SECTIONS 44450-44468 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 44450-44468

44450. This article shall be known and may be cited as the Teacher
Education Internship Act of 1967.

44451. The intent of the Legislature in enacting this article is to
increase the effectiveness of teachers and other professional school
service personnel in the public schools of California by placing
theory and practice as closely together as possible in college and
university programs for the preparation of teachers and professional
school service personnel. The Teacher Education Internship Act of
1967 is enacted to encourage the development and maintenance of
preparation programs that are realistic and practical in content and
theory and are directly related to the individual functions and
responsibilities practitioners in the public schools of California
face. The desirability of joining theory and practice during the
learning period has been demonstrated amply in teaching internship
programs during the past several years both within and without the
state.

44452. Any school district may, in cooperation with an approved
college or university, establish a teacher education internship
program as provided in Section 44321, and meeting the provisions of
the statutes and of the regulations of the Commission on Teacher
Credentialing.

44453. (a) For admission to all teaching internship programs
authorized by this article, an applicant shall have a baccalaureate
or higher degree from a regionally accredited institution of
postsecondary education and shall pass a subject matter examination
as provided in Section 44280 or complete a commission-approved
subject matter program as provided in Section 44310.
(b) The Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall ensure that each
university internship program in California provides program
elements to its interns as required by the federal No Child Left
Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.) and its implementing
regulations.

44454. An internship credential authorizes the same service at the
same levels as the regular credential authorizes.

44455. An internship credential shall be issued initially for a
two-year period and may be renewed by the commission.

44456. Notwithstanding Section 44455, an internship credential may
be renewed by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing if in its
judgment an applicant is unable to complete renewal requirements
because of illness or other circumstances judged to be extenuating
and not within the control of the applicant.

44457. Prior to enrollment in any college or university preparation
program to renew the internship credential, appropriate personnel in
the employing school district shall counsel with the intern and a
total program for the first and subsequent renewals shall be planned.
The county superintendent of schools shall be involved in the
program planning in the case of joint recommendations.

44458. The program shall meet the instructional or service needs of
the district with the primary objective being to increase the
effectiveness of the intern in the district. Both the district and
the intern shall concur in the program planned.

44459. The full cooperation of colleges and universities is
essential if teaching and service internship programs are to be
successful. A school district establishing an internship program
shall seek the cooperation of public and private colleges and
universities, especially those within the geographic service area of
the district for the establishment of courses and classes necessary
for renewal.

44460. The intern shall have the right to attend any regionally
accredited college or university of his choice for the completion of
renewal requirements. The success of internship programs will lie in
the development of integrated, well-organized, and sequential
programs of study by cooperating colleges and universities. When
appropriate and feasible, colleges and universities may provide
offcampus programs of study for interns within the geographic area of
their employing school districts.

44461. The supervisory help and guidance of interns as they pursue
their school district responsibilities are important for the success
of such programs. The utilization of competent and qualified college
and university staff members for this purpose is encouraged. To help
achieve this end, school districts, and county superintendents of
schools in the case of joint recommendations, may enter into
agreements with colleges and universities for the employment of staff
for such supervision.

44462. Salary payments for supervision of interns may be made out
of district funds and may be met by reducing proportionately the
salaries paid interns. Under this authorization no more than eight
interns may be supervised by one staff member and the normal district
salary paid each intern may be reduced by as much as, but no more
than, one-eighth to pay the salary of the supervisor. In no event may
an intern be paid less than the minimum salary required to be paid
by the state to a regularly certificated teacher.

44463. An intern shall have the right to change school districts
upon completion of a school contract year and become an intern in a
new school district if recommended by the new school district. A new
application recommending issuance of a new internship credential
shall be submitted by the school district in behalf of the individual
and the renewal procedures shall be followed.

44464. An internship credential shall be valid only as long as the
holder is in good standing in the teacher internship program of the
district that makes the request, notwithstanding any provision of
Section 44463, and the rights provided by Sections 44948 and 44949
shall not be afforded to interns.

44465. A school district shall give special supervision and
assistance to each intern above and beyond that given to other newly
certificated and newly employed school personnel. A school district
shall seek the assistance of the college or university in
coordinating the program for the intern.

44466. An intern shall not acquire tenure while serving on an
internship credential. A person who, after completing a teaching
internship program authorized pursuant to this article, is employed
for at least one complete school year in a position requiring
certification qualifications by the school district that employed the
person as an intern during the immediately preceding school year and
is reelected for the next succeeding school year to a position
requiring certification qualifications shall, at the commencement of
the succeeding school year, acquire tenure.

