Clear Administrative Services Credential

Upon successful completion of the ACT II program, candidates are eligible for a Clear Administrative Services Credential.

Administrative Services Credentials authorize the holder to provide the following school services in grades 12 and below, including preschool, and in classes organized primarily for adults:

• Develop, coordinate, and assess instructional programs
• Evaluate certificated and classified personnel
• Provide students' discipline
• Provide certificated and classified employees discipline
• Supervise certificated and classified personnel
• Manage school site, district, or county level fiscal services
• Recruit, employ, and assign certificated and classified personnel
• Develop, coordinate, and supervise student support services

Requirements for the Clear Credential

Individuals must satisfy all of the following requirements:

1. Possess a valid Preliminary Administrative Services Credential (see Terms and Definitions)
2. Verify a minimum of two years of successful experience in a full-time administrative position in a California public school, nonpublic school, or private school of equivalent status, while holding the Preliminary Administrative Services Credential
3. Complete one of the following:
   1. Obtain the recommendation of a Commission-approved program verifying completion of an individualized program of advanced preparation designed in cooperation with your employer and the program sponsor
   2. Meet Mastery of Fieldwork Performance Standards through a Commission-approved program. Colleges and universities with approved programs leading to a Clear Administrative Services Credential may offer a streamlined assessment option to allow candidates to forego the coursework component of the program and allow them to demonstrate their knowledge, skills and abilities through the assessment component of the program

• The assessment must result in formal recommendation for the credential and the application for the credential based on this evaluation must be submitted by the college or university that conducted the evaluation
  1. A Commission-approved alternative program based on Commission-adopted guidelines resulting in a formal recommendation from the program sponsor*
• The application must be submitted by the program sponsor via the online application submission process

A Commission-approved performance assessment, when available

Term of the Clear Credential

The term of the clear credential may not exceed five calendar years and may be limited to expire with the prerequisite credential (see Terms and Definitions). The clear credential is renewable online.

* The San Mateo/Santa Cruz ACT II Program meets requirement 3c.

Terms and Definitions

Administrative Experience

Two years of successful experience in a full-time administrative position in a California public school, nonpublic school, or private school of equivalent status, while holding the Preliminary Administrative Services Credential. Verification of experience must be on the district or employing agency letterhead and signed by the superintendent, assistant superintendent, director of personnel, or director of human resources. School or district personnel other than the applicant must verify all experience.

Experience

Three years of successful, full-time experience in a public school, nonpublic school, or private school of equivalent status. This experience may be teaching, pupil personnel work, librarianship, health services, or clinical or rehabilitative services. Substitute or part-time service does not apply.

Full-Time Service

Full-time service means service for at least a minimum of four hours per day for three-fourths of the total days in the school year. Substitute or part-time service does not apply.

Prerequisite Teaching Credential

For the purposes of an Administrative Services Credential, a prerequisite credential is defined as:

• A valid California teaching credential requiring a bachelor’s degree and a program of professional preparation, including student teaching; or
• A valid California Designated Subjects Teaching Credential, provided the holder also possesses a bachelor’s or higher degree from a regionally-accredited college or university or
• A valid California Pupil Personnel Services Credential, Teacher Librarian Services Credential, Speech-Language Pathology Services Credential, Clinical or Rehabilitative Services Credential, or a School Nurse Services Credential (Clear or Professional Clear level only), requiring a bachelor’s degree and a program of professional preparation, including field practice or the equivalent.
• Holders of the Preliminary School Nurse Services Credential or any of the other Health Services Credentials, such as the school physician, dentist, dental hygienist, optometrist, clinical psychologist, and psychiatric social worker, do not meet this requirement.

Valid Preliminary Administrative Services Credential

For the purposes of the Administrative Services Credential, the term “valid” means that the holder met the requirements to have held the preliminary credential, which afforded the individual the opportunity to gain the necessary experience and to complete academic requirements to earn the clear credential. It does not mean that the document must be active date-wise when applying for the clear credential.

Reference: California Education Code 44270, 44270.5; Title 5, California Code of Regulations 80054

Link to CTC Leaflet CL574