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Data Definitions
The descriptions below are intended to clarify terms used within the Assignment Workforce Dashboards.
| Preparation Level | Description |
|---|---|
| Fully Prepared | Assignments in this category are staffed by fully credentialed and appropriately assigned. Are staffed by educators who have received the appropriate preparation and are authorized to teach in the subject matter/service and are appropriately assigned. They include: 1) Clear, 2) Preliminary Credential holders that are appropriately assigned, and 3) Both of these educators Teachers serving under the Local Assignment Option Title 5 §80005(b) have earned one of those credential types as a requirement of usage. |
| Underprepared | Assignments in this category are staffed by educators that are lacking teacher preparation, subject matter competence, or both. Assignments have an underprepared educator if they have not completed educator preparation or attained subject matter competence for the assignment they are placed in. These include: 1) Credentialed Teachers Assigned Out-of-Field, 2) Intern Credential Holders Properly assigned, and 3) Teachers without Credentials and Misassignments. |
Specific Preparation
| Preparation Level | Display | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fully Credentialed for Subject and Student Placement | Clear | Assignments in which educators hold a Clear Credential. These teachers are properly assigned and have completed all teacher preparation required to maintain their Clear Credential, which is a teaching credential earned based upon completion of full teacher preparation requirements with no further academic requirements to be completed. |
| Fully Credentialed for Subject and Student Placement | Preliminary | Assignments in which teachers hold a Preliminary Credential. These teachers are properly assigned and have completed teacher preparation to earn their Preliminary Credential, which is the first teaching credential earned upon completion of initial educator preparation. For General and Special Education Credentials, preparation consists of pedagogical coursework and clinical practice. For Career Technical Education Credentials, preparation consists of requisite industry experience. For all credential types, additional academic requirements must be completed to qualify for the clear credential. |
| Fully Credentialed for Subject and Student Placement | T5 80005(b) | Assignments in which educators hold a Preliminary or Clear Credential and are teaching a subject area that the Commission does not issue authorizations in. These teachers are properly assigned and have completed a teacher preparation program that included clinical practice to earn their credential. The employing Local Educational Agency (LEA) must verify that the teacher has the requisite knowledge and skills to teach in the subject of the assignment. |
| Credentialed Teachers Assigned Out-of-Field | Local Assignment Option | Assignments in which educators are serving on Local Assignment Options (LAOs), which are flexibilities that exist in statute or regulations that allow a prepared teacher to teach in a subject area that they are unauthorized in. These teachers are properly assigned and hold either a Preliminary or Clear Teaching Credential that may be in General Education, Special Education, or in rare cases, Career Technical Education. LAOs allow assignment flexibility at the local level and are used solely at the discretion of the employing Local Educational Agency (LEA). |
| Credentialed Teachers Assigned Out-of-Field | Limited Assignment Permits | Assignments in which educators hold a Limited Assignment Permit in General or Special Education. These teachers are properly assigned and have completed a teacher preparation program where they have earned a General or Special Education Teaching Credential. However, that credential does not authorize the assignment in the subject area or for the student population that they are teaching. In order to be legally authorized to serve in the unauthorized subject area, these teachers also hold this permit and are allowed to teach the unauthorized subject area while they complete the requirements needed to add the subject area to their credential. |
| Credentialed Teachers Assigned Out-of-Field | Short Term Waiver | Assignments in which educators are serving on a Short-Term Waiver, which allows the teacher to work for one semester or less in an assignment that they are unauthorized for due to unanticipated, immediate, short-term organizational needs being experienced by a Local Educational Agency (LEA). These teachers are properly assigned and hold either a Preliminary or Clear Teaching Credential that may be in General Education, Special Education, or in rare cases, Career Technical Education. |
| Intern Credential Holders Properly Assigned | Intern | Assignments in which educators hold a University or District Intern Teaching Credential. These teachers are properly assigned, have completed a minimum of 120 hours of Intern preservice preparation, and are enrolled in either a university or district intern program. These two to three-year programs are administered by California colleges and universities in partnership with local employing agencies and are designed to provide teacher candidates with classroom experience while they complete course work requirements for the Preliminary Teaching Credential. |
| Teachers Without Credentials and Misassignments | Misassignment | Assignments in which educators hold a credential, permit, waiver, or certificate that does not authorize the subject and/or students they are assigned to. The employing Local Educational Agency (LEA) is required to correct the misassignment of these educators within 30 days. |
| Teachers Without Credentials and Misassignments | Vacancy: Misassignment | Assignments in which educators were reported as individuals that do not hold any type of credential, permit, waiver, or certificate issued by the Commission. These teachers are identified as vacant for the purposes of licensure requirements. |
| Teachers Without Credentials and Misassignments | Corrected Misassignment | Assignments in which educators hold a credential, permit, waiver, or certificate that does not authorize the subject and/or students they are assigned to. Upon identification that these teachers were not properly authorized, the Local Educational Agency (LEA) corrected the misassignment of these educators within 30 days. |
| Teachers Without Credentials and Misassignments | Emergency Permits | Assignments in which educators hold an Emergency Permit. These teachers are properly assigned but are serving in an emergency capacity due to a staffing need. These teachers have minimal subject matter knowledge and little to no teacher preparation. The Permits include:
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| Teachers Without Credentials and Misassignments | Waiver | Assignments in which educators hold a Variable-Term Waiver. These teachers are properly assigned and are employed only after a Local Educational Agency (LEA) has concluded that no other qualified teacher is available for an assignment. They are authorized to serve on a temporary basis while they work to complete preparation requirements. |
| Unknown | CALPADS or Assignment Issue | Assignments in which educators cannot be evaluated for preparation. There are several scenarios that prevent the Commission’s systems from being able to ascertain the assignment or credential authorization the educator is using to authorize the assignment. Due to the incomplete information, the educator’s level of preparation cannot be determined.
*These were all monitored and determined to be “appropriate assignments” during monitoring. |
| Unmonitored | No Credential Required | Assignments in which educators are serving in an assignment where no licensure is required. As such, these assignments are reported in CALPADS but are not monitored in CalSAAS.
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Updated March 18, 2025