44467. Colleges and universities may continue the development and
maintenance of internship credential programs under their own
auspices seeking the cooperation of school districts in their full
implementation.

44468. (a) An internship program, established pursuant to Article
7.5 (commencing with Section 44325) of Chapter 2 or this article,
that is accredited by the commission shall provide interns who meet
entrance criteria and are accepted to a multiple subject teaching
credential program, a single subject teaching credential program, or
a level 1 education specialist credential program that provides
instruction to individuals with mild to moderate disabilities, the
opportunity to choose an early program completion option, culminating
in a five-year preliminary teaching credential. The early completion
option shall be made available to interns who meet the following
requirements:
(1) Pass a written assessment that assesses knowledge of teaching
foundations, is adopted for this purpose by the commission, and
includes all of the following:
(A) Human development as it relates to teaching and learning
aligned with the state content and performance standards for pupils
adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 60605.
(B) Techniques to address learning differences including working
with pupils with special needs.
(C) Techniques to address working with English learners to provide
access to the curriculum.
(D) Reading instruction as set forth in paragraph (4) of
subdivision (b) of Section 44259.
(E) The assessment of pupil progress based upon the state content
and performance standards for pupils adopted pursuant to subdivision
(a) of Section 60605 and planning intervention based on the
assessment.
(F) Classroom management techniques.
(G) Methods of teaching the subject fields.
(2) Pass the teaching performance assessment as set forth in
Section 44320.2.
(A) An intern participating in the early completion option may
take the teaching performance assessment only one time as part of the
early completion option. An intern who takes the teaching
performance assessment but is not successful may complete his or her
internship program. Scores on this assessment shall be used by the
internship programs in providing the individualized professional
development plan for interns that emphasizes preparation in areas
where additional growth is warranted and waiving preparation in areas
where the candidate has demonstrated competence. The intern must
retake and pass the teaching performance assessment at the end of the
internship in order to be considered for recommendation by the
internship program to the commission.
(B) Pending implementation of the teaching performance assessment,
an internship program shall provide for early recommendation of an
intern for a preliminary multiple subject teaching credential, single
subject teaching credential, or level 1 education specialist
credential that authorizes instruction to individuals with mild to
moderate disabilities, based upon demonstrated competence of the
field experience component of the internship program.
(3) Pass the reading instruction competence assessment described
in Section 44283, unless the written assessment adopted by the
commission pursuant to paragraph (1) is validated as covering content
equivalent to the reading assessment.
(4) Meet the requirements for teacher fitness as set forth in
Sections 44339, 44340, and 44341.
(b) An intern who chooses the early completion option must first
pass the assessment required pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision
(a) in order to qualify to take the teaching performance assessment
required pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a). Individuals
who have passed the written assessment may receive individualized
support within the cohort group of like individuals in preparation
for the teaching performance assessment.
(c) An intern who challenges the teacher preparation coursework by
taking the assessment described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a),
but is not successful in passing the assessment, may complete his or
her full internship program. Scores on this assessment shall be used
by the internship program in providing the individualized
professional development plan for interns that emphasizes preparation
in areas where additional growth is warranted and waiving
preparation areas where the intern has demonstrated competence.
(d) An intern who passes the assessments described in subdivision
(a) and is recommended by the internship program to the commission is
eligible for a five-year preliminary multiple subject teaching
credential, single subject teaching credential, or level 1 education
specialist credential that authorizes instruction to individuals with
mild to moderate disabilities.
(e) The commission shall issue a professional clear multiple or
single subject teaching credential to an applicant whose employing
public school district documents, in a manner prescribed by the
commission, that he or she has fulfilled the following requirements:
(1) Holds a preliminary five-year teaching credential issued by
the commission.
(2) Completes one of the following in accordance with the
determination of the employing public school district based upon the
experience and individual needs of the applicant:
(A) A program of beginning teacher support and assessment
established pursuant to Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 44279.1)
of Chapter 2 of Part 24, including the California formative
assessment and support system for teachers.
(B) An alternative program of beginning teacher induction that the
commission determines, in conjunction with the Superintendent of
Public Instruction, meets state standards for teacher induction and
includes the California formative assessment and support system for
teachers or an alternative assessment deemed to meet the standards.
(3) As an alternative to the requirements in paragraph (2), an
applicant may choose to complete the California formative assessment
and support system for teachers or the equivalent at a faster pace as
determined by the Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment System
program.