California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 8 - Commission on Teacher Credentialing › Chapter 1 - Credentials Issued Under the Teacher Preparation and Licensing Law of 1970 › Article 2 - Credential Types, Authorizations, and Requirements › Section 80067 - Specific Requirements for the PK-3 Early Childhood Education Specialist Instruction Credential

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Preliminary Credential Requirements: The minimum requirements for the
				  preliminary PK-3 Early Childhood Education Specialist Instruction Credential
				  for applicants shall include:
(1) Possession
				  of a bachelor's or higher degree from a regionally-accredited institution of
				  higher education.
(2) Completion of
				  a professional preparation program pursuant to Education Code sections
				  44225(h)
				  and
				  44370 and
				  in accordance with sections
				  80067.1 and
				  80067.2 that:
(A) meets the PK-3 ECE Program Standards and
				  Teaching Performance Expectations outlined in sections
				  80067.1 and
				  80067.2, including literacy
				  standards and Teaching Performance Expectations outlined in sections
				  80067.2(g) through
				  (o) and adopted pursuant to Senate Bill 488,
				  Chapter 678, Statutes of 2021,
(B)
				  is approved by the Committee on Accreditation based upon the standards and
				  expectations outlined in sections
				  80067.1 and
				  80067.2 for the PK-3 Early
				  Childhood Education Specialist Instruction Credential, and
(C) includes preparation to serve English
				  learners and a 600-hour clinical practice experience with a minimum of 200
				  hours in a preschool (PK) and/or transitional kindergarten (TK) setting and a
				  minimum of 200 hours in a kindergarten through third grade (K-3)
				  setting.
(3) Passage of a
				  commission approved teaching performance assessment for multiple subjects in a
				  PK-3 setting, or passage of a commission approved teaching performance
				  assessment for early childhood education. Commission approval of a teaching
				  performance assessment will be in accordance with Education Code sections
				  44225(i) and
				  (j) based upon the commission's mission to
				  ensure integrity, relevance, and high quality in the preparation and
				  certification of the educators who serve all of California's diverse
				  students.
(4) Completion of the
				  subject matter requirement by one of the following:
(A) Possession of a bachelor's or higher
				  degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education with a
				  degree major in the field of child development, child and adolescent
				  development, human development, early childhood education, child and family
				  studies, early childhood studies, family science, human development and family
				  science, or child, adolescent, and family studies.
(B) Completion of 24 semester units or the
				  equivalent quarter units of non-remedial, degree-applicable coursework at a
				  regionally accredited institution of higher education in early childhood
				  education and/or child development.
(5) Passage of either the Reading Instruction
				  Competence Assessment (RICA), or a literacy performance assessment approved by
				  the Commission for the PK-3 Early Childhood Education (ECE) Specialist
				  Credential that is aligned with the requirements outlined in Education Code
				  section
				  44320.3.