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 80036.2 - Qualifying Experience and/or Education for the Designated Subjects Adult Education Teaching Credential

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Qualifying experience, or experience and
				  education, or education, for an adult education teaching credential authorizing
				  the teaching of a general (nonacademic) subjects area shall meet one of the
				  criteria described below:
(1) For preliminary
				  full-time adult education teaching credentials issued pursuant to Section
				  80036(a) and
				  preliminary part-time adult education teaching credentials issued pursuant to
				  Section 80036.1(a):
Education and/or
							 Training
Years of Subject-Related Experience
							 Required
High School Diploma or
							 equivalent..........................
..........................+ 5
							 years
.Twenty four semester units of collegiate
							 course work, including a minimum four semester units in the subject to be
							 taught.........................
..........................+ 4
							 years
Forty eight semester units of collegiate
							 course work, including a minimum eight semester units in the subject to be
							 taught..........................
..........................+ 3
							 years
Seventy two semester units of collegiate
							 course work, including a minimum twelve semester units in the subject to be
							 taught..........................
..........................+ 2
							 years
Ninety six semester units of collegiate
							 course work, including a minimum sixteen semester units in the subject to be
							 taught..........................
..........................+ 1
							 year
Baccalaureate degree with subject matter
							 in the field to be taught verified by at least one of the following:
							 ..........................
..........................+ 0 years
Completion of 20 semester units or 10 upper
							 division semester units in the subject to be taught.
(2)
				  For three-year preliminary adult education teaching credentials issued pursuant
				  to Section 80036.4(a),
				  verification by employers of three years of experience directly related to each
				  subject(s) to be named on the credential. One year of the required experience
				  shall be within the last five years, or two years within the last ten years,
				  immediately preceding the issuance of the three-year preliminary credential.
				  One or more of the following may be used for up to a maximum of two of the
				  three years of experience:
(A) Possession of
				  an advanced industry certificate related to the subject to be named on the
				  preliminary credential as determined by a Commission-approved program may be
				  used as one year of experience;
(B)
				  One year of full-time teaching experience providing instructional services in
				  preschool or grades K-12 earned in a public or private school of equivalent
				  status while holding a general education teaching credential based on
				  completion of a teacher preparation program and student teaching may be used as
				  one year of experience;
(C)
				  Forty-eight semester units or the quarter unit equivalent of postsecondary
				  vocational training, related to the subject(s) to be named on the preliminary
				  credential and verified by official transcript, may be used for a maximum of
				  two of the three years of experience.