All applications are initially screened and processed through the Credential Student Services Center (CSSC). The Credential applications contain the linked Application Checklist online, which lists each requirement including the Bachelor’s Degree.
Education Specialist candidates shall demonstrate subject matter competence by one of several methods as outlined by the CTC:
(1) Completion of a subject matter program approved by the Commission on the basis of standards of program quality and effectiveness. Reference: Education Code 44259 (b)(5)(A)(i).
(2) Passage of a Commission-approved subject matter examination. Reference: Education Code 44259 (b)(5)(A)(ii).
(3) Successful completion of coursework at one or more regionally accredited institutions of higher education that addresses each of the domains of the subject matter requirements adopted by the Commission in the content area of the credential pursuant to Section 44282, as verified by a Commission-approved program of professional preparation. Coursework completed at a community or junior college that is regionally accredited by an accrediting agency listed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (g) of Section 44203 or by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges may count for purposes of this clause. Reference: Education Code 44259 (b)(5)(A)(iii).1
(4) Successful completion of a baccalaureate or higher degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education with the following, as applicable.
For single subject credentials, a major in one of the subject areas in which the Commission credentials candidates as indicated in Education Code Sections 44259 (b)(5)(A)(iv) and 44282 (b).1
For multiple subject credentials, a liberal studies major or other degree that includes coursework in the content areas as indicated in Education Code 44259 (b)(5)(A)(iv) and 44282 (b).1
(5) A combination of the methods described in 1, 2, or 3 above that, together, demonstrate that the candidate has met or exceeded the domains of the subject matter requirements adopted by the Commission. Reference: Education Code 44259 (b)(5)(A)(v), and 44282 (b).1
The CSSC credential analysts are primarily responsible for reviewing course completion and all other CTC requirements for the credential. The Credential Student Services Center (CSSC) is the initial point of contact regarding the demonstration of subject matter competence. The CSSC website provides explicit instructions on how to demonstrate subject matter competence.
Candidates are informed that they have until the end of their initial summer to demonstrate subject matter competence. This information is conveyed via the handbook, SMC information on the CSSC website, and the SMC by degree form. Over the past three years, however, this rule has flexibly changed per CTC, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Candidates who enter the program without a general education credential complete a series of courses in the Teacher Education Department as well as SPED courses. These courses provide the content and required hours for a candidate to become intern eligible. Most of the courses are offered in the first summer session, before the start of the fall semester.
Summer courses are as follows:
TED 505 Curriculum and Instruction Mathematics
TED 508 Reading and Language Arts
TED 505 Teaching English Learners
SPED 500 Teaching Diverse Learners
Pre-service requirement in the handbook.
Below please find a link to the Education Specialist Credential candidates Individual Development Plan form. This form is completed in the SPED 613 Student Teaching Mild Moderate Support Needs or SPED 617 Student Teaching Extensive Support Needs courses.
Links to Handbook references to support and supervision of SPED interns
Link to verification of 144 and 45 hours of annual support and supervision of interns in SPED Intern Application.
Handbook reference to documenting hours
SPED 616 - Time2Track
(b) None of Cal State East Bay's partner districts for internships reduce an intern’s salary in order to provide on-site supervision of our interns.
Candidates are only recommended for Intern credentials with a job offer letter from the employing entity. The job offered must comply with CTC regulations. This is communicated to candidates in the Intern Application and Approval forms. The Intern MOU stipulates that the interns' services meet the districts instructional or service needs.
CSUEB prospective Education Specialist Interns proceed through a rigorous review to apply for their Internship positions, which begins with the formal approval to seek an internship, that must be provided by the respective Special Education Program Coordinator, at which point these Coordinators, (their Special Education faculty advisers) will review with the candidate the employment assignment and Intern requirements that are also outlined in the program handbook.
The Intern MOU is only signed with public school districts; public charter schools operating under the auspices of the public school district are included in the intern program.
Interns complete their credentials within 2 years. All are expected to make regular progress in the program; meet with their advisor each semester, take all coursework as scheduled in sequence, and complete all additional fieldwork requirements and courses within the same time frame as student teachers.
Link to Handbook reference to a two-year credential.
MOU Section 1.6 reference to non-displacement (see below)
As detailed in the original 2003 CSUEB Internship Program application and annual reports, as well as in CTC annual Reports to the Legislature, there is a significant need for highly qualified Education Specialists throughout California (see EdSource article). In 2018-2019 we had 20 interns, and this number has grown to 32 in the 2019-2020 academic year.
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