# COMAR Title 13A — State Board of Education

## Subtitle 12 — Educator Licensure

### Chapter 04 — Specialists

#### Regulation .05 Pupil Personnel Worker.

*COMAR 13A.12.04.05*

The requirements for licensure as a pupil personnel worker are that the applicant shall have:

A. A master’s degree from an institution of higher education in pupil personnel or a related field, such as:

  (1) Counseling or guidance services, or both;

  (2) Early childhood, elementary, or secondary education;

  (3) Human growth and development;

  (4) Sociology, social work, or psychology;

  (5) Special education; or

  (6) Administration and supervision;

B. In addition to or as part of §A of this regulation, 21 semester hours of graduate credit or State-approved CPDs, to include school law and at least 6 of the following seven areas:

  (1) Counseling methods;

  (2) Early childhood or adolescent psychology, or both;

  (3) Multicultural issues;

  (4) Family systems/dynamics;

  (5) Delivery of pupil personnel services and programs;

  (6) Abnormal psychology or juvenile delinquency, or both; or

  (7) Educational assessment interpretation;

C. 3 years of effective teaching experience, or, at the recommendation of a local superintendent of schools, related experience may be substituted for teaching experience; and

D. 3 semester hours of credit or State-approved CPDs in inclusion of special needs student populations.