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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44276.1
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44276.1
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The educational mission of schools may be thwarted when school campuses are not safe, secure, and peaceful. (2) Effective school management can improve school safety and decrease violence and criminal behavior. (3)
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44276.6
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44276.6
It is the intent of the Legislature that the Commission on Teacher Credentialing not duplicate the efforts of the State Department of Education, Office of Criminal Justice Planning, Department of the Youth Authority, and the School/Law Enforcement Partnership in undertaking leade
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44277
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44277
(a) The Legislature recognizes that effective professional growth must continue to occur throughout the careers of all teachers, in order that teachers remain informed of changes in pedagogy, subject matter, and pupil needs. In enacting this section, it is the intent of the Legis
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44279.1
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44279.1
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the beginning years of the career of a teacher are a critical time in which it is necessary that intensive professional development and assessment occur. The Legislature recognizes that the public invests heavily in the preparation of p
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44279.2
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44279.2
(a) The Superintendent and the commission shall jointly administer the California Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment System pursuant to this chapter. In administering this section, the Superintendent and the commission shall provide or contract for the provision of all of t
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44279.25
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44279.25
(a) By December 1, 2007, the Superintendent and the commission shall report to the Legislature and the Governor on the current state of the Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment System. The report shall review the articulation of teacher preparation programs and teacher induct
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44279.3
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44279.3
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the executive secretary of the commission and the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall recommend to the commission standards of beginning teachers’ support and performance, and an assessment process for verifying attainment of th
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44279.4
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44279.4
(a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that one full year, or the equivalent thereof, of paid, classroom teaching experience and beginning teacher support and assessment shall be a prerequisite to obtaining a professional credential to teach in the California public schools.
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44279.7
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44279.7
(a) The superintendent and the commission shall award supplemental grants on a competitive basis to Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment System teacher induction programs established pursuant to Section 44279.2 that are identified as having expertise according to criteria est
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44280
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44280
(a) The adequacy of subject matter preparation and the basis for assignment of certified personnel shall be determined by the successful demonstration of subject matter competence as set forth in paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of Section 44259. (b) For the purpose of determinin
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44281
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44281
The commission shall select, administer, and interpret subject matter examinations, which shall be a prerequisite for assignment to assure minimum levels of subject matter knowledge by all certified personnel regardless of the pattern and place of preparation.
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44282
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44282
(a) The commission shall adopt examinations and assessments to verify the subject matter knowledge and competence of candidates for the single subject teaching credentials described in Section 44257 and the concentrations described in Section 44257.2. (b) A general subject matter
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44282.1
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44282.1
(a) In carrying out its duties prescribed by subdivision (h) of Section 44225, the commission shall not develop a new health science subject matter examination, but shall instead employ an existing health science subject matter examination for the purpose of certifying single sub
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44283
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44283
(a) The Legislature hereby recognizes that teacher competence in reading instruction is essential to the progress and achievement of pupils learning to read in elementary and secondary schools. It is the intent of the Legislature that the commission develop a reading instruction
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44283.1
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44283.1
(a) As of the effective date of this section, an applicant for a preliminary multiple subject teaching credential or a preliminary education specialist instruction credential will hold a passing reading instruction competence assessment score prospectively if, within the 10 calen
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44283.2
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44283.2
(a) Commencing on January 1, 2000, prior to the initial issuance of a specialist teaching credential in special education pursuant to Section 44265, except as provided in subdivision (b) a first time credential applicant who is not credentialed in any state shall be required to d
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44283.3
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44283.3
A holder of a preliminary multiple subject credential or a preliminary education specialist credential who was unable to take the reading instruction competence assessment pursuant to Section 44283, as it read on January 1, 2020, due to the closure of assessment centers during th
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44284
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44284
Examinations authorizing advanced or specialist teaching service may be authorized by the commission. Such examinations shall conform to the guidelines established by this chapter.
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44288
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44288
The commission shall create subject matter advisory panels to advise in the selection, administration, and interpretation of examinations. The subject matter advisory panels shall consist of recognized leaders in the subject matter fields to be examined and shall be composed prim
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44289
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44289
The commission shall set passing scores with the objective of assuring an adequate level of subject matter preparation. The examination shall report at least relative and absolute scores to facilitate comparison and interpretation, if practicable. The individual candidate’s score
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44290
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44290
The commission, before the adoption of any examination, shall provide an opportunity to the public and teaching profession to present their viewpoints with respect thereto in open hearings.
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44291
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44291
The approved examinations shall be instruments whose purpose is to measure achievement and shall be used solely to measure objective knowledge of subject matter.
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44292
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44292
Insofar as is reasonable and practicable, the commission shall adopt examinations which are nationally administered on a regular basis.
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44293
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44293
In selecting subject matter examinations, the commission shall consider the importance of timely and expeditious processing and the desirability and convenience of machine scoring.
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44294
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 44294
The commission may approve more than one examination with passing scores appropriate to each examination for any of the categories to be examined as required by this chapter.