Credential Admissions New Fee effective Fall 2015

Beginning with Fall 2015 admission to Single Subject and Multiple Subject regular education credential programs, and Single Subject and Multiple Subject Bilingual Credential Programs, students will be required to pay a $300 fee for the EdTPA. This is a state-mandated assessment, and candidates must take and pass the assessment prior to being recommended for a credential. The EdTPA is typically taken in the last semester of these credential programs, and directions for paying the fee will be provided.

..To Do List... These items need to be completed prior to admission to SDSU's Credential program. Some items can be in progress when applying, but MUST be complete before admission.

1. Create an account in the Online Supplementary Program application.

2. Apply to SDSU for Graduate Admission

3. Complete the following pre-requisite courses: (see list of approved equivalents)

• ED 451_ • TE 280_ • Math 210 (Multiple Subject only) • SPED 450_

4. Basic Skills Requirement (CBEST)

5. Subject Matter Competency

6. Apply for a Certificate of Clearance or Emergency Teaching Permit

7. Add information to the online supplementary program application

8. Complete an Early Field Experience

9. Write Personal Narrative

10. Complete the Documentation for Student Teaching (Single subject only)

11. Identify two references—get email addresses

12. Obtain a copy of negative TB test

13. Finish, review, and submit online supplementary program application

Group interviews will be held in Early March and April. Please be aware that there are additional exit requirements required to earn your credential. These must be completed by the time you finish the credential program.

Access the online Supplementary Application Complete the required information requested to create an account. By doing this you provide us valuable information about which program you are interested in and we are able to follow up with you with specific application information, helpful hints, and deadline information. This will help keep you on track for completing your application to our program. Please keep your username and password in a safe place because you will be returning to this web site to start and complete your online Supplementary application. A $25 application fee is required to submit this online Supplementary Program application. You must pay this fee through the SDSU Web Portal. To be able to log into the SDSU Web Portal you must first complete and submit the CSU mentor application (unless you are a former SDSU student, then you have access to Web Portal already). Within a couple days of submitting your CSU Mentor application, you should receive an email from SDSU Graduate Admissions with your Red ID (SDSU Identification number) and directions on how to log into Web Portal. Once you log in you will choose: Student Account Services,then Make Payment (in the top red menu bar), then College of Education Fee Menu, and then select Preliminary Credential Program Application Fee.

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Applying to SDSU for Graduate Admission Apply to SDSU for Graduate Admissions through CSU Mentor. (directions in right hand column).

• Please complete this application before submitting the Supplementary Program application. • There is a $55 application fee for submitting this application. • This application can only be submitted for the Fall semesters. Please check our web site for

current deadlines.

To complete this application you must submit transcripts from each institution that you have attended (including community colleges). Current/Former SDSU students do not need to send official SDSU transcripts. After you submit the CSU Mentor application you will be able to check the status of your transcripts (with the University) in Web Portal. You should receive an email from the Graduate Admissions office with your campus red ID number and directions on accessing Web Portal a few days after submitting this application. Send transcripts to: Enrollment Services Graduate Admissions Document Processing Unit San Diego State University San Diego, CA 92182-7416 You must also have a cumulative GPA of 2.67 or a last 60/90 unit GPA of 2.75 to be admitted.

There are 2 ways to be admitted to SDSU: 1) Conditionally admitted for pre-requisite course work only.

or

2) Admission (conditional or classified) for the credential program.

Admission for pre-reqs requires only the completed CSU Mentor application (along with official transcripts and GPA). Being admitted for pre-reqs does NOT guarantee admission to the credential program. Admission to the credential program requires a completed CSU Mentor applicationAND a completed Supplementary Program application. All test scores and clearances must be submitted prior to admission.

Degree Transcripts All credential candidates must have completed (or be in the process of completing) a Bachelor’s degree program. If you are completing your BA/BS at a school other than SDSU, then you will be required to provide one additional official transcript after your degree has been awarded at your school. International Degrees: If you earned your BA outside of the U.S. SDSU requires an official transcript and translation (if transcript is provided in a language other than English). In addiiton, the credential program requires an evaluation of our degree from an approved agency. Please have this evaluation sent to: Melanie Falkenberg College of Education San Diego State University 5500 Campanile Drive San Diego CA 92182-1100 Back to "To Do list"...

