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Adult
Part-Time Designated Subjects Teaching Credential |
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The preliminary or
professional-clear part-time adult education teaching
credential can authorize you to teach not more than half-time
in the subject
named on the credential in courses organized primarily for
adults. If you have this credential, you may teach in only one
school district and your teaching shall not exceed one-half of
a full-time assignment for adult educators in that school
district. In addition, if you teach in more than one school
district, you may not teach more than one-half of the greatest
number of hours considered to be a full-time assignment for
adult educators in any one of the districts.
Adult 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 and can
help you obtain this credential. 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
Part-Time Adult 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 related to each subject to be
named on the credential (The experience and/or education
requirements and the subjects that can be named on the
part-time credential are the same as those specified for
the full-time credential.)
- 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
- Pass the California
Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST).
(Applicants for the adult credential in non-academic
subjects and for credentials authorizing the teaching of
adults in an apprenticeship program are exempt from this
requirement.)
- Obtain verification,
signed by a Commission-accredited Local Education Agency.
The Designated Subjects Credential Office housed with the Department of Occupational Studies at California
State University can help you obtain this verification.
This verification documents that you have been
fully apprised of the requirements for both the
preliminary and professional clear credentials, including
the program of personalized preparation. Or, you may obtain verification by an ESD
authorized to do so in accordance with guidelines
established by the Commission.
Professional Clear Credential
If you wish to receive the professional-clear adult part-time
designated subjects credential, you must satisfy all of the
following requirements:
- Possess a valid
preliminary part-time adult 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 adult education teaching
credential (Two of these terms must be with one ESD. The
teaching must have been to adult learners in the subject[s]
authorized by the preliminary adult education teaching
credential and must have occurred while holding the valid
preliminary adult education teaching credential.)
- Obtain verification by an
LEA that the applicant has completed all Level I
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.)
Verification of Work
Experience
Title 5 Regulations require you to verify five years of
experience or its equivalent related to each subject to be
named on the credential. Verification of experience means
written confirmation of the applicant's qualifying experience,
signed by the applicant's past or present employer(s) on
company letterhead that attests to and includes all of
the following:
- Employer's name, address,
and telephone number
- The working relationship
of the person signing the verification to the applicant
- Beginning and ending dates
of employment
- Complete description of
duties
- A statement as to whether
or not the employment was full-time (If employment was
less than full-time, include an accounting of the number
of hours the applicant was employed.)
If you were self-employed or if
your experience was avocational, verification shall include a
statement, signed by you under penalty of perjury, detailing
the information described in 1-5 above. Further substantiation
is required in writing, by other person(s) having first-hand
knowledge of your self-employment or avocation, such as your
accountant, major supplier of goods, or major user of goods or
services.
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
at (562) 985-5631. |
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*Period of Validity: An initial preliminary part-time
adult 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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