Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence On the Horizon: Changes for the Teacher Librarian Services Credentials CSLA Annual Conference November

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Commission on Teacher Credentialing Responsibilities   Educator Licensure and Assignment Monitoring – Certification, Assignment and Waivers Division (CAW)   Educator Discipline - Division of Professional Practices (DPP)   Educator Preparation - Professional Services Division(PSD) 2

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Teacher Librarian Services Credential Professional Program Standards Revisions   Professional Preparation Program Standards – Revision Cycle   Panel Selection Process   Charge to the Panel   Adoption of Standards   Implementation

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Standards Revision Process   Transition dates decided   Transition plan approved   Implement program w/ new standards   Program assessment one year later   Special Class Authorization — new standards for additional authorization to teach information literacy, digital literacy, and digital citizenship

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Panel Members   Peter Doering, Santa Clara County Office of Education   Lesley Farmer, CSU Long Beach   Betsy Keithcart, UOP   Christina Cicchetti, UCR   Carol Doerksen, Kings Canyon USD   Jo Ellen Misakian, FPU   Amy Linden, Nevada Joint UHSD   Pam Oehlman, Long Beach USD   Martha Rowland, Sacramento USD   Marie Slim, Fullerton JUHSD   Glen Warren, Orange County Office of Education   Connie Williams, Petaluma School District   Laura Erickson, William S. Hart UHSD   Susan Martimo, California Department of Education

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Focus of TL Panel Work   Expanded role of TL – more emphasis on leadership and advocacy   2011 California Model Library Standards and 21 st Century Skills   Instructional role of TL—not only tools of technology but also effective use of information   Breadth and depth of school library collection— opportunities for students to engage in multiple learning environments   Reflect today’s values and education expectations for student achievement

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence The Teacher Librarian Program Standards (2011) Standard 1: Program Design Standard 2: Teaching for Learning Standard 3: Multiple Literacies Standard 4: Information and Knowledge Standard 5: Leadership and Advocacy Standard 6: Program Administration Standard 7: Diversity and Equity Standard 8: Field Experiences Standard 9: Determination of Candidate Competence

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Standards 10 and 11: Special Class Authorization   Optional Standards for TL programs that elect to recommend for new Special Class Authorization   Two standards for new SCA – program designs course(s) to meet new standards   Standards focused on departmentalized course content and pedagogy for teaching the new content

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Standard 10: Information and Digital Literacy as Academic Content Areas The program provides opportunities for candidates to demonstrate their knowledge of information theory and digital literacy, including the nature, architecture, and cycle of information, technology resources and tools. Candidates model information literacy: how to access, evaluate, process, use, integrate, generate, and communicate information. Candidates demonstrate competency in transliteracy.

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Standard 10: Continued Candidates articulate how formats and communication channels impact information and how information and ideas are processed and transformed using digital tools. Candidates model and communicate ethical, legal and safe use of information and technology, including digital citizenship. 10

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Standard 11: Pedagogy of Information and Digital Literacy in Multiple Learning Environments The program provides opportunities for candidates, using both traditional and digital methods, to design and provide curriculum in information theory and digital literacy to enable students to process information purposefully, ethically and effectively. Candidates assess student interactions and learning and develop interventions to optimize student learning.

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Standard 11: Continued Candidates implement and evaluate developmentally appropriate content instruction, including different formats and venues (e.g., face-to-face, distance learning, and other digital environments) for diverse student populations. 12

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Current Status of Transition for Approved Programs   CSU Long Beach   Fresno Pacific University   Azusa Pacific University   San Jose State

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Revised Teacher Librarian Services Credential Authorization   Revisions for all current and future holders of TL Services Credential   Prepared and authorized to instruct students in accessing, evaluating, using and integrating information and resources in the library program; plan and coordinate school library programs with the instructional programs of a school district through collaboration with teachers; develop programs for and deliver staff development for school library services…(see references for full authorization text) 14

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 15 Special Class Authorization Purpose   Provides option for Teacher Librarians to provide instruction as teacher of record in departmentalized classrooms for content related to TL preparation   Available 30 Days after regulations are approved by Office of Administrative Law (OAL)

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence SCA Authorization Prepared and authorized to provide departmentalized instruction in information literacy, digital literacy, and digital citizenship to students in grades 12 and below, including preschool and in classes organized primarily for adults 16

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Information Literacy Definition Knowledge of the nature, architecture, and cycle of information. The ability to access, evaluate, use and integrate information and ideas found in print, media, and digital resources effectively, enabling students to function in a knowledge-based economy and technologically oriented society. 17

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Digital Literacy Definition A lifelong learning process of capacity building for using digital technology, communications tools, and/or networks in creating, accessing, analyzing, managing, integrating, evaluating, and communicating information in order to function in a knowledge-based economy and society. 18

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Digital Citizenship Definition An understanding of the ethical, legal and safe use of information and technology. Respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources including the ability to differentiate between legal and illegal uses of information and sources so that students learn to apply responsible research practices. An awareness of local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture, digital etiquette, and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information. 19

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Completes additional content for Special Class Authorization Earns new Special Class Authorization Added to Current TL Services Credential Holds a Teacher Librarian (TL) Services Credential 20

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Equivalency   Commission-approved TL program offering the Special Class Authorization may determine equivalency for course(s) based on SCA standards   Documentation of the reason for the equivalency must be kept by the approved program in the individual’s file 21

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Future Candidates - TL Services Credential Program Completes TL Services program only Earns TL Services Credential without Special Class Authorization Completes Preliminary program for new specialty area Earns TL Services Credential with new authorization and Special Class Authorization 22

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Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence References   Agenda Item – Public Hearing ( ) Insert J-insert.pdf J-insert.pdf   Coded Correspondence on Proposed Regulations-   Teacher Librarian Services Credential Program Page -

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Certification, Assignment and Waivers Division   Information Services – online services for educators and questions on requirements   Assignment Unit – questions related to authorizations and appropriate assignment 25

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Professional Services Division Geri Mohler, Consultant For questions concerning Teacher Librarian Services Credential preparation programs 26