CSU Mentor information and screen shots Please enter the following responses on the CSU Mentor Graduate Admissions Application:

Major/Program Objective

Credential Only

Major/Program Objective Choose "credential only"

Degree Objective Other (specify) when the prompt box comes up specify "Credential"- you may need to remove a "pop up" blocker to get this box to appear

Education Credential Objective

Applying to a credential program this term

-or-

Planning to apply to credential program at a later time

(if applying for prerequisite courses only)

Credential Objective Name

Teaching Preliminary: Single Subject instruction

-or-

Teaching Preliminary: Multiple Subject instruction

EXAMPLE:

You do not need to write a Statement of Purpose response in the CSU Mentor application, but please tell us which of the following conditions apply to you:

• I am applying to SDSU in order to participate in a credential program. • I am applying to SDSU in order to take prerequisite courses for the credential program.

Pre-requisite classes: The following courses must be completed, within the past seven years, with a grade of “C”, credit or better prior to entering the program. These courses cannot be taken concurrently with the program, but may be in progress at the time of application (or taken in the summer prior to admission into the program). • ED 451, “Introduction to Multicultural Education” (3 units) • TE 280, “Health Education for Teachers” (1 unit) or CFD 278, "Nutrition, Health, and Safety for Young

Children" (2 units) • SPED 450, “Classroom Adaptations for Special Populations” (2 units) or SPED 500, “Human

Exceptionality” (3 units) or CFD 590, “Children with Special Needs” (4 units) • *MATH 210, “Structure and Concepts of Elementary Mathematics” (3 units) Multiple Subject only

The following table shows approved pre-requisites from other schools in the San Diego area.

College/University ED 451 MATH 210 TE 280 SPED 450

CSU San Marcos EDUC 364 MATH 210 EDUC 571 EDUC 501

Chapman College EDUC 470 N/A AT 160 EDUC 471

Cuyamaca & Grossmont Colleges N/A MATH 125 HED 105 or 120

N/A

Imperial Valley College N/A MATH 110 HE 102 N/A

Mira Costa College N/A MATH 105 HEAL 101 N/A

Mt. San Jacinto College N/A MATH 155 HS 121 N/A

National University TED 606 MTH 209A HED X1101X SPD 608

Palomar College N/A MATH 105 HE 100 or CHDV 120

N/A

Point Loma Nazarene University N/A MATH 213 FCS 315 EDU 404

San Diego Christian College N/A MA 303 BIO 300 ED 431

San Diego Community Colleges (City/Mesa/Miramar)

N/A MATH 210A

HEAL 101, 190 or 195

N/A

Southwestern College N/A MATH 110 HLTH 101 N/A

UCSD EDS 117 or SOCI 117

N/A N/A N/A

UCSD Extension EDUC 31217 N/A EDUC 30057 EDUC 30146

USD ED 381C

MATH 200 N/A EDSP 389

Please contact the School of Teacher Education for approved course equivalents at institutions not listed above. For any courses not recognized as equivalents by the School of Teacher Education, a “Request for Adjustment of Credential Requirement” form must be submitted with supporting materials (course syllabus & copy of transcript) for department review.

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Basic Skills Requirement The California Education Code specifies that candidates for a credential must verify basic skills proficiency in one of three ways:

1. Passing the California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST):

• Go to the CBEST website for test dates, online registration, and more

• Plan to take the exam early in the application process.You must pass all three sections (Reading, Mathematics, and Writing)

• Computer versions of the exam will be offered for a one week period each month. Taking the exam this way is more costly ($105 versus $41 for paper exam), but you are able to take the exam more frequently. For more info visit the CBEST web site.

• Upload a copy of the score sheet you receive in the mail to the online Supplementary application. If you receive your scores after you submit your application then you will need to email it to our Admissions Coordinator at coeadmissions@mail.sdsu.edu

2. The CSET: Writing Skills test (available to MULTIPLE SUBJECT applicants only):

• Go to the CSET site for test dates, online registration, and more.

