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RECENT RESPONSES

An ambitious set of initiatives focussed on many aspects of professional personnel development have been launched in recent years and there are a wide range of agencies and institutions with responsibility for different parts of this “system”. As the following tables illustrate, Governor Davis and the Legislature have made recruitment, preparation, and professional development of the K–12 teaching and administrative workforce a high priority.

TEACHER RECRUITMENT: $182 million


PROGRAM
DESCRIPTION
FUNDING
AGENCY
Teacher Recruitment Initiative Program (TRIP)
Establishes six regional recruitment centers to help schools with a high number of emergency permits to recruit college students and others to pursue a teaching career.
$9.4M
Sacramento County Office of Education
Teaching as a Priority (TAP) Block grant program
Provides competitive block grants to districts to provide incentives to attract and retain fully credentialed teachers in low-performing schools. Incentives may include, but are not limited to, signing bonuses, improved working conditions, salary increases, housing subsidies and a longer school year.
$118.6M
California Department of Education (CDE)
Assumption Program of Loans for Education (APLE)
Assumes up to $11,000 in student loans for teachers who agree to teach up to four years in a subject area with teacher shortages or in schools that serve large populations of socio-economically disadvantaged students.
$13M
California Student Aid Commission (CSAC)
Cal Grant T
Provides funding for up to 3,000 prospective teachers enrolled in teacher preparation programs.
$10 M
CSAC
California School Paraprofessional Teacher Training Program
Recruits paraprofessionals (teacher aides) from the community and funds $3,000 per participant to provide training toward certification. Seventy five percent of the participants must work in Title I schools. Thirteen currently approved programs at community colleges and CSU campuses, serving 522 participants, with 253 participants fully certified.
Funding for 2000-01 will allow for 31 new programs, with 2,418 proposed participants.
$11.5M
CA Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC)
CalTeach
AB 1740
Public service announcements, Internet resources, publications such as Why Teach? Comprehensive resource for teacher preparation programs and jobs in public education.
$9M
California State University (CSU)
Teacher and Reading Development Partnerships
Encourages community college students to pursue a career in teaching. It includes developing partnerships with local school districts and California State University, development of articulated curriculum with CSU and provides a early fieldwork experience through tutoring elementary students in reading.
$10M
California Community Colleges (CCC)

TEACHER PREPARATION: $186 MILLION


PROGRAM
DESCRIPTION
FUNDING
AGENCY
Governor’s Teaching Fellowships
Provides $20,000 in funding for each of 1,000 merit-based teaching fellowships for graduate students who agree to teach in a low-performing school for four years
$21M
CCTC
Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment (BTSA)
SB 2042
Provides an effective transition into a teaching career for 1st and 2nd year credentialed teachers. Program provides intensive individualized support and assistance to each beginning teacher. BTSA is now delivered by 143 approved programs, serving about 25,000 teachers.
$105M
CDE and CCTC
Pre-Intern Program
A formalized program to prepare for entry into internship programs run by local school districts and county offices. Designed to serve as an alternative to the Emergency Permit system
$11.8M
CCTC and Local Education Agencies (LEAs)
Intern Program
Provides “on-the-job” training as an alternative to “traditional” teacher preparation. Programs are offered by institutions of higher education (IHEs) or local school districts.
$31.8M
CCTC with Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) or LEAs
CSU Teacher Preparation Expansion
CSU was provided permanent funding 1997-98 and 1998-99 to increase the number of teacher candidates, increase teacher preparation, and develop the CalStateTeach distance learning program.
$16M
CSU

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: $566 MILLION


PROGRAM
DESCRIPTION
FUNDING
AGENCY
National Board Certification Incentive Program
AB 858 (1998)
An incentive program designed to encourage teachers to pursue certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
$15M
CDE
Peer Assistance and Review (PAR)
Replaced Mentor Teacher Program in 2001. Funds LEAs to develop programs in which exemplary teachers consult with less successful teachers in content and pedagogy. PAR funding may be used to develop a comprehensive program, including service to beginning teachers. 1,012 districts have locally negotiated PAR programs.
$134M
CDE
Professional Development Institutes
AB 2881 (2000)
Provides 1–2 weeks of training, with follow-up, to beginning and non-credentialed teachers and low-performing high-poverty schools.
$114.7M
University of California (UC)
California Subject Matter Projects
SB 1882 (1988)
Professional development initiatives focused on subject matter, administered by the University of California
$35.8M
UC
Instructional Time and Staff Development Reform
Reimburses LEAs for classroom personnel that participate in staff development up to three days per year.
$246.8M
CDE
UC Principal Leadership Institutes
Principal training program intended to provide every principal and vice principal with training in the Academic Content Standards for Students and in instructional leadership
$500,000
UC
California Professional Development Consortia
Ten consortia created to provide regional coordination, brokerage, and direct services to support professional development at the local level.
$4M
LEAs
The Governor’s Principal Training Act
AB 75 (Steinberg)
Provides incentive grants to local education agencies to provide school site administrators with instruction and training.
$15M
CDE, LEAs

The state has made a substantial commitment with these various initiatives aimed at improving the recruitment, preparation and ongoing development of teachers. But despite a significant investment of state dollars—close to $1 billion—in these activities, the overall effort to recruit, prepare and develop the professional education workforce remains deeply fragmented. The recommendations that follow are focused on establishing a more coherent, systemic approach to this critical area of state policy.

Table of Contents
Summary Introduction K-12 Responses
Recommendations Colleges References Members