Commission on Teacher Credentialing
651 Bannon Street, Suite 600
Sacramento, CA 95811
(916) 322-6253
Updated December 30, 2009
See Also: December 2009 Commission Meeting Minutes
All attachments are in PDF format.
Commission Meeting Agenda
December 9 - 10, 2009
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1A: Review of the Process for Selecting Committee Chairs
This agenda item reviews the Policy Manual process for selecting Committee Chairs.
Commission Chair Caleb Cheung will convene General Session. Roll call will be taken and the Pledge of Allegiance recited.
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2A: Approval of the October 2009 Minutes
The Commission will consider approval of the minutes of the October 2009 meeting of the Commission.
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2B: Approval of the December 2009 Agenda
The Commission will consider approval of the Agenda for the December 2009 meeting of the Commission.
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2C: Approval of the December 2009 Consent Calendar
The Commission will consider approval of the December 2009 Consent Calendar.
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2D: Chair's Report
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2E: Executive Director's Report
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2F: Commission Member Reports
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2G: Liaison Reports
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3A: Annual Report of the Committee on Accreditation
This agenda item presents the Annual Report of the Committee on Accreditation for the year 2008-09. This report reflects the COA decisions made using the revised accreditation system and provides an update on progress made on various accreditation activities for 2008-09.
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3B: Request for Approval to Release a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Administration and Further Development of the California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST), the California Subject Examinations for Teachers (CSET), the California Teacher of English Learners(CTEL)Examination and the Reading Instruction Competence Assessment (RICA)
This agenda item presents the request to approve the release of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the development and administration of the Commission's CBEST, CSET, CTEL, and RICA examinations for 2010-2016.
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3C: Recommendations from the Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA) Users Advisory Committee
This agenda item presents for Commission review and approval recommendations from the TPA Users Advisory Committee, and also provides data from a survey of TPA users regarding implementation costs and related issues.
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3D: Update on Funded Teacher Development Programs
This agenda item includes the 2008-09 report on the Paraprofessional Teacher Training Program and the Alternative Certification (Intern) Program.
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3E: Update on Discussions Related to Teacher Leadership
This agenda item provides an update on activities taking place at both the national level and in other states on the topic of teacher leadership.
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3F: Update on the Work of the Teaching Mathematics Advisory Panel
This agenda item provides an update on the work to date of the Teaching Mathematics Advisory Panel.
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3G: Report of Services Credentials Issued in California, 2003-04 to 2007-08
This agenda item presents data, trends and patterns in the numbers of services credentials issued in the past five years.
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3H: Proposed Preconditions for Selected Special Education Credential Programs and a Proposed Standard for Added Authorizations
This agenda item presents proposed Preconditions for selected Education Specialist Credential Programs for Commission consideration and a proposed new standard for the added authorization programs.
Reconvene General Session
Commission Chair Caleb Cheung will reconvene General Session.
Items agendized for the first day of the meeting, but not discussed, may be taken up today.
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2H: An Evaluation of Teachers Trained Through Different Routes to Certification
Dr. Jill Constantine will present findings from an evaluation of teacher preparation models and the efficacy of different teacher preparation methods in contributing to students' academic achievement. The study focused on the performance of teachers from two alternative models of teacher preparation compared with traditionally prepared teachers teaching in the same schools and grades.
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4A: Proposed Amendments to 5 California Code of Regulations Pertaining to English Learner and Bilingual Authorizations
This agenda item proposes amendments to 5 California Code of Regulations pertaining to English Learner and Bilingual Authorizations due to the passage of recent legislation.
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4B: Credential Application Workload Report FY 2008-2009
This agenda item is a status report on the credential processing and related information services workload of the Certification, Assignment and Waivers Division.
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5A: Division of Professional Practices Discipline Workload Report FY 2008-2009
This agenda item is a status report on the discipline workload of the Division of Professional Practices for FY 2008-2009.
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5B: Review and Designation of Discipline Precedential Opinions
The Commission will discuss whether to designate published discipline decisions as precedential.
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6A: Status of Legislation
This agenda item provides the status of legislative measures on which the Commission has adopted a position.
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6B: Legislative Concepts for Commission Consideration
This agenda item presents legislative concepts for the 2010 legislative year for Commission consideration.
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2I: Report of Closed Session Items
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2J: Report of Executive Committee
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2K: New Business
Quarterly Agenda is presented
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Adjournment