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Administrative Services Credentials

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Administrative Services -- Terms & Definitions

Experience
Three years of successful, full-time experience in a public school, nonpublic school, or private school of equivalent status. (This experience may be teaching, pupil personnel work, librarianship, health services, or clinical or rehabilitative services. Substitute or part-time service does not apply.)

Full-Time Service
Full-time service means service for at least a minimum of four hours per day for three-fourths of the total days in the school year. Substitute or part-time service does not apply.

Administrative Experience
Three years of successful full-time out-of-state administrative service must be completed in a state other than California while serving in a public school. Verification of experience must be on the district or employing agency letterhead and signed by the superintendent, assistant superintendent, director of personnel, or director of human resources. School or district personnel other than the applicant must verify all experience.

Rigorous Performance Evaluation
Rigorous performance evaluations must be submitted with a verification of their authenticity given in writing by a personnel officer in the district in which the evaluations took place. The evaluations must have been in each of the two last years serving as an administrator. Evaluation ratings must be satisfactory or better. The performance evaluations need to include all of the following:

  1. Demonstration of leadership skills

  2. Verification of leadership in program implementation and instructional practices

  3. Implementation of effective procedure for smooth operations of the school

  4. Evidence of self-motivation and continuous professional development and the updating of skills in administration


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Updated November 26, 2007