General Information
- Email: ClassifiedGrants@ctc.ca.gov
- The California Classified School Employee Teacher Credentialing Program (Classified Program) addresses the state’s teacher shortage in STEM, special education, bilingual education, and transitional kindergarten, by supporting local education agencies (LEAs) to recruit classified school employees into teaching careers and support their undergraduate education, professional teacher preparation, and certification as credentialed California teachers. In July 2021, the state appropriated $125 million to expand the California Classified School Employees Teacher Credentialing Program for another five years. Classified staff at grantee LEAs who were selected to participate in the program (participants) receive financial assistance for degree and credentialing-related expenses such as tuition, fees, books, and examination costs; academic guidance; and other forms of individualized support to help them complete their undergraduate education, teacher preparation program, and transition to becoming credentialed teachers.
- Authorizing Legislation
Classified Grant Program
- Request for Application (RFA): California Classified School Employee Teacher Credentialing Program - Round Six. Grant awards of up to $4,800 per participant per year may be made to funded applicants. Eligible applicants are Local Education Agencies (LEAs)—school districts, county offices of education, or charter schools interested in securing grant funding to recruit and support classified staff who already hold an associate or higher degree to complete a bachelor’s degree and earn a California teaching credential. The Commission is not currently accepting applications for the Classified Grant Program.
- Questions and Answers for 2021 Classified Grant Program Request for Application
- Announcement of the 2021 Classified Grant Program Awards
Resources for Funded Classified Grant Program Grantees
- Classified Reporting Data Directions
- Classified Grant Annual Data Guide
- Annual Data Spreadsheet Instructional Video
- Demographic Survey Template (Google account is needed)
- Office Hours Questions and Answers
- Classified Grant Technical Assistance: Fall 2023, Fall 2024
Commission Agenda Items
Updates on the California Classified School Employee Teacher Credentialing Program
The agenda items provide an update on the California Classified School Employee Teacher Credentialing Program and present the Annual Report to the Legislature on the California Classified School Employee Teacher Credentialing Program.
Agenda Item 2E - December 2023
Agenda Item 2G - December 2022
Agenda Item 2D - December 2021
Agenda Item 2B - December 2020
Evaluation of the California Classified School Employee Teacher Credentialing Program
Agenda Item 4A – June 2021
The Educator Preparation Committee presented item 4A at the June 16, 2021 Commission Meeting. This agenda item presents the results of the evaluation of the California Classified School Employee Teacher Credentialing Program as required by statute (Education Code §44393(e)).
Update on Three State-Funded Grant Programs
Agenda Item 3G – November 2019
The Educator Preparation Committee presented item 2D at the November 2019 Commission meeting. This agenda item presents an update on three state-funded grant programs: the California Classified Employee Teacher Credentialing Program, the California Center on Teaching Careers, and the Integrated Undergraduate Teacher Preparation Program.
Update on State-Funded Grant Programs
Agenda Item 3B – November 2018
The Educator Preparation Committee presented item 3B at the November 2018 Commission meeting. This agenda item presents an update on five state-funded grant programs: The California Classified School Employee Teacher Credentialing Program; The Integrated Undergraduate Teacher Preparation Program; The California Center on Teaching Careers; The Teacher Residency Grant Programs (Capacity, Expansion, and Residency); and the Local Solutions to the Shortage of Special Education Teachers Grant Program
Archive Materials
- 2017 Announcement of Grant Awards
- 2020 Announcement of Award-Evaluation of the California Classified School Employee Teacher Credentialing Program
The Commission is pleased to announce its intent to conditionally fund Shasta College to develop, implement, and administer the evaluation of the California Classified School Employee Teacher Credentialing Program.