• Plan to take the exam early in the application process. You must pass this writing exam in addition to the 3 Multiple Subject subtests of CSET.

• You will need to upload a copy of the score sheet you receive in the mail to the online departmental application. If you receive your scores after you submit your application then you will need to email it to our office at admste@mail.sdsu.edu

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Subject Matter Competency Multiple subject candidates must pass all 3 Multiple subject subtests (see chart below) Single Subject candidates may meet this requirement by taking CSET as described below or through a waiver program (from your undergraduate major). • Go to www.cset.nesinc.com for test dates, online registration, and more • All subtest indicated below must be passed to be eligible to start a 2 semester program. • Non-passing scores may be considered for eligibility for the Three Semester program • Subject Matter Competency Test scores are considered valid for five years. Teacher

certification must be recommended within that time period in order for the scores to be permanent.

• If you do not obtain a recommendation for your teaching credential within five years, you must retake the appropriate subject matter competency test.

• All CSET subtests must be passed prior to starting student teaching. • Exams may be in progress when applying to the program.Passing scores must be

submitted by the first week in May to be eligible for Fall admission. • SDSU is currently not admitting credential program candidates in Art Education, Physical

Education or Music Education unless they have completed the following: A California approved subject matter waiver Bachelor’s degree program in Art Education, Physical Education or Music Education, and two instructional methods courses in the content area (e.g. Teaching Methods in Music) with attached or included K-12 practica. For more information, contact:

Office of Student Services coeadvis@mail.sdsu.edu (619) 594-6320 EBA - 259

Teaching Area Test Name/Test Code

Art (2 subtests required)

Artistic Perception; Historical and Cultural Context of the Visual Arts; Aesthetic Valuing (140) Creative Expression; Connections, Relationships, and Applications; History and Theories of Learning in Art (141)

English (4 subtests required)

Literature & Textual Analysis; Composition & Rhetoric (105) Language, Linguistics & Literacy (106)

Teaching Area Test Name/Test Code

Composition & Rhetoric; Literature & Textual Analysis (107) Communications: Speech, Media, & Creative Performance (108)

Mathematics (3 subtests required)

Algebra; Number Theory (211) Geometry; Probability & Statistics (212) Calculus; History of Mathematics (213)

Mathematics: Foundational (2 subtests required)

Algebra; Number Theory (211) Geometry; Probability & Statistics (212)

Multiple Subjects (3 subtests required)

Reading, Language & Literature, History, Social Science (101) Science, Mathematics (102) Physical Education, Human Development, Visual & Performing Arts (103)

Science: Biological Sciences (3 subtests required)

General Science (118) General Science (119) Biology/Life Science (120)

Science: Chemistry (3 subtests required)

General Science (118) General Science (119) Chemistry (121)

Science: Foundational Level (2 subtests required)

General Science (118) General Science (119)

Science: Geoscience (2 subtests required)

General Science (118) General Science (119) Earth & Planetary Science (122)

Science: Physics (3 subtests required)

General Science (118) General Science (119) Physics (123)

Social Science (3 subtests required)

World History; World Geography (114) U.S. History; U.S. Geography (115) Civics; Economics; California History (116)

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Subject Matter Competency (Waiver) Single Subject candidates may meet this requirement through a waiver program (from the undergraduate major).

• Only programs that have been evaluated and approved by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC) fulfill this requirement. SDSU cannot provide courtesy evaluations of subject matter coursework for candidates who graduated from other institutions.

• A list of approved teaching majors for Single Subject Credentials may be found in the SDSU General Catalog under "Teacher Education". Coursework for the approved teaching major may differ from similar academic major requirements for the bachelor's degree.

• Please review the requirements in the General Catalog before meeting with the designated advisor. Reviews should be conducted well in advance of the application for program admission in the event that additional coursework is required.

• Faculty advisors are available during the academic year (fall/spring), but generally are not on campus during the summer session. Please refer to the list of advisors below.

