July/August 2006 minutes approved
September 2006 agenda approved
September 2006 Consent Calendar approved

Chairs Report

Commissioners Banker, Gomez and Kenney will be reviewing the CCTC Policy Manual individually and reporting their priorities for changes to Dale Janssen, interim Executive Director, by October 1. The public will be part of the discussion if changes are needed.

Executive Directors Report

CCTC staff member Bonnie Parks' last day was August 18. Mary Armstrong will now staff her position. CCTC Legal Council member Kim Hunter's last day was August 31.

The report entitled The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing: Moving Forward was approved for use in informing discussions with the Legislative Analyst Office.

Legislative Committee

Mary Armstrong reported that the legislative session ended August 31. Bills which were passed went to the Governor's Office for signature. The Governor must either sign or veto the bills by September 30. If no action is taken the bill will become law.

Legislation of interest

• SB 1533 Paraprofessional Teachers - Sponsored by CCTC On the Governors desk
• SB 1209 Teacher Certification - Support from CCTC On the Governors desk
• AB 950 Fingerprinting - CCTC voted to oppose Held in Committee

For analysis of other bills of interest please refer to agenda item 2A at: http://www.ctc.ca.gov/commission/agendas-minutes.html
Credentialing and Certificated Assignments Committee:

Amendments were approved to California Code of Regulations, Title 5, Sections 80028 Pertaining to Certificates of Clearance and 80487 Pertaining to Fees. These amendments include the following changes:

• Applications for Certificate of Clearance may only be submitted on-line
• CCTC fee for processing the C of C will be $55
• The C of C will be valid for 5 years
• A fee will be charged for changing the name on a credential

The governing board of the Fremont Unified School District recommended a credential based on Eminence to Hillary Roberts in the subject of Dance. The commission approved issuance of this credential.

Fiscal Policy and Planning Committee

Commissioners approved a Budget Change Proposal (BCP) to increase the Commissions appropriation by $685,000 and eight positions to continue to address the on-going workload in the CAW division. Staff will submit the full BCP to the Department of Finance as part of the 2007-2008 fiscal year development process.

With the additional funds coming in due to the increase in emergency permit applications there will not be a need for fee increase until 2011.

Professional Services Committee

Standards for the Single Subject Matter Programs in Agriculture, Business, Health, Home Economics, Industrial and Technology Education, and Languages other than English: American Sign Language were approved along with the timeline to implementation.

Standards of Quality and Effectiveness for Agriculture Specialist Instruction Credential Programs were approved.

Staff presented an update on Funded Teacher Development Programs to the commissioners. A copy of the entire report can be found under agenda item 5C at: http://www.ctc.ca.gov/commission/agendas/2006-09/2006-09-agenda.html

A stakeholders meeting took place on August 17, 2006 with the goal of discussing the consolidation of examination structure for languages other than English (LOTE). The initial findings of the group were that the language examination structure could be simplified by combining the current set of BCLAD and CSET LOTE examinations. The new CTEL examination would not be impacted by these changes. A field survey is being placed on the CCTC website to gather more input from the field. If feedback returned continues to be positive, staff will place a proposal on the agenda for action next meeting.

The following Subject Matter Preparation Programs were approved:

• CSU Los Angeles Social Science
• CSU Northridge Social Science
• CSU Stanislaus Mathematics
• CSU Sacramento English
• San Francisco State U English
• CSU Chico Chemistry

The following Induction Programs were approved:

• Conejo Valley Unified School District
• Merced Union High School District

Madera County Education Office received approval for initial institutional accreditation.

The Accreditation Committee has prepared a report with 18 recommendations. 6 of the 18 were approved at the July meeting and 6 additional recommendations were approved at this meeting:

• Topic 6: Establish consistency in the system by including all Credential and Certificate Programs in the Accreditation process: Consider the following areas under accreditation:
  • Designated Subject Programs-sponsored by a LEA o
  • Professional Administrative Services Guidelines-based Credential Programs o
  • Certificate Programs o
  • Professional Clear Credential Programs
• Topic 7: Program Standard Options:
  • California Program Standards
  • National or Professional Program Standards o Alternate Program Standards which include experimental or research based standards
• Topic 8: Accreditation Decisions-Program Findings: Modify the accreditation system to more clearly report individual program findings
• Topic 9: Accreditation Decisions-Unit Findings: Revise the Unit-Accreditation findings to allow for the finding of full accreditation with required follow up.
• Topic 10: Selection of Committee on Accreditation (COA) Members: Modify the selection process to reduce costs, prevent large turnover of COA members in the same year, and streamline the nominating panel process.
• Topic 13: Evaluation of the Accreditation System: Revise section 8 of the Accreditation Framework to incorporate an ongoing data collection process regarding the efficacy of the accreditation system. Define how modifications will be made in the future and when stakeholder input is required.
• Topic 17: Data Collection: All programs (including Subject Matter Preparation Programs) leading to a credential or certificate should be included in the review process with recognition of program differences while maintaining comparable rigor.

The timeline for the accreditation activities by institution was included at the end of this agenda item. To find the Accreditation Activities by Cohort 2006-2014 go to agenda item 5G: http://www.ctc.ca.gov/commission/agendas/2006-09/2006-09-agenda.html The Commission voted to endorse the COA recommendations and act on the 6 topics taking into account the day's discussion.

Commissioners briefly discussed the need to meet more frequently. Meeting once a month vs. having two monthly meetings together at one meeting. Further discussion is required.

Nominations were opened for CCTC Chair and Vice-chair for 2007. These positions serve on an annual basis and one can serve a second term. Nominations must be made through mail or during open session.

Nominations made during the open session were as follows:

Position of Chair:

• Leslie Peterson-Schwarze
• David Pearson

Position of Vice-Chair:

• Jon Stordahl
• John Kenne

Elections will take place an the November/December 2006 meeting.

Next Meeting: November 30, 2006