1. Initiating Waves of Policy Change for California’s Community Colleges Presentation to NACCTEP 9 th Annual Conference February 2011

2.  Presenters:  Allen Perlstein, El Camino College  President, ACCCTEP  Dennis Davino, Cypress College  Kathryn Henkins, Mt. San Antonio College

4.  Affiliations  CCTE (CSU TEP group) – affiliate member  Career Ladders /Career Achievement Project - an affiliate of ACCCTEP Northern CA/Southern CA ACCCTEP  Connections ACCCTEP State Liaison is member of: Statewide Academic Senate CA Post- Secondary Education Committee (part of the CA Commission on Teacher Credentialing ) Career Ladder/Career Achievement Project

5.  Purview of State Academic Senate  ACCCTEP endorsed strengthening Minimum Qualifications for Education classes ( Master’s in education, teaching OR Master’s in a recognized K-12 subject matter, OR the equivalent AND hold or have held a state approved K-12 teaching credential ) ACCCTEP encouraged individual CC TEP leaders to also endorse changes to Minimum Qualifications for Education classes

6.  New CC transfer degree for Liberal Studies (Elementary Ed) Guaranteed admission to CSU

7.  Participate in upcoming discussions and advocate for course descriptors for TEP courses – state Academic Senate ACCCTEP state liaison, the “lead” of the Teacher Prep Discipline Input Group

8.  Work toward increasing the Title V limit on number of TEP units transferable to 4-year colleges (next legislative session)  Clearinghouse for new TEP programs  best practices, funding sources, curriculum development

9.  ACCCTEP.org  ACCCTEP Board:  Allen Perlstein, President  Ola Jackson, President-elect  Sue Parsons, Treasurer  Lana Frausto, Secretary  State Liaisons: Steve Bautista and Janis Perry  Membership: Kathryn Henkins

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