**Note: This course is inappropriate for RENEWAL of a Substitute Authorization (you only take this course once). There are no penalties through the BOEE for letting your authorization expire.  However, you cannot substitute on an expired authorization.

This 15-hour course is designed to meet the requirements for the Substitute Authorization Program. Receiving a Substitute Authorization will allow an individual to substitute in grades PK-12. 

REQUIRED BOOK:  Participants are required to order the Substitute Teacher Handbook.  Please choose Central Rivers AEA as your district during checkout. The book is $24.95.

Receiving a Substitute Authorization will allow an individual who holds an associate’s degree or has completed 60 semester hours through a regionally accredited institution to substitute in grades PK-12.  If you hold a paraeducator certificate and you do not have at least 60 semester hours, you can complete the substitute authorization course available through the AEA, and you will apply to add an area of concentration to your paraeducator certificate, allowing you to substitute in your own assigned classroom only.

A Substitute Authorization may be issued to an individual who:

• Has successfully completed all the requirements of the approved Substitute Authorization course.
• Has achieved at least one of the following:
• Holds an associate’s degree or has completed 60 semester hours through a regionally accredited institution,
  OR
• Has completed an approved Paraeducator Certification Program and holds a Paraeducator Certificate from the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners.
• Has successfully completed an Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and national criminal history background check

Registration Fee for this Learning Opportunity is $100