• You must obtain an Advisors Recommendation form (waiver) signed by the designated advisor for the academic teaching major on this campus (see chart below), or a letter from the credentials analyst at another California institution that has an approved subject matter waiver program.

• SDSU is only admitting credential program candidates in Art Education, Physical Education or Music Education who have completed the following:

• A California approved subject matter waiver Bachelor’s degree program in Art Education, Physical Education or Music Education, and

• Two instructional methods courses in the content area (e.g. Teaching Methods in Music) with attached or included K-12 practica. For more information, contact the Office of Student Services advisors in EBA 259 or email tocoeadvis@mail.sdsu.edu

These Single Subject advisors (listed below) will evaluate the subject matter proficiency of students who either have graduated from SDSU or who are formally matriculated at San Diego State University (Open University enrollment through the College of Extended Studies does not constitute formal matriculation). SDSU does not provide evaluation services to individuals who graduated from other universities. Please note that many of the Single Subject teaching majors are in transition to meet new standards established by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. The designated advisor will be able to provide details.

SUBJECT ADVISOR OFFICE PHONE E-MAIL

SUBJECT ADVISOR OFFICE PHONE E-MAIL

Art Mark Siprut Art 509 619.594.2850 art.advising@sdsu.edu

English Contact Department of English and Comparative Literature

619.594.5443

Mathematics Janet Bowers GMCS 570 619.594.6361 jbowers@math.sdsu.edu

Music Charles Friedrichs Nan McDonald

619.594.1603 619.594.5840

cjfried@mail.sdsu.edu nmcdonal@mail.sdsu.edu

Biology Kathy Williams PS 151A kwilliams@sunstroke.sdsu.edu

Chemistry Geosciences Physics

Phoebe Roeder AD 103 proeder@mail.sdsu.edu

Social Science Carole Putko AL 580 619.594.5304 cputko@mail.sdsu.edu

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Certificate of Clearance or Emergency Teaching Permit

Candidates must verify their personal and professional fitness for service in public schools through a state and federal review (basically… a background check). This clearance is granted through the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

Candidates must be granted ONE of the following prior to start of the Teacher Credential Program:

To apply for the Certificate of Clearance: 1. Download Certificate of Clearance Instructions 2. Complete the Livescan fingerprinting 3. Apply online for the Certificate of Clearance View step-by-step directions for completing this application. For questions about this process, contact the CCTC directly at credentials@ctc.ca.gov To apply for the Emergency Teaching permit: Contact the San Diego County Office of Education for details on applying for this: 858-292-3581.

Pros and Cons: Certificate of Clearance Emergency Permit

Requires Live Scan fingerprinting and online application to apply

Requires Live Scan fingerprinting and online application to apply

Valid for 5 years Must be renewed each year

Does NOT allow substitute teaching Allows you to substitute teach

Must be valid throughout our program and when you apply for your credential

Must be valid throughout our program and when you apply for your credential

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Completing the online Supplementary application Start adding information to your online Supplementary application. You may start and come back to your application as many times as needed; it does not need to be completed in one sitting. Please be sure to hit the “save” button to save your work prior to leaving a page or the application system.

If you decide to apply to the credential program with a deficient GPA (cumulative GPA less than 2.67 and/or last 60/90 GPA less than 2.75), then you must complete the Special Consideration question in the “Teaching” section of the application. You will need to upload a form describing what factors led to your low GPA and our faculty will consider these items as they review your application for admission. Please note that you will only be able to submit your online Supplementary application ONCE. After submission, if any changes need to be made; please email coeadmissions@mail.sdsu.edu Back to "To Do list"...

Early Field Experience (EFE): All candidates must successfully complete a volunteer or paid observation and participation in a “regular” classroom (not a Special Ed class or after school program) in a public schoolwithin the past seven years. The purpose is to get you into a classroom to see what a “day in the life of a teacher” is really about.

This requirement must be COMPLETE and may NOT be in progress when you submit your supplementary program application.

