Preconditions for Internship Program

(Preliminary Multiple and Single Subject Intern)

March 2022

(1) Bachelor's Degree Requirement

Candidates admitted to internship programs must hold baccalaureate degrees or higher from a regionally accredited institution of higher education. Reference: Education Code Sections 44325, 44326, 44453.

Dominican admits candidates to its multiple subject or single subject internship programs only those candidates who hold a baccalaureate or higher degree. It carefully screens all applications and transfer requests to ensure that it has received documentation of degree in an official transcript.

Teacher Preparation Handbook

Admission - see MS in Education: Curriculum & Instruction

(2) Subject Matter Requirement

Each Multiple Subject intern admitted into the program has passed the Commission-approved subject matter examinations(s) for the subject area(s) in which the Intern is authorized to teach, and each Single Subject intern admitted into the program has passed the Commission-approved subject matter examination(s) or completed the subject matter program for the subject areas(s) in which the Intern is authorized to teach. Reference: Education Code Section 44325(c) (3).

To be admitted to the internship program and to assume daily student teaching responsibilities, all multiple and single subject candidates must provide evidence of passing the CSET in the appropriate field, or having completed a subject matter preparation program in the appropriate field.

Before assuming intern teaching responsibilities, candidates in all programs must have met the subject matter requirement, evidenced by the Education Intern Pre Service Requirements, linked below and in the Teacher Preparation Handbook.

Education Intern Pre-Service Requirements

Teacher Preparation Handbook--Pre-Service Requirements

Internship Program Requirements

Admission - see MS in Education: Curriculum & Instruction

(3) Pre-Service Requirement

(a) Each Multiple and Single Subject Internship program must include a minimum of 120 clock hour (or the semester or quarter unit equivalent) pre-service component which includes foundational preparation in general pedagogy including classroom management and planning, reading/language arts, subject specific pedagogy, human development, and specific content regarding the teaching English Learners pursuant to California Code of Regulations §80033. (b) Each Education Specialist Internship program includes a minimum of 120 clock hour (or the semester or quarter unit equivalent) pre-service component which includes foundational preparation in pedagogy including classroom management and planning, reading/language arts, specialty specific pedagogy, human development, and teaching English Learners.

To be eligible for an intern credential at Dominican University, Multiple or Single Subject intern candidates must provide documentation of 120 hours of instruction across the following six content areas: classroom management and planning; reading/language arts; subject specific pedagogy; human development; teaching English learners; and special populations. A minimum of 15 hours is required in each content area, with the exceptions of 45 hours required in teaching English learners.

Intern Pre-Service Requirements

Admission - see MS in Education: Curriculum & Instruction

(4) Professional Development Plan

The employing district has developed and implemented a Professional Development Plan for interns in consultation with a Commission-approved program of teacher preparation. The plan shall include all of the following: (a) Provisions for an annual evaluation of the intern. (b) A description of the courses to be completed by the intern, if any, and a plan for the completion of pre-service or other clinical training, if any, including student teaching. (c) Additional instruction during the first semester of service, for interns teaching in kindergarten or grades 1 to 6 inclusive, in child development and teaching methods, and special education programs for pupils with mild and moderate disabilities. (d) Instruction, during the first year of service, for interns teaching children in bilingual classes in the culture and methods of teaching bilingual children, and instruction in the etiology and methods of teaching children with mild and moderate disabilities.

Dominican and its partner districts for internships participate in the North Coast School of Education (NCSOE), Intern Support and Supervision (ISSP) [a few interns teach in San Francisco and therefore participate in the San Francisco Unified School District Intern Program]. Districts and universities participating in an internship program adhere to all requirements in state law and provisions and regulations set forth for teacher preparation programs by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Roles and responsibilities for the university, school district and site administrator, university supervisor, NCSOE, and support providers are clearly specified. These include the districts’ responsibility to provide a detailed professional development plan for each intern employed, with the provisions for an annual evaluation, a course completion plan, and any additionally required instruction specific to child development and teaching methods and/or addressing the needs of students who are bilingual.

