Announcements

During the school year 2011-12, 49.5 million students were enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools, according to recently published "Condition of Education, May 2014" by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). In the same school year, California enrolled more than 6.2 million students in its K-12 public schools. This accounted for about 13 percent of the total public enrollment in the nation. 

The Commission on Teacher Credentialing's Committee on Accreditation (COA) has re-elected two experienced California educators to lead the COA in 2014-15: Kenneth Lopour, representing the K-12 community; and Reyes L. Quezada, Ed.D, representing the higher education community. 

In 2012-2013, about 20,000 teacher candidates were enrolled in California's teacher preparation programs to pursue their initial teaching credentials.

In 2012-13, approximately 8,000 initial Single Subject Teaching Credentials were issued. 

In 2012-2013, about 11,000 program completers finished all their teacher preparation program requirements. 

Kathryn Williams Browne and Edgar Orejel will join the Commission on Teacher Credentialing as its two newest members. The two represent the community colleges and educator preparation students, respectively.

In academic year 2012-2013, about 11,000 program completers completed the requirements for obtaining initial teaching credentials. About 9,500 program completers came through the Traditional route and 1,500 came through the Alternative route (University Intern or District intern programs). 

Coded Correspondence 14-09: Discontinuation of Specialized Science Content Area Authorizations for Initial Issuance on Single Subject Teaching Credentials is now available. 

Commission Chair Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond discusses the agency's strategic plan, addresses California's teacher shortage.