There are several ways to complete this experience:

1. By Taking a Course: Applicants can take coursework that has a fieldwork component in lieu of turning in an EFE Verification page.

SDSU Students: The following courses may be used to fulfill this requirement: • Multiple subject: ED 200 or LS 300 • Single subject: TE 362 (Social Science) or TE 362 (3 unit section only) • PE and music education majors automatically meet the requirement • Art 386A and B for Art candidates only

School/Institution EFE Course Equivalent

CSU Bakersfield EDTE 300

CSU Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo EDUC 300, LS 230/250; SCM 300 (Science candidates only)

CSU Chico EDTE 255

CSU Dominguez Hills MAT 489

CSU Fresno EHD 50

CSU Fullerton EDEL 315, EDSC 310

CSU Humboldt EED 210/310, SED 210

CSU Long Beach EDSS 300A

CSU San Francisco State EED 603, ENG 417/419 (English candidates only)

CSU San Marcos EDUC 350

CSU Sonoma State EDUC 250, LIBS 312

Cuyamaca College ED 200

Grossmont College ED 200, Math 177 (Math candidates only)

Palomar College ED 200

San Diego Community Colleges (City, Mesa & Miramar)

ED 200 and 203

Southwestern College ED/ENGL 200

UC San Diego (UCSD) EDS 136/139; EDS 128A/139

If you have completed one of the courses above, enter the information in the online Supplementary application and you have satisfied the EFE requirement.

If you have taken a course that you believe fulfills this requirement but is not included in the listing above, you may petition to have it approved. Complete the “Request for Adjustment of Credential Requirements” form and upload this completed form along with the course syllabus to your Supplementary application for faculty review. 2. Through an independent experience: you must complete 45 hours of observation in public California classrooms on your own in the grade level (s) and subject(s) in which you plan to teach. You would need to upload a completed “Early Field Experience” verification page to your online supplementary program application. You can use substitute teaching to meet this requirement--instead of the Verification page you would upload copies of your pay stubs showing 45 hours completed. Early Field Experience verification page

The College of Education Office of Student Services (EBA 259) has a scanner available (free of charge) and can help you with this process.

Note about independent experience: If you have any teaching experience outside the classroom withing the past 7 years such as tutoring, coaching, international teaching experience, private teaching experience... these hours can count for up to 15 of the 45

required hours. Please include a letter or note in your application to document the completion of these hours in addition to the Verification page for the other 30 hours that would be required. Please contact our advisors, at coeadvis@mail.sdsu.edu, if you have specific questions about your past experience.

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Narrative Prompts You will be asked in the Supplemental application to address both of the following prompts in a double-spaced, typewritten, one page response:

1. What skills and life experiences do you have that can contribute to your being an effective teacher with diverse and/or urban populations of students?

2. We have all had challenges in a work or academic setting. Describe one of these situations and how you responded to it.

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Documentation for Student Teaching Assignment: This is a listing of all courses you have taken in college in the subject area that you wish to teach. This will be shared with and reviewed by professionals at the school site where you will be placed for your student teaching. The form to complete can be found in the online Supplementary application, in the “Single Subject Teaching” section.

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Letters of Recommendation Identify at least two people to serve as references. In the recommendation section of your application, you will be prompted to provide the name and e-mail address of the references. The application system will e-mail your references and request that they submit a recommendation on your behalf. You should follow up with each reference, because they have two options for submitting - they may complete the recommendation form you provide, or they may upload a letter they have written. Recommendation from family and friends will not be considered. Recommenders MUST state how they know you in their letter. The two letters should be written from people who know you in different capacities. For example, do not submit two letters from coaches. Recommended references include a professor, an employer, and/or classroom teacher where you have volunteered or worked.

Below are criteria we will consider. Although we do not expect one letter to address them all, we hope that across your letters most of these criteria will be addressed.

The letter should directly comment on the following:

• Your qualifications for a teaching career

• Your experience in multicultural settings

• Your educational experiences

• Your employment experiences

• Your experiences as a volunteer

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Tuberculin Clearance: Verification of a negative TB test (verification of no presence or active case of TB through PPD or Mantoux test), must be valid and on file throughout the credential program.

