Checklist for Education Specialist Instruction Credential Holders Who Want to Add Another Specialty Area
Applying for:
Another specialty area on your existing Education Specialist Instruction Credential. Your Education Specialist Instruction Credential must be Preliminary or Clear level.
Allows you to:
Teach the new specialty area named on the credential.
Before You Apply
You will need to obtain your fingerprint clearance specifically for the Commission. If you already have valid fingerprints on file with the Commission, it is not necessary to fingerprint each time you apply for a credential or permit. However, if your fingerprints are expired then you must re-establish fingerprints. Details on how to check your fingerprint status can be found at Check Application Status.
The online application will require you to answer questions related to your professional fitness. Please review How to Complete the CTC Online Professional Fitness Questions before completing the application. If you must answer "yes" to any of the professional fitness questions, please gather all documentation, including any required police reports, certified court records, and miscellaneous documents related to the incident and have them ready to upload as attachments along with the materials for verifying academic requirements listed below. If any of the records have been purged or are otherwise not available, provide an original statement from the agency on its official letterhead verifying that fact.
Ready to Apply?
The items below are required for this application. The Commission reserves the right to request the original(s) of any supporting documentation by mail to ensure authenticity.
A valid Education Specialist Instruction Credential
- You must have an Education Specialist Instruction Credential issued by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing that is valid (not expired).
- The Education Specialist Instruction Credential must be Clear or Preliminary level.
- NOTE: It is not necessary to attach anything as proof, since the Commission will already have this information if you were issued a document satisfying this requirement.
Recommendation form for the program you completed
- You must have completed a Commission-approved Education Specialist Instruction Credential program.
- Upload the 41-SPED form, completed and signed by your Commission-approved credential program.
- NOTE: The representative signing the form must be an authorized submitter who has been approved to submit recommendations for credentials on behalf of the program.
Important Notes:
- This checklist is ONLY for submission of an online application.
- This web-based checklist is a guide and does not need to be uploaded with the online application.
- The new specialty area will not be issued as a separate document and will be added to your existing Education Specialist Instruction Credential.
Commission on Teacher Credentialing
651 Bannon Street
Sacramento, CA 95811