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Full-Time Designated Subjects Vocational Education Teaching Credential |
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The preliminary,
clear, or professional clear full-time vocational education
teaching credential can authorize you to teach the subjects
named on the credential in grades K-12, and in classes
organized primarily for adults, in technical, trade, or
vocational courses that are part of a program of technical,
trade, or vocational education. In addition, you may serve as a substitute in
any vocational class for up to 30 days for
any one teacher during the school year.
Vocational education teaching credentials are issued to individuals
who meet the requirements listed below and who apply through,
and are recommended by, either a Commission-accredited Local
Education Agency (LEA) or by an Employing School District (ESD).
The Designated Subjects Credential Office housed with the
Department of Occupational Studies at California State
University is an accredited Local Education Agency. In
addition, some of the courses you take for your Designated
Subjects Credential may also be applied toward coursework for
a Bachelor of Science Degree or a Master of Arts Degree in Occupational Studies.
Requirements for the
Full-Time Vocational Education Credential
For the PDF Information Leaflet about the requirements for
this credential, click
here. Otherwise, the information below details
how you can obtain a preliminary part-time adult credential
and a professional-clear part-time adult credential.*
Preliminary Credential
If you wish to obtain the five-year* preliminary
credential, you must satisfy all of the following
requirements:
- Verify five years of
experience and/or education (as specified on page 2)
related to each subject to be named on the credential. (One
year shall equal a minimum of 1,500 clock hours and the
experience may be either full-time or part-time, or paid
or unpaid. You may substitute 48 semester units of
postsecondary vocational training, related to the subject
to be named on the credential and verified by official
transcript, for a maximum of two of the five years of work
experience. This substitution may be made on a pro rata
basis up to the two-year minimum.)
- At least one year of the
required work experience must be within the three years
immediately preceding the issuance of the preliminary
credential (teaching is not generally accepted as work
experience). However, for the purpose of meeting the
requirement, any of the following, or a combination of the
following, may be cumulated to total 1,500 clock hours:
- work experience
- college-level related
course work
- non-college related
course work
- occupational internship
- vocational teaching
experience
- One
of the following requirements must be satisfied:
- possess a high
school diploma
- possess a diploma
based on passage of the GED test
- possess the foreign
equivalent of a high school diploma
- One of the following
requirements must be satisfied
- complete a
two-semester-unit (or three-quarter unit) course in
the provisions and principles of the US
Constitution.
- pass an examination
in the subject given by a regionally accredited
college or university.
- Obtain verification,
signed by a Commission-accredited LEA, or by an ESD
authorized to do so in accordance with guidelines
established by the Commission, that the applicant has been
fully apprised of the requirements for both the
preliminary and professional clear credentials, including
Level I and Level II requirements of the program of
personalized preparation.
A preliminary full-time
vocational credential valid for one year may be issued to
applicants who have completed all requirements except #3, U.S.
Constitution. The credential may be extended to its full
five-year term upon application once that requirement has been
met.
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Professional Clear Credential
For the professional clear credential (initially issued
July 1, 1996), all of the following requirements must
be satisfied:
- Possess a valid
preliminary full-time vocational education teaching
credential
- Obtain verification by the
ESD of the successful teaching of a minimum of one course
in each of four terms within the five-year period of
validity of the preliminary vocational education teaching
credential (Two of these terms must be with one ESD. The
teaching must have been to learners at the grade level and
in the subject(s) authorized by the preliminary vocational
education teaching credential and must have occurred while
holding the valid preliminary full-time vocational
education teaching credential.)
- Obtain verification by an
LEA that the applicant has completed all Level I and Level
II requirements of a Commission-accredited program of
personalized preparation, including the use of computers
in an instructional setting
- Complete a unit
requirement in health education, including, but not
limited to, nutrition; the physiological and sociological
effects of alcohol, narcotic, and drug abuse; and the use
of tobacco (This requirement must also include training in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation [CPR] that covers infant,
child, and adult CPR skills.)
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Once your
application materials have been reviewed, you will be given a
five-year Preliminary credential from the California
Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC). You will need to
complete coursework or other requirements to "clear"
your credential. You may enroll in courses through the
Department of Occupational Studies and other programs at Cal
State University to meet these requirements. Read the
Requirements
to Clear Your Designated Subjects Credential for Adult
Education for more information. |
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For more
information, contact the Designated Subjects Credential Office
in the Department of Occupational Studies at California State
University, Long Beach at (562) 985-5631. |
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*Period
of Validity: An initial preliminary full-time vocational
education teaching credential issued on the basis of the
applicant's satisfaction of requirements 1-4, specified above,
authorizes service for no more than two years from the
date of issuance of the credential unless the holder's
employer (ESD) receives form CL-787, Verification of
Completion of Level I Requirements from the LEA through which
the holder completed those requirements. Once the holder's
employer receives this verification, the credential's validity
period will automatically be extended for the remainder of the
five-year period from the date of issuance of the credential. There
is no need to apply for this extension. The LEA's
verification of completion of Level I requirements is the only
documentation required in this process. If the credential
holder's ESD is not known to the LEA, form CL-787 will be sent
directly to the credential holder for forwarding to the
employer. The LEA shall also submit this form directly to the
Commission to assist in documenting that the holder completed
Level I requirements.
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