• TB tests are valid for four years and can be taken at the SDSU Health Services (for

students currently enrolled at SDSU) or through any public health clinic, HMO, or private physician.

• If you receive a positive skin test, then you will need to provide proof that your TB is not active by a doctor’s note or x-ray results.

• You will need to upload proof of negative TB test to your online Supplementary application.

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Completing the online Supplementary Application Go back and add the final information to your application. Please review it and use the “check application” feature to be sure that you have completed all required areas of the application.

If you have not completed the University's CSU Mentor application, you will not be able to submit your Supplementary application. We do link information from your CSU Mentor application to the Supplementary application. If you have completed the CSU Mentor

application, but your information is not linking (this process does take days, not minutes to complete), please try these items:

• Make sure you have completed and saved the information in the CSU mentor link section of your Supplementary application.

• In this section of the Supplementary application please be sure you entered your "SDSU email" as the email address that you used in the CSU Mentor application and allow our systems overnight to try linking.

• If you have tried these first 2 items and are still having trouble, then please email coeadmissions@mail.sdsu.edu

Please note that you will only be able to submit your online supplementary program application ONCE. You are NOT able to make changes to your application once it has been submitted. If you realize that a change needs to be made, please contact our office. You will be able to log into you application after you have submitted it to see where your application is in the application process. Each credential applicant has a dashboard where we can let you know if anything is still needed to complete your application and let you know if the faculty have reviewed it for admission yet.

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Exit Requirements: The following are not admission requirements, but they must be satisfied prior to obtaining a Preliminary California Teaching Credential. Candidates who have not satisfied these requirements must take the appropriate coursework or examination while completing the teacher credential program.

1. Passing the edTPA Teaching Performance Assessment: This is a performance exercise that you will be working on throughout our program. You will be required to receive a passing score on all parts of this assessment to be eligible for a California credential. 2. Passing Score on RICA (Reading Instruction Competence Assessment): This test is taken during the program after your Reading Methods course. MULTIPLE subject candidates only. 3. U.S. Constitution: All credential candidates are required to verify completion of a collegiate-level course or examination covering the principles and provisions of the United States Constitution. If you are a California State University (CSU) graduate, you have automatically met this requirement. Typically this requirement is satisfied by a general education course covering the colonial period of American history (through 1820) or a course covering American government and politics. A grade of credit, “C” or better must be earned. The U.S. Constitution requirement for credentialing purposes may be different from the graduation requirement for the bachelor’s degree. Contact the Office of Student Services (EBA 259, coeadvis@mail.sdsu.edu) with questions about other courses.

The following courses will meet this U.S. Constitution requirement. This is not an exhaustive list.

School Approved U.S. Constitution Courses

SDSU AFRAS 170A, HIST 109, HIST 115, HIST 409, HIST 413, CCS 120A, CCS 141A, POLS 102, POLS 305, POLS 320, WMNST 341A

Grossmont/Cuyamaca HIST 108, HIST 114, HIST 118, HIST 180, POLSCI 121

San Diego Community Colleges (City Mesa, Miramar)

BLAS 140A, CHIC 141A, HIST 109, HIST 115A, POLI 102, POLI 103

Southwester College AFRO 110, HIST 100, HIST 110, HIST 121, MAS 141, PS 102

You may also take the US Constitution exam through the University of Notre Dame: http://www.usconstitutionexam.com/ 4. CPR Training: Before completion of the credential program, all candidates must have proof on file of current training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) that covers infant, child, and adult CPR skills. Training must meet the standards of the American Heart Association (AHA) or the American Red Cross (ARC). Candidates must submit a scan of their CPR card (both sides) issued by the training agency. Please contact the following organizations for information on CPR training: • American Heart Association – (877) 242-4277 or (877) AHA-4CPR www.americanheart.org • American Red Cross – (619) 542-7400 www.sdarc.org • A-B-CPR & First Aid Training – (619) 281-3304 www.abcpr.biz • CPR Today (on-line course) www.cprtoday.com

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