BILL NUMBER: SB 57 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 269
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 10, 2001
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 8, 2001
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 30, 2001
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 27, 2001
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 23, 2001
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 16, 2001
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 25, 2001
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 11, 2001
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 2, 2001
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 17, 2001
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 12, 2001
INTRODUCED BY Senator Scott
JANUARY 4, 2001
An act to add Sections 44259.2 and 44468 to the Education Code,
relating to teacher credentialing.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 57, Scott. Teacher credentialing.
(1) Existing law requires the commission to ensure that each
candidate has demonstrated ability and sets forth programs for
professional preparation that satisfy this requirement.
This bill would require the commission to waive components of
these requirements for individuals meeting prescribed criteria
regarding private school teaching experience.
(2) Existing law, the Teacher Education Internship Act of 1967,
authorizes school districts, in cooperation with an approved college
or university, to establish teacher education internship programs.
Existing law also authorizes school districts, in consultation with
an approved program of pedagogical teacher preparation to employ
persons authorized by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to
provide service as district interns and requires these school
districts to develop and implement a professional development plan
for district interns.
This bill would authorize an intern to choose an early program
completion option if the intern passes certain assessments and meets
the requirements for teacher fitness.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to provide quality
standards-based alternative options to teacher credentialing to
address the acute shortage of qualified teachers in California's
public schools. In order to enable interested candidates with
teaching experience, including those who have experience in a private
school setting, to serve in the public schools, Section 44468, as
added to the Education Code by this act, provides an expedited,
standards-based credential option for candidates with demonstrated
skills, knowledge, and ability equivalent to those typically acquired
in a teacher preparation program. Therefore, it is the intent of
the Legislature that internship programs for multiple subject
teaching credentials and single subject teaching credentials provide
the opportunity to candidates, including those with experience in a
private school setting, to challenge teacher preparation coursework
based on demonstrated competence through assessments and
observations.
SEC. 2. Section 44259.2 is added to the Education Code,
immediately following Section 44259, to read:
44259.2. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,
including, but not limited to, paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of
Section 44259, the commission shall waive the requirements for
completion of a program of professional preparation for any
individual with a minimum of six years of full-time teaching
experience in an accredited private school, as determined by the
commission, in the subject and level of the credential sought, who
complies with all of the following:
(1) The individual submits evidence of two years of rigorous
performance evaluations while teaching in an accredited private
school, based on criteria determined by the commission, on which the
applicant received ratings of satisfactory or better.
(2) The individual meets the California requirements for teacher
fitness pursuant to Sections 44339, 44340, and 44341.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,
including, but not limited to, paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of
Section 44259, the commission shall waive the requirements for
completion of the professional field experience component of a
program of professional preparation for any individual with a minimum
of three years of full-time teaching experience in an accredited
private school, as determined by the commission, in the subject and
level of the credential sought, who complies with all of the
following:
(1) The individual submits evidence of two years of rigorous
performance evaluations while teaching in an accredited private
school, based on criteria determined by the commission, on which the
applicant received ratings of satisfactory or better.
(2) The individual meets the California requirements for teacher
fitness pursuant to Sections 44339, 44340, and 44341.
SEC. 3. Section 44468 is added to the Education Code, to read:
44468. (a) An internship program, established pursuant to Article
7.5 (commencing with Section 44325) of Chapter 2 or this article,
that is accredited by the commission shall provide interns who meet
entrance criteria and are accepted to a multiple subject teaching
credential program or a single subject teaching credential program
the opportunity to choose an early program completion option,
culminating in a five-year preliminary teaching credential. The
early completion option shall be made available to interns who meet
the following requirements:
(1) Pass a written assessment that assesses knowledge of teaching
foundations, is adopted for this purpose by the commission, and
includes all of the following:
(A) Human development as it relates to teaching and learning
aligned with the state content and performance standards for pupils
adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 60605.
(B) Techniques to address learning differences including working
with pupils with special needs.
(C) Techniques to address working with English learners to provide
access to the curriculum.
(D) Reading instruction as set forth in paragraph (4) of
subdivision (b) of Section 44259.
(E) The assessment of pupil progress based upon the state content
and performance standards for pupils adopted pursuant to subdivision
(a) of Section 60605 and planning intervention based on the
assessment.
(F) Classroom management techniques.
(G) Methods of teaching the subject fields.
(2) Pass the teaching performance assessment as set forth in
Section 44320.2.
(A) An intern participating in the early completion option may
take the teaching performance assessment one time only as part of the
early completion option. An intern who takes the teaching
performance assessment but is not successful may complete his or her
internship program. Scores on this assessment shall be used by the
internship programs in providing the individualized professional
development plan for interns that emphasizes preparation in areas
where additional growth is warranted and waiving preparation in areas
where the candidate has demonstrated competence. The intern must
retake and pass the teaching performance assessment at the end of the
internship in order to be considered for recommendation by the
internship program to the commission.
(B) Pending implementation of the teaching performance assessment,
an internship program shall provide for early recommendation of an
intern for a preliminary multiple subject teaching credential or
single subject teaching credential based upon demonstrated competence
of the field experience component of the internship program.
(3) Pass the reading instruction competence assessment described
in Section 44283, unless the written assessment adopted by the
commission pursuant to paragraph (1) is validated as covering content
equivalent to the reading assessment.
(4) Meet the requirements for teacher fitness as set forth in
Sections 44339, 44340, and 44341.
(b) An intern who chooses the early completion option must first
pass the assessment required pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision
(a) in order to qualify to take the teaching performance assessment
required pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a). Individuals
who have passed the written assessment may receive individualized
support within the cohort group of like individuals in preparations
for the teaching performance assessment.
(c) An intern who challenges the teacher preparation coursework by
taking the assessment described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a)
but is not successful in passing the assessment may complete his or
her full internship program. Scores on this assessment shall be used
by the internship program in providing the individualized
professional development plan for interns that emphasizes preparation
in areas where additional growth is warranted and waiving
preparation areas where the intern has demonstrated competence.
(d) An intern who passes the assessments described in subdivision
(a) and is recommended by the internship program to the commission is
eligible for a five-year preliminary multiple subject teaching
credential or single subject teaching credential.
(e) The commission shall issue a professional clear multiple or
single subject teaching credential to an applicant whose employing
public school district documents, in a manner prescribed by the
commission, that he or she has fulfilled the following requirements:
(1) Holds a preliminary five-year teaching credential issued by
the commission.
(2) Completes one of the following in accordance with the
determination of the employing public school district based upon the
experience and individual needs of the applicant:
(A) A program of beginning teacher support and assessment
established pursuant to Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 44279.1)
of Chapter 2 of Part 24, including the California formative
assessment and support system for teachers.
(B) An alternative program of beginning teacher induction that the
commission determines, in conjunction with the Superintendent of
Public Instruction, meets state standards for teacher induction and
includes the California formative assessment and support system for
teachers or an alternative assessment deemed to meet the standards.
(3) As an alternative to the requirements in paragraph (2), an
applicant may choose to complete the California formative assessment
and support system for teachers or the equivalent at a faster pace as
determined by the Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment System
program.