Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Portability of World Language Teaching Credentials The California Perspective Phyllis Jacobson STARTALK, December 2009

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence California’s View of Portability  We make our borders as open and welcoming as possible to credentialed teachers from other states and from other countries

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence What California Has Done to Address Portability of Language Credentials – –Made it easier for teachers with world language credentials from out of state and out of country to obtain a preliminary CA certification. – –Made it easier for teachers with exclusively private school experience to obtain preliminary CA certification.

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence How Does Portability Work in California?  California will grant a preliminary credential to a teacher who holds a valid comparable out of state credential Renewal requirements and clear credential requirements will vary depending on the teacher’s background and years of experience Renewal requirements and clear credential requirements will vary depending on the teacher’s background and years of experience

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence California Portability, cont.  California will grant a preliminary credential to an out-of-country prepared teacher who: –Holds or is eligible for a comparable teaching credential in another country –Has a B.A. or higher degree based on foreign transcript evaluation –Has completed a teacher preparation program equivalent to a regionally- accredited U.S. institution

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence California Portability, cont. Renewal requirements and clear credential requirements will vary depending on the background and experience of the teacher Renewal requirements and clear credential requirements will vary depending on the background and experience of the teacher

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence California Portability, cont.  California will grant a clear credential to a teacher who holds National Board certification  California will grant a preliminary credential to an individual who has a B.A. degree and verification of Peace Corps teaching experience

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence California Portability, cont.  California offers more language credentials than any other state: –20 languages currently available –the possibility of an unlimited number of languages available through the Alternative Language Assessment Option

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence What Else California Has Done to Facilitate Portability – –Made it easier for teachers with foreign language certification to obtain bilingual certification, and vice versa, by consolidating language examinations and bilingual examinations

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Languages Available for CA Certification  American Sign  Arabic  Armenian  Cantonese  Farsi  Filipino  French  German  Hebrew  Hmong  Italian  Japanese  Khmer  Korean  Latin  Mandarin  Portuguese  Punjabi  Russian  Spanish  Vietnamese

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