Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Early Care and Education Stakeholder Meeting May 9, 2011 Meeting will begin at 1 pm
Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Discuss Benefits and Risks of Approving Non-regionally Accredited Course Work for the Child Development Permit Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE)’s legislative proposal – –December 2010: Commission Agenda item 2
Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Commission approved alternative education programs (T5: Section (f) ) “training which occurs outside a regionally accredited institution of higher education that has been approved by the Commission to meet all or part of the requirements for obtaining a Child Development Permit. Commission approved alternative education programs must meet criteria established by the Commission in consultation with the Superintendent of Public Instruction in order to be applied toward the Permit.” 3
Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Purpose for the Meeting Staff sought direction from the Commission whether the issue of accepting coursework for the Child Development Permit from non- regionally accredited entities that has been raised by MACTE’s legislative proposal should be pursued administratively within the context of the above referenced Title 5 regulations. 4
Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Information California Department of Education Camille Maben Commission on Teacher Credentialing Teri Bixler Department of Social Services Shanice Boyette 5
Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence Stakeholder Presentations Community Colleges 4-Year Universities Montessori Council of California California County Superintendents Educational Services Association California Child Development Administrators Association 6
Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence After the Presentations Discussion Stakeholder Survey Next Steps 7