Program Sponsors

This page reflects the work of the Professional Services Division (PSD) of the Commission and is primarily intended for Colleges and Universities, Districts and County Offices of Education, and Induction Programs that offer or seek to offer preparation programs for California educators.

The Professional Services Division of the Commission on Teacher Credentialing is responsible for:

• the development of California's educator preparation standards for all credential areas
• ensuring quality of preparation programs through accreditation activities
• the development and administration of California's system of educator examinations
• administration of California's state funded educator development programs

Information about these functions and responsibilities of the Commission can be found on this page. If you are a teacher or prospective teacher seeking information about credential programs, please see the "California Educator" or "Prospective California Educator" pages.

New Items

• Draft Special Education Standards
  
  Please review these items in preparation for the Special Education Public Forums that will be held July 16, 2008 and August 13, 2008. They are:
  

  • A cover memo that provides an overview of the Forums [MS Word]
    
  • Information for forum attendees to review prior to attending the forum [MS Word]
    
  • A summary sheet that provides the names of the proposed Draft Standards [MS Word]
    
  • Draft Program Standards that are generic to Special Education Credential Programs [MS Word]
    
  • Draft Standards that are specific to the specific credential authorization for Education Specialist Teaching Credentials and Other Related Services Credentials [MS Word]


• Upcoming Special Education Forums [MS Word]
  Be sure and register (for our planning purposes) for one of the upcoming Special Education Forums. More information will be posted soon.
  July 10, 2008
  
• Revised Common Standards-Technical Assistance meeting: August 19, 2008 [MS Word]
  This meeting will focus on the Commission's revised Common Standards, what evidence an institution might provide to show it is meeting the standards, and how a response addresses both the institution and all of its approved programs.
  July 3, 2008
  
  
• Services Credential and Certificate Programs in California [PDF]
  More than three hundred Commission-approved programs that offer specialist credentials and certificates in Designated Subjects and Services Credentials are located in more than fifty cities. See the Program Chart for various credential/certificates offered by the programs.
  July 1, 2008
  
  
• California Teacher Preparation Programs [PDF]
  More than one hundred Commission-approved teacher preparation programs are located in seventy different cities throughout California. See the Credential Type Chart for various teaching credentials offered by Programs.
  June 9, 2008
  
  
• Common Standards Work Meeting: June 12-13, 2008 [MS Word]
  The Commission has asked that the Committee on Accreditation (COA) review the language of the Common Standards for applicability to: 1) the variety of approved program sponsors including universities, college, school districts, county offices of education and other entities; and 2) the full range of educator preparation programs that are approved by the Commission including teaching credentials, service credentials, at both the initial and advanced level. This work will inform the discussion on by the Committee on Accreditation at its June meeting. Please submit your reservation by June 5th, 2008.
  May 15, 2008
  
  
• CalTPA Assessor Training - May - September 2008 [PDF]
  May 9, 2008
  
  
• Report on the Study of Special Education Certification [PDF]
  The Report on the Study of Special Education Certification: A Report to the Governor and Legislature as Required by SB 1209 (Chap.517, Stats, 2006) provides the mandated report (December 2007) to the Governor and Legislature on Special Education and proposes a plan for implementation of its recommendations. It includes information about the activities that have occurred since June 2006 to modify the requirements for Education Specialist credentials, including (a) implementation procedures to add an English learner authorization to the current Education Specialist Credential, (b) conducting field meetings to examine issues related to modifying the Credential, and (c) the twenty five recommendations made to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing as a result of the review of the structure and requirements for the Special Education credentials.
  March 5, 2008
  
  
• California Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment and Intern Alternative Certification Evaluation Study [PDF]
  The University of California Riverside completed an evaluation of the BTSA and Intern programs as required by SB 1209.
  Link revised January 11, 2008
  
  
• Accreditation Framework -- December 2007 [PDF]
  The revised Accreditation Framework was adopted by the Commission at the December 5 meeting. This Framework contains the Commission's policies related to accreditation. The Framework also contains the revised Common Standards that take effect on July 1, 2008.
  December 7, 2007