Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 1 Bilingual Coordinators’ Network Meeting September 25, 2008

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 2 Today’s Topics   CTEL Programs, Exams, and CLAD Certificates   Certificate of Completion of Staff Development (CCSD)   Bilingual Programs and Exams   EL Authorization   2008 Legislative Report on Assignment Monitoring   Resources

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 3 CTEL Programs for the CLAD Certificate   Fifteen CTEL programs approved   Listed on the Approved Program chart on Commission website – – Under Specialist Credentials and Certificates: CLAD   Application submitted as online recommendation

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 4 CLAD Course Work Update   Final date a candidate could complete course work under the CLAD Certificate guidelines was 01/31/2008   If not completed, contact an IHE with a new CTEL approved program   IHE determines if course work applies toward an approved CTEL program Coded 07-17

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 5  If all appropriate course work is completed but the individual does not apply by 1/31/2008, the course work may still be used for CLAD Certificate  Eligibility is based on date course work was completed not application receipt date at Commission CLAD Course Work Timeline

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 6 CTEL Exams   Examination built on same Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs) as CTEL Program Standards   Offered December and June  

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 7 CTEL Exam   Test 1: Language and Language Development   Test 2: Assessment and Instruction   Test 3: Culture and Inclusion

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 8 Emergency CLAD Teaching Permit  Appropriate prerequisite credential  Bachelor’s degree  Basic Skills Requirement, unless exempt  Issued in one year periods  Course work or passage of CTEL exams required for renewal Same authorization as CLAD Certificate/ Emphasis and English Learner Authorization

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 9 CCSD for Elementary, Secondary and Special Education Credentials   1/1/2008: Final date to complete appropriate staff development   4/1/2008: Collection of evidence for final assessment had to be submitted to an approved CCSD program

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 10 CCSD Timelines   12/31/2008: Latest filing or issuance date and applications MUST be RECEIVED at Commission by this date Ending date individuals may be assigned on the basis of CCSD ‘program enrollment’ Coded 07-16

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 11   Not available for holders of Designated Subjects and Service Credentials with SCA after 1/1/2008   Transition Period – only available for single and multiple subject, education specialist in transition until 12/31/2008 Otherwise Authorized by Statute to Teach ELs

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 12 CCSD for Designated Subject and Services Credential with Special Class Authorization (SCA) Holders   Appropriate prerequisite document   Commission-approved CCSD program   Authorizes SDAIE only

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 13 CCSD Program Guidelines Designated Subjects and Services with SCA Credentials   New guidelines adopted by the Commission on 1/31/2008   Submission and Timeline Handbook available   All programs need to be approved under the new guidelines by March 1, 2009.

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 14 CCSD Option   Holders of designated subjects teaching credentials or service credentials with a special class authorization ONLY   Complete 3 semester or 4 quarter unit Commission-approved SDAIE course   CIA 08-06

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 15 AB 1871 (Coto) Bilingual-Crosscultural Competence   Authorize candidates to earn a bilingual authorization by completing an approved program or by a combination of examination and portions of an approved program Proposed

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 16 BCLAD Program Route   Authorization may be earned concurrently with completion of a multiple and single subject credential   Program may be written to add BCLAD authorization for those already credentialed (pending approval of AB 1871)   Program may include coursework and examination (pending approval of AB 1871)

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 17 BCLAD Exam Administration   First time—November 2007   Standard score setting in December 2007   Information at

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 18 EL Authorization on Documents   Multiple and Single Subject – – Enrollment in program 7/1/03 – – Internship credentials 7/1/03 – – Teaching permits (Emergency/Provisional Internship - PIP/Short-Term Staff - STSP) 7/1/03

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 19 EL Authorization on Documents   Education Specialist – – Preliminary credential 7/1/07 – – Internship credential 7/1/07 – – May be added to preliminary or clear document issued prior to 7/1/07 if IHE verifies completion – – Teaching permits (Emergency/PIP/STSP) 7/1/07

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 20 SB 52   Career Technical Education   Commission agenda item was presented at the November meeting   One of the recommendations references a new CTE/EL standard

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 21 SB 52 Recommendation 5. Require training for all CTE teachers in how to teach English learners. Rationale: All teachers of English learner students must have appropriate English learner training (EC 44001, , (a)). Teaching English learners was addressed minimally in the current Career Technical Education program standards under the topic of “special populations.” However, this type of teacher preparation should be increased and improved by updating the manner in which it is defined in the program and encouraging programs to integrate it throughout CTE teacher preparation. The revised program standards would address the knowledge and skills a teacher must have to work with English learners.

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Legislative Report on Assignment Monitoring   Available on CTC website homepage under “Reports” link   Provides statewide data results for the assignment monitoring conducted by County Offices of Education from September 2003 through June 2007

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 23 One-Fourth Assignment Monitoring Summary   One-fourth of school districts monitored each year by county   Summary of all districts monitored for report cycle   353, 368 certificated staff reviewed   22,352 or 6.3% of monitored staff reported as initially misassigned   12,077 or 54% of misassignments in English Learner assignments (Includes 270 bilingual misassignments)

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 24 Online Documents   Effective September 1, 2008, the Commission no longer prints, distributes, or mails paper documents – – regardless of when the application was received or whether it was a direct or online application   Documents are available through an online view and print process approximately 48 hours after the document has been processed

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 25 Administrator’s Assignment Manual   Updated September 2007   Available on CTC website and Credential Information Guide (CIG)   Element within each section for ‘Commonly Asked Topics’

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 26 Questions? Comments? Thanks!