literacy Strategies - 3 credits
  (SLCC EDU 2840)
• Business Education Methods Course

The Business Composite Endorsement allows an educator to teach the following courses:

• All Courses

Updated September 3, 2009