Intern Support Team

Taskstream - Induction Transition Plan

The CAD requirement for interns teaching K-6

Education Intern Pre-Service Requirements

NCSOE MOU

(5) Supervision of Interns

(a) In all internship programs, the participating institutions in partnership with employing districts shall provide 144 hours of support and supervision annually and 45 hours of support and supervision specific to teaching English learners pursuant to California Code of Regulations §80033. (b) University Intern Programs only: No intern's salary may be reduced by more than 1/8 of its total to pay for supervision, and the salary of the intern shall not be less than the minimum base salary paid to a regularly certificated person. If the intern salary is reduced, no more than eight interns may be advised by one district support person. Reference: Education Code Section 44462. Institutions will describe the procedures used in assigning supervisors and, where applicable, the system used to pay for supervision.

(a) Supervision of Dominican interns is a shared responsibility between the partner district and Dominican. Each provides a supervisor to work with each intern. In the district, the school administrator is responsible for assigning a support provider to work with each intern. This support provider is typically an on-site experienced teacher, in the same subject area or grade level as the intern. The support provider is expected to meet at least one hour each week with his/her intern.

Dominican assigns a university supervisor to each intern who is teaching on a Dominican-recommended internship credential. These assignments are the responsibility of individual program directors, who are notified by the credential analyst when an internship credential has been processed. A university supervisor observes each intern weekly during the first semester of internship and 6 times during each subsequent semester of internship. The first semester observation expectation for interns is equivalent to the supervision expectations for student teachers and the pay is equivalent to the supervision of one student teacher; the pay in subsequent semesters is equal to half of the pay for supervising one student teacher.

(b) Dominican and its partner districts for internships participate in the North Coast School of Education (NCSOE), Intern Support and Supervision (ISSP) [a few interns teach in San Francisco and therefore participate in the San Francisco Unified School District Intern Program], which provides support provider training and stipends for participants. None of Dominican’s partner districts for internships reduce an intern’s salary in order to provide on-site supervision of our interns.

Hiring Plan CBA (page 13-14)

Supervision

Internship MOU

NCSOE MOU

(6) Assignment and Authorization

To receive program approval, the participating institution authorizes the candidates in an internship program to assume the functions that are authorized by the regular standard credential. Reference: Education Code Section 44454. The institution stipulates that the interns' services meet the instructional or service needs of the participating district(s). Reference: Education Code Section 44458.

All candidates interested in an internship teaching assignment are advised that their teaching assignment must be appropriate to the credential they are seeking. Our credential analysts check the match between teaching assignment and credential authorization when processing the internship credential recommendation. Candidates who have a discrepancy between the two are referred to their program director for further advising.

Intern MOU (page 1, section A.(c))

Hiring Plan CBA (page 13-14)

Teacher Preparation Handbook - Chapter 4

(7) Participating Districts

Participating districts are public school districts or county offices of education. Submissions for approval must identify the specific districts involved and the specific credential(s) involved. Reference: Education Code Sections 44321 and 44452.

Through its participation in the North Coast School of Education (NCSOE), Intern Support and Supervision (ISSP), Dominican has established a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with all public school districts and county offices of education in which its intern teachers are assigned.

Intern MOU Template

District MOU's

NCSOE MOU

(8) Early Program Completion Option

(Does not apply to an Education Specialist intern program)

Each intern program must make available to candidates who qualify for the option the opportunity to choose an early program completion option, culminating in a five year preliminary teaching credential. This option must be made available to interns who meet the following requirements: (a) Pass a written assessment adopted by the commission that assesses knowledge of teaching foundations as well as all of the following: • Human development as it relates to teaching and learning aligned with the state content and performance standards for K-12 students • Techniques to address learning differences, including working with students with special needs • Techniques to address working with English learners to provide access to the curriculum • Reading instruction in accordance with state standards • Assessment of student progress based on the state content and performance standards • Classroom management techniques • Methods of teaching the subject fields (b) Pass the teaching performance assessment. This assessment may be taken only one time by an intern participating in the early completion option. (c) Pass the Reading Instruction Competence Assessment (RICA) (Multiple Subject Credential only). (d) Meet the requirements for teacher fitness. An intern who chooses the early completion option but is not successful in passing the assessment may complete his or her full internship program. (Reference: Education Code Section 44468).

