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.
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TEACHER RECRUITMENT: $182
million
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PROGRAM
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DESCRIPTION
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FUNDING
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AGENCY
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Teacher Recruitment Initiative Program
(TRIP)
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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.
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$9.4M
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Sacramento County Office of
Education
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Teaching as a Priority (TAP) Block grant
program
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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.
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$118.6M
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California Department of Education
(CDE)
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Assumption Program of Loans for Education
(APLE)
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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.
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$13M
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California Student Aid Commission
(CSAC)
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Cal Grant T
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Provides funding for up to 3,000 prospective
teachers enrolled in teacher preparation programs.
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$10 M
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CSAC
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California School Paraprofessional Teacher
Training Program
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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.
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$11.5M
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CA Commission on Teacher Credentialing
(CCTC)
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CalTeach
AB 1740
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Public service announcements, Internet resources,
publications such as Why Teach? Comprehensive resource for teacher
preparation programs and jobs in public education.
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$9M
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California State University (CSU)
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Teacher and Reading Development
Partnerships
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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.
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$10M
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California Community Colleges (CCC)
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TEACHER PREPARATION: $186
MILLION
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PROGRAM
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DESCRIPTION
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FUNDING
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AGENCY
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Governor’s Teaching
Fellowships
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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
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$21M
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CCTC
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Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment
(BTSA)
SB 2042
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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.
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$105M
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CDE and CCTC
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Pre-Intern Program
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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
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$11.8M
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CCTC and Local Education Agencies
(LEAs)
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Intern Program
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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.
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$31.8M
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CCTC with Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs)
or LEAs
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CSU Teacher Preparation Expansion
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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.
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$16M
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CSU
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: $566
MILLION
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PROGRAM
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DESCRIPTION
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FUNDING
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AGENCY
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National Board Certification Incentive
Program
AB 858 (1998)
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An incentive program designed to encourage
teachers to pursue certification from the National Board for Professional
Teaching Standards
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$15M
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CDE
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Peer Assistance and Review (PAR)
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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.
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$134M
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CDE
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Professional Development Institutes
AB 2881 (2000)
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Provides 1–2 weeks of training, with
follow-up, to beginning and non-credentialed teachers and low-performing
high-poverty schools.
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$114.7M
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University of California (UC)
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California Subject Matter Projects
SB 1882 (1988)
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Professional development initiatives focused on
subject matter, administered by the University of California
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$35.8M
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UC
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Instructional Time and Staff Development
Reform
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Reimburses LEAs for classroom personnel that
participate in staff development up to three days per year.
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$246.8M
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CDE
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UC Principal Leadership Institutes
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Principal training program intended to provide
every principal and vice principal with training in the Academic Content
Standards for Students and in instructional leadership
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$500,000
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UC
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California Professional Development
Consortia
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Ten consortia created to provide regional
coordination, brokerage, and direct services to support professional development
at the local level.
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$4M
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LEAs
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The Governor’s Principal Training
Act
AB 75 (Steinberg)
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Provides incentive grants to local education
agencies to provide school site administrators with instruction and
training.
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$15M
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CDE, LEAs
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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 |