California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 8 - Commission on Teacher Credentialing › Chapter 5 - Approved Programs › Article 2 - Professional Preparation Programs › Section 80607 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) "Clinical
				  Experiences" refers to student teaching, internships, and/ or field-based
				  experiences in authentic school settings that provide candidates with intensive
				  and extensive opportunities to practice skills, under the supervision of the
				  program, in which the candidate must demonstrate competence as a requirement
				  for the credential area. The term is synonymous with Field Work. Within the
				  field-based/clinical experiences, candidates are immersed in the learning
				  community and are provided opportunities to develop and demonstrate competence
				  in the professional roles for which they are preparing. Field-based experiences
				  are provided to the candidate under the supervision or guidance of an
				  experienced individual who has the knowledge and skills the candidate is
				  working to attain.
(b) "Evaluate"
				  means to assess candidate knowledge, skills, and performance for the purposes
				  of helping the candidate satisfy the relevant program competency requirements.
				  It does not include evaluation for employment purposes; or to analyze data from
				  multiple candidate assessments, program completer surveys, and other
				  stakeholder surveys for the purposes of identifying program strengths and areas
				  needing improvement.
(c) "Faculty"
				  refers to individuals employed by a college, university, school district,
				  county office of education, including graduate teaching assistants, and/or by a
				  partnering entity, who teach one or more courses in education, provide services
				  to candidates (e.g., advising, support), provide professional development,
				  supervise clinical experiences, and/ or administer some aspect of the educator
				  preparation unit.
(d) "Field work"
				  refers to student teaching, internships, and/or clinical practice in authentic
				  school settings that provide candidates with intensive and extensive
				  opportunities to practice skills, under the supervision of the program, in
				  which the candidate must demonstrate competence as a requirement for the
				  credential area. It is synonymous with Clinical Experiences. Within the
				  field-based/clinical experiences, candidates are immersed in the learning
				  community and are provided opportunities to develop and demonstrate competence
				  in the professional roles for which they are preparing. Field-based experiences
				  are provided to the candidate under the supervision or guidance of an
				  experienced individual who has the knowledge and skills the candidate is
				  working to attain.
(e) "Partners"
				  or "Partnerships" refers to agencies, institutions, and others who enter into a
				  voluntary collaborative arrangement to provide services to educator candidates
				  (for example, academic and/or credential preparation departments of
				  colleges/universities, schools, county offices of education, and school
				  districts).
(f) "Professional
				  development" refers to learning opportunities for individuals to attain and
				  develop new knowledge and skills such as in-service education, conference
				  attendance, intra- and inter-institutional visits, fellowships, collegial work,
				  and work in prekindergarten-12 grade schools.
(g) "Program" refers to a planned sequence of
				  courses and/or experiences for the purpose of preparing teachers and other
				  school professionals to work in prekindergarten through twelfth grade settings,
				  and which leads to a credential.
(h) "Qualified faculty" refers to individuals
				  whose background and experience are appropriate for the role to which they are
				  assigned and who receive initial and ongoing professional development
				  consistent with their assigned responsibilities.
(i) "Resources" refers to the range of
				  supports for programs, including financial support, information resources,
				  technology, qualified staff, building space, and materials.
(j) "Stakeholder" means any individual or
				  institution such as a college, university, or school district that is impacted
				  by and/or that has a professional interest in an educator preparation program
				  or institution.
(k) "Supervised
				  Fieldwork" means fieldwork that is guided, directed, or evaluated by an
				  individual from a Commission-approved program and/or employing district that is
				  designed to assist a candidate in mastering the required knowledge, skills, and
				  abilities expected of the candidate.
(l) "Support" refers to professional guidance
				  provided by a qualified individual acting as a mentor and/or coach to a
				  candidate in his/her early teaching or service that includes collecting and
				  analyzing evidence relating to the candidate's competence for the purpose of
				  helping the candidate satisfy knowledge and skill requirements.
1. New
					 section filed 1-18-2022; operative 4-1-2022 (Register 2022, No. 3). (Filing
					 deadline specified in Government Code section
					 11349.3(a)
					 extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional
					 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order
					 N-71-20.)
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						44225 and
						44371,
						Education Code. Reference: Sections
						44227,
						44370 and
						44372(b),
						Education Code.