Adding an Intern Pathway

In order for an institution with an approved Preliminary Multiple/Single Subject, Education Specialist, or PK-3 ECE Specialist Instruction Credential program to add the intern pathway to their existing program, institutions must complete the following steps:

Step 1: Send an email to intern@ctc.ca.gov with the subject line “New Intern Pathway” to let the Commission know that your institution would like to be approved to offer an intern pathway for the current traditional preliminary credential program.

Step 2:  Post responses to the following prompts on the institution’s Accreditation website and submit the URL link to intern@ctc.ca.gov:

• Response to the intern preconditions for the appropriate credential program being proposed. The full text of the preconditions can be found on the Preconditions webpage.
• A short description of the pathway including all coursework and fieldwork required. Please provide a short explanation about how the proposed intern program will differ from the institution’s Commission-approved traditional pathway. Please outline where courses will be the same for interns as for the candidates in the traditional Commission-approved pathway and, if there are any different courses, or sequence of courses, please describe which courses.
• Information about when the institution would like to begin enrolling interns.

In order for an institution with an approved Preliminary Administrative Services Credential (PASC) to add the intern pathway to their existing program, institution must complete these steps:

Step 1:  Send an email to pasc-casc@ctc.ca.gov with the subject line “New Intern Pathway”  to let the Commission know that your institution would like to be approved to offer an intern pathway for your current traditional PASC program offering.

Step 2:  Post your responses to the following prompts on your Accreditation website and submit the URL to the pasc-casc@ctc.ca.gov inbox:

• Respond to Preliminary Administrative Services Credential Preconditions internship requirements and describe the process the program will use to ensure that individuals meet all of the necessary requirements outlined in those preconditions. The full text of the preconditions can be found on the Preconditions webpage.
• Identify any program design and implementation differences that will exist between the intern pathway and the traditional pathway toward reaching the PASC. For example, will there be differences in coursework? Or how will your program provide support to candidates that are in the intern pathway as these candidates currently have administrative job responsibilities? Identify any specific coursework and/or additional training that intern candidates will be required to complete, if any, prior to beginning their internship position.
• Identify your program’s collaboration efforts with other institutions and professional organizations in supporting the intern pathway to the PASC, if it will be different from the current traditional route. Provide narrative and evidence that addresses how the program will provide qualified coaches to support the candidates in the intern pathway. The response should include plans for collaboration and identify specific names of institutions and professional organizations with whom you plan to collaborate.  Please consider PASC Program Standard 2: Collaboration, Communication, and Coordination and Common Standard 3 in your response.
• Information about when the institution would like to begin enrolling interns.

In order for an institution with an approved Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) program to add the intern pathway to their existing base PPS credential program, the institution must complete the following steps:

• Step 1:  Send an email to intern@ctc.ca.gov with a copy to  PPS@ctc.ca.gov with the subject line “New PPS Intern Pathway” to let the Commission know that your institution would like to be approved to offer an intern pathway for your current traditional PPS program offering(s). The email should include a letter, on university letterhead and signed by the unit head, with a request for the intern pathway. Also include information about when the institution would like to begin enrolling interns.

• Step 2:  Post your responses to the following prompts on your accreditation website and submit the URL to intern@ctc.ca.gov with a copy to  PPS@ctc.ca.gov:

• • An assurance that the coursework and clinical practice requirements are the same for both the traditional and intern pathways.
  • An assurance that each candidate admitted into the Intern Program will have completed sufficient coursework so that the candidate is ready for supervised practice in the schools.
  • A response to Pupil Personnel Services Preconditions 3 For Intern Programs. The response must also include a description of the process and/or criteria the program will use to determine the “sufficient” coursework needed to ensure candidates are ready for supervised practice in the schools.
• Step 3. Once all required documents have been submitted, the proposal will be presented at the next available Committee on Accreditation (COA) meeting for approval.