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Commission on Teacher Credentialing
1900 Capitol Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95811
(916) 322-6253
Updated November 4, 2016
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Commission Meeting Agenda
October 27-28, 2016
Reasonable Accommodation: Any person with a disability requiring disability-related modifications or accommodations to participate in the meeting, including auxiliary aids or services, may make a request by contacting Rhonda Brown at (916) 322-6253 or sending a written request to that person at 1900 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95811. Requests should be made as soon as possible but at least five working days in advance of the meeting.
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General Session
Chair Linda Darling-Hammond will convene General Session. Roll call will be taken and the Pledge of Allegiance recited.
Action
1A: Approval of the September 2016 Minutes
The minutes of the September 2016 meeting of the Commission are submitted for approval.
Action
1B: Approval of the October 2016 Agenda
The Agenda for the October 2016 meeting of the Commission is considered for approval.
Action
1C: Approval of the October 2016 Consent Calendar
The Commission will consider approval of the October 2016 Consent Calendar.
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1D: Chair's Report
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1E: Executive Director's Report
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1F: Commission Member Reports
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1G: Liaison Reports
Action
2A: Proposed Adoption of Revised Elementary Subject Matter Program Standards
This agenda item presents proposed revisions to the Elementary Subject Matter Program Standards for review and possible adoption.
Action
2B: Redeveloped CalTPA Pilot-Participant Waiver Requests
This agenda item presents a request from Commission-approved teacher preparation programs to be granted waivers for the existing Teaching Performance Assessment requirement for candidates who successfully complete the redeveloped CalTPA pilot. If the Commission approves the request, a passing score on the redeveloped CalTPA for the specified candidates at selected requesting institutions will waive the requirement that the candidates pass an existing Commission-approved TPA. The item also propose criteria for the selection of institutions to participate in the pilot of the redeveloped CalTPA and proposes a pilot cut score.
Action
2C: Proposed Revisions to the Preconditions and Standards for Special Education Induction Programs
This agenda item proposes revisions to the current Education Specialist Induction Preconditions and Program Standards and the field response to the proposed standards.
Action
2D: Initial Institutional Approval
This agenda item presents, as part of the Initial Institutional Approval process, one prospective program sponsor's responses to the Eligibility Requirements for consideration and possible approval by the Commission.
Action
2E: Annual Report Card on California Teacher Preparation Programs for the Academic Year 2014-2015 as Required by Title II of the Higher Education Act
This agenda item is the Annual Report Card on California Teacher Preparation Programs for the Academic Year 2014-2015, as required by Title II of the 2008 Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. It is the sixteenth annual report and includes a description of credentialing requirements to teach in California public schools and qualitative and quantitative information on teacher preparation programs.
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2F: Update on the Development of the California Administrator Performance Assessment (CalAPA)
This agenda item presents an update on the efforts to develop the California Administrator Performance Assessment (CalAPA).
Reconvene General Session
Chair Linda Darling-Hammond 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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3A: Division of Professional Practices Workload Report
This agenda item provides a report on the Division of Professional Practices' current workload.
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4A: Status of Legislation
Staff will present the status of those legislative measures of interest to the Commission.
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4B: Final Federal Title II Regulations of the Higher Education Act (HEA)
Staff will present information on the final version of the new Federal Title II regulations for postsecondary teacher preparation programs for Commission consideration and discussion.
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2G: Update on the Commission's Work Related to the Education Specialist Preliminary Credential and Associated Work Group
This agenda item provides an update on the work associated to improve the preparation of prospective special education teachers.
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2H: Literacy: What Teachers Need to Know and to be Able to Do
In this study session the Co-Directors of the California State University (CSU) Center for the Advancement of Reading will share information on the knowledge and skills that both elementary and secondary teachers need to have regarding literacy. Based on this information, a series of discussion questions is presented for the Commission's consideration related to potential action that may need to be considered to more effectively prepare educators in the area of literacy for the future.
Item 2H - PowerPoint Presentation
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1H: Report of Closed Session Items
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1I: New business
Bimonthly Agenda is presented
Audience Presentations
Adjournment