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 80021.1 - Multiple Subject, Single Subject or Education Specialist Provisional Internship Permit

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Employing agencies shall request the Multiple Subject,
					 Single Subject or Education Specialist Provisional Internship Permit when a
					 suitable credentialed teacher cannot be found after a diligent search.
(a) The employing agencies shall demonstrate
				  that applicants for a Provisional Internship Permit have completed 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 Provisional
				  Internship Permit, at least 18 semester units of course work in the subject to
				  be listed: or
(B) For the Multiple
				  Subject Provisional Internship 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 Provisional
				  Internship 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 Provisional Internship 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
				  agencies shall verify or submit all of the following to the Commission with
				  each request:
(A) That a diligent search has
				  been conducted for a suitable credentialed teacher or suitable qualified
				  internship teacher as evidenced by documentation of that search.
(B) That orientation, guidance and assistance
				  to permit holders, as specified in Section
				  80026.5, will be
				  provided.
(C) That the employing
				  agency will assist the permit holder in developing a personalized plan through
				  an agency defined assessment that would lead to subject matter competence that
				  is related to the Provisional Internship Permit.
(D) That the employing agency will assist the
				  permit holder to seek and enroll in subject-matter training, such as workshop
				  or seminar formats and site-based courses along with training in test-taking
				  strategies and will assist permit holders in meeting the credential
				  subject-matter competence requirement that is related to the Provisional
				  Internship Permit.
(E) Verification
				  that a notice of intent to employ the applicant in the identified position has
				  been made public as follows:
(i) If the permit
				  is being submitted by a public school district, it must include a copy of the
				  agenda item presented to the governing board of the district in a public
				  meeting with a signed statement from the superintendent, or his or her
				  designee, that the item was acted upon favorably. The agenda item must state
				  the name of the applicant, the assignment in which the applicant will be
				  employed including the name of the school, subject(s) and grade level(s) that
				  he or she will be teaching and that the applicant will be employed on the basis
				  of a Provisional Internship Permit.
(ii) If the permit is being submitted by a
				  county office of education, state operated school, or nonpublic, nonsectarian
				  school or agency, it must include a dated copy of the notice that was posted at
				  least 72 hours before the position was filled and a signed statement from the
				  superintendent or administrator or his or her designee that there were no
				  objections to the permit. The notice must state the name of the applicant, the
				  assignment in which the applicant will be employed including the subject(s) and
				  grade level(s) that he or she will be teaching and that the applicant will be
				  employed on the basis of a Provisional Internship Permit.
(F) Verification that the candidate has been
				  apprised of steps to earn a credential and enroll in an internship
				  program.