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Statistic of the Month
Data gathered by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing will be highlighted here once a month. For more information, please contact Marjorie Suckow (msuckow@ctc.ca.gov).
May 2008
Career Technical Education Credentials Issued [PDF]
Currently there are more than twenty agencies that issue career technical credentials - four California State University campuses, three University of California campuses, thirteen county offices of education, and three school districts.
April 30, 2008
April 2008
Math and Science Credentials Issued, 2002-03 to 2006-07 [PDF]
In 2006-07, the Commission issued almost 1,500 credentials in Math and another 1,200 credentials in Science to California prepared and Out-of-state trained teachers.
April 4, 2008
March 2008
California Teachers: Prepared in States Other than California [PDF]
More than 3,000 California teaching credentials were issued to teachers prepared in states other than California.
March 3, 2008
February 2008
Racial and Ethnic Distribution of California's Students [PDF]
In 2005-06, more than 6.4 million students were enrolled in the California's public schools and they accounted for nearly 13 percent of the total enrollment in the nation. The racial or ethnic distribution of California differed widely from the nation's public school student population.
February 4, 2008
January 2008
Racial and Ethnic Distribution of California's Teachers [PDF]
In the 2006-07 school year, more than 3 million teachers taught across the country.
309,000 of those teachers taught in California's public schools and they accounted for nearly
10 percent of the total teaching workforce. The racial or ethnic distribution of California
differed widely from the nation's teacher workforce.
January 17, 2008
December 2007
California prepares 12% of the nation's teachers [PDF]
According to the most recent Secretary's annual report on Teacher Quality, in 2003-04 220,777 new teachers completed their teacher preparation programs across the nation. Five states - New York, California, Texas, Pennsylvania, and Illinois together contributed nearly half the teachers produced in 2003-04. The rest of the states accounted for the remaining 50 percent of the total teachers produced. California ranked second, after New York, with 12 percent of the total teachers produced.
November 2007:
School Nurse Services Credentials Issued [PDF]
There are twelve approved programs that offer credentials for school nurses. Each year, about 250 school nurse credentials are issued.
October 2007:
Mathematics and Science Credentials Issued [PDF]
Each year, about 1,500 teaching credentials are issued in Mathematics and another 1,200 in Sciences.
September 2007:
Designated Subjects Vocational Education (Career Technical Education) Teaching Credentials [PDF]
More than 1,500 credentials were issued in nearly 135 different Vocational Education (Career Technical Education) subject areas in 2005-06.
August 2007:
Increasing Number of Special Education Teachers Prepared [PDF]
The Education Specialist Instruction credential authorizes individuals to teach students with disabilities. This credential is separated into six categories of specialization: Mild/Moderate Disabilities, Moderate/Severe Disabilities, Visual Impairments, Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, Physical and Health Impairments, and Early Childhood Special Education. Individuals seeking the Education Specialist Instruction credential complete a special education preparation program that includes student teaching in the area of their chosen specialization.
July 2007
Has there been a shift in the number of individuals prepared by each of the California Higher Education Segments over the past five years? [PDF]
In California, there are three higher education segments - California State University (CSU), University of California (UC), and Independent/private institutions - who prepare individuals to be teachers. There are three basic types of teaching credentials. A Multiple Subject credential authorizes individuals to teach a variety of subjects in a self-contained classroom (e.g., kindergarten and 1-6 grades) whereas a Single Subject credential authorizes individuals to teach in one of sixteen subject areas: Agriculture, Art, Business, English, Health Science, Home Economics, Industrial and Technology Education, Foreign Language, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Geoscience, Physics, and Social Science. The Education Specialist credential authorizes individuals to teach students with identified disabilities.
June 2007
How many people are considering teaching as a career? [PDF]
In California, there are more than ninety preparation programs (offered at colleges, universities and school districts/county offices of education) that prepare individuals to be teachers. As part of the federal government's Title II data collection system, enrollment in the multiple subject (elementary), single subject (secondary), and special education preparation programs is reported to the federal government every fall. The Commission on Teacher Credentialing coordinates the federal mandate of Title II reporting for the state.
May 2007
Retention of teachers that have participated in BTSA Induction [PDF]
Each year, approximately 25,000 beginning teachers participate in California's Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment (BTSA) program. All newly credentialed teachers are eligible to participate in California's BTSA program. BTSA programs report on teacher retention annually. Data show that 87% of teachers that joined BTSA in 2003-04 are still teaching in their 4th year.
April 2007
Where did Out-Of-Country Teachers come from in 2005-06? [PDF]
In 2005-06, more than two-fifths (42 percent) of the out-of-country teachers came from the Philippines. Philippines was followed by Canada (10 percent), India (9 percent), Mexico (5 percent) and Spain (4 percent). Together, these top five countries contributed more than two-thirds (70 percent) of the total out-of-country teachers who taught in California public schools. The rest of the 30 percent came from more than forty different countries.