Dominican’s teacher preparation program offers coursework and fieldwork leading to an internship credential, with culmination in a preliminary teaching credential. The internship option is a two- to four-semester program, and includes an early completion option for those candidates who are qualified to teach multiple subjects, or single subjects in English, mathematics, or science. Early-completion option candidates must provide documentation of:

ECO Eligibility

Become Eligible for the Intern Early Completion Option (ECO)

Passage of the National Evaluation Series (NES) Assessment of Professional Knowledge (APK) with a minimum score of 220:
- Multiple Subject: Elementary (Test code 051)
- Secondary (Test code 052)
Passage of CalTPA Subject Specific Pedagogy Task (SSP):
- Multiple Subject: CalTPA, Subject Specific Pedagogy – Multiple subject
- Single Subject: CalTPA, Subject Specific Pedagogy – In the appropriate Single Subject are (must match subject matter competence)

ECO Completion Requirements

Candidates who have been granted the University internship credential who hold ECO eligibility must complete the following in order to recommend for a Preliminary credential (remaining coursework waived):

Meet Education Technology requirement (EDU 5051 or an equivalent course/exam)
Passage of the Reading Instruction Competence Assessment (RICA) – Multiple Subject and Education Specialists ONLY.
Passage of the remaining three CalTPA Cycle 1 and 2: Task 2- DI, Task 3-AL, and Task 4- CTE within the first academic year of enrolling in the intern ECO route.*

*If the candidate does not pass the CalTPA on the first attempt, he/she is no longer eligible to participate in the Early Completion Internship Option Program and must complete the full intern preparation program through an individualized professional development plan that emphasizes preparation in areas where additional growth is warranted and waives preparation in areas where the candidate has demonstrated competence. Individualized plans will be considered by a PSC.

Those candidates who choose the early-completion option, but do not successfully meet all of the requirements, may transition into the two- or four-semester internship option, as appropriate.

Teacher Preparation Handbook

(9) Length of Validity of the Intern Certificate

Each intern certificate will be valid for a period of two years. However, a certificate may be valid for three years if the intern is participating in a program leading to the attainment of a specialist credential to teach students, or for four years if the intern is participating in a district intern program leading to the attainment of both a multiple subject or a single subject teaching credential and a specialist credential to teach students with mild/moderate disabilities. Reference: Education Code Section 44325 (b).

Interns in Dominican’s teacher preparation programs may teach with a valid intern credential for a period of two years, as long as the candidate is continuously enrolled in the program. For those candidates who are enrolled as a dual-credential candidate (multiple-subject and education specialist; or single-subject and education specialist), or as interns earning an education specialist credential only, the credential may be renewed for a total of three years, as long as the candidate is continuously enrolled in the program.

Teacher Preparation Handbook--Internship Program Requirements heading, final paragraph

(10) Non-Displacement of Certificated Employees

The institution and participating districts must certify that interns do not displace certificated employees in participating districts.

Dominican interns are hired when a vacancy occurs and a certificated teacher is not available. The majority of our interns are in teaching fields with limited availability of qualified certificated teachers, primarily in math, science, and special education. No Dominican intern displaces a certificated teacher.

Intern MOU (pg.3)

(11) Justification of Internship Program

When an institution submits a program for initial or continuing accreditation, the institution must explain why the internship is being implemented. Programs that are developed to meet employment shortages must include a statement from the participating district(s) about the availability of qualified certificated persons holding the credential. The exclusive representative of certificated employees in the credential area (when applicable) is encouraged to submit a written statement to the Committee on Accreditation agreeing or disagreeing with the justification that is submitted.

Dominican initiated intern programs in 2000 at the request of and in partnership with three major districts in Solano County. Since that time, our intern programs have extended into Marin, Sonoma, Mendocino, Lake and San Francisco counties at the request of district personnel directors, to assist them in meeting employment needs. We partner with these districts through the North Coast School of Education (NCSOE), Intern Support and Supervision (ISSP), and the San Francisco Unified School District Intern Program.

NCSOE MOU

(12) Bilingual Language Proficiency

Each intern who is authorized to teach in bilingual classrooms has passed the language proficiency subtest of the Commission-approved assessment program leading to the Bilingual Crosscultural Language and Academic Development Certificate. Reference: Education Code Section 44325 (c) (4).

[Not Applicable]

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