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 80021 - Multiple Subject, Single Subject or Education Specialist Short-Term Staff Permit

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Employing agencies shall request the Multiple Subject,
					 Single Subject or Education Specialist Short-Term Staff Permit when there is an
					 acute staffing need.
(a) The employing
				  agencies shall demonstrate that applicants for the Short-Term Staff Permit have
				  completed all of the following requirements:
(1) Possession of a baccalaureate or higher
				  degree from a regionally accredited college or university.
(2) Meet the basic skills requirement as
				  described in Education Code Section
				  44252,
				  unless exempt by statutes or regulations.
(3) Successful completion of the specified
				  number of semester units, or equivalent quarter units, of appropriate
				  non-remedial course work taken at a regionally accredited college or university
				  with a grade of "C" or higher, "Pass", or "Credit" as found in (A), (B) and (C)
				  below. Non-remedial coursework for the purposes of this section shall be
				  defined as coursework that is applicable toward a bachelor's degree or a higher
				  degree at a regionally accredited college or university.
(A) For the Single Subject Short-Term Staff
				  Permit, at least 18 semester units of course work in the subject to be
				  listed.
(B) For the Multiple
				  Subject Short-Term Staff Permit, at least 10 semester units of course work in
				  each of at least four of the following subject areas or at least 10 semester
				  units of course work in each of three subject areas and an additional 10
				  semester units of course work in a combination of two of the remaining subject
				  areas. The subject areas are as follows: language studies, history, literature,
				  humanities, mathematics, the arts, science, physical education, social science
				  and human development.
(C) For the
				  Education Specialist Short-Term Staff Permit either (A) or (B) above or verify
				  a minimum of three years of successful full-time classroom experience, or the
				  equivalent in part-time experience, working with special education students or
				  verify a minimum of nine semester units of course work in special education or
				  in a combination of special education and regular education that are
				  appropriate to special education or regular education teaching
				  credential.
(4) Multiple
				  Subject, Single Subject, and Education Specialist Short-Term Staff Permits
				  shall be issued with an English learner authorization unless the employing
				  agency requests and the applicant verifies target language proficiency for a
				  bilingual authorization by one of the following:
(A) Passage in the target language of the
				  listening and speaking sections of Test 6 of the BCLAD Examinations or passage
				  of Test II or III of the CSET: LOTE Examinations depending on the specific
				  language as detailed in Section
				  80015.3(c)(3),
				  or
(B) Passage in the target
				  language of an assessment covering the integrated communication skills of
				  listening, speaking, reading, and writing, administered by a California college
				  or university as a part of its Commission accredited bilingual authorization
				  program, or
(C) Passage in the
				  target language for which the Commission has no BCLAD Test 6 or CSET: LOTE II
				  or III of an assessment covering the integrated communication skills of
				  listening, speaking, reading, and writing, performed by an approved
				  organization pursuant to Education Code Section
				  44253.5(a),
				  or
(D) Possession of a three-year
				  or higher degree from a foreign institution in which all instruction was
				  delivered in the target language. The foreign institution must be equivalent in
				  status to a regionally accredited institution of higher education in the United
				  States.
(5) The employing
				  agency shall verify or submit the following to the Commission:
(A) That it has conducted a local recruitment
				  for the Short-Term Staff Permit being requested.
(B) That it has provided permit holders with
				  orientation to the curriculum and to techniques of instruction and classroom
				  management and assigned a mentor teacher for the term of the Short-Term Staff
				  Permit.
(C) Written justification
				  for the Short-Term Staff Permit signed by the employing agency's Superintendent
				  or designee. In the case of a state certified non-public school, the director
				  of the school must sign the justification.