Providing Instruction to English Learners in California:

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Providing Instruction to English Learners in
California

• Who Needs Authorization?
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)As presented
  in the Title I Conference by
• Terri H. Fesperman,
• Assignment Unit California Commission on
  Teacher Credentialing
• Paula Jacobs,
• Language Policy and Leadership
  OfficeCalifornia Department of
  EducationBilingual Coordinators NetworkJune 1,
  2006

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EC Section 44253.1

• . . . For these pupils to have access to quality
  education, their special needs must be met by
  teachers who have essential skills and knowledge
  related to English language development,
  specially designed content instruction delivered
  in English, and content instruction delivered in
  the pupils primary languages. . .

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Appropriate Assignment

• EL authorizations are required when it has been
  determined by the local level that EL services
  are needed and the teacher is providing the EL
  services regardless of
• Students EL designation
• Schools decile rank
• Subject area or type of setting
• Number of students in the class

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Emergency CLAD/BCLAD Teaching Permits

• Emergency CLAD and BCLAD permits are still
  available
• must hold appropriate prerequisite credential
• issued for one year periods
• course work or passage of CTEL exams required for
  renewal
• Authorizes providing the same EL services
• as the CLAD or BCLAD Certificates

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Misassignments

• A certificated employee is placed in a position
  for which the employee lacks the legally
  recognized certificate, credential, or other
  statutory authorization (including EL
  assignments)
• No numerical trigger
• No percentage of students in the class trigger
• Applies to all schools
• Reported by the LEA annually on the SARC for each
  school
• Monitored by county offices and CCTC

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

• Are all teachers required to be certified?
• What is the timeline to complete EL
  authorization?
• I dont have any English Learners in my
  classroom, and my district says that I need an EL
  authorization, is that correct?
• Are any teachers exempt from this requirement?

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Are all teachers K-12 with 1 or more EL students
in their classrooms required to be EL certified?

• Yes. English learners K-12 are required to
  receive services designed to meet their
  linguistic and academic needs based on
  assessments made by the LEA.
• An appropriately authorized teacher for ELD and
  other core content instruction is required. The
  state laws do not specify exemptions for a small
  or particular number of English learners in a
  class.

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Page 8, Williams, August 26, 2005 CCTC/CDE Joint
Correspondence

• There is no numerical trigger and no percentage
  of students needing particular English learner
  services that determines a misassignment. If one
  or more of the students in the class needs
  English learner services or requires instruction
  in a subject area, the teacher providing the
  English learner services must hold an appropriate
  English learner credential or authorization.
• http//www.cde.ca.gov/eo/ce/wc/documents/yr05ltr0
  826.pdf

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Q - What is the timeline for certificated staff
to get the EL Authorization?

• A - The timeline is the date on which they are
  assigned to provide instructional services to an
  EL student or when it is required by the
  employer. 
•  

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I dont have any English Learners in my
classroom, and my district says that I need an
EL authorization, is that correct?

• The employer is responsible for determining how
  English learner services will be provided and for
  appropriate assignment of staff to meet the needs
  of their students.

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District Governance

• In all cases, the district has the obligation to
  assure that teachers providing instructional
  services to English learners are appropriately
  authorized.  With this obligation, several local
  school boards have created policies requiring
  that all teachers attain such authorization.
• Program design, placement of students, and
  teacher hiring and retention practices are local
  decisions. Incentives and sanctions are at the
  discretion of the district.

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Q Are any teachers providing instruction to ELs
exempt from this certification?

• A No. The state laws do not specify exemptions
  for a subject area or particular number of
  English learners in a class. This includes areas
  such as special education and vocational
  education.

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• Foreign language teachers are required to have a
  specific type of credential that authorizes
  instruction in a language other than English. IF
  they only teach foreign language classes/course
  sections that may include English learners, they
  do not need an additional authorization for ELs
• Providing services such as counseling or speech
  therapy does not require an EL authorization as
  the EL authorization is a teaching authorization

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Telephone Contacts

• CCTC Assignment Unit (questions concerning
  appropriate assignment or authorization)
• - Telephone [phone] (voice mail line
  calls returned within 48 hrs after message is
  left)
• Credential Requirements/ Renewal - Information
  Services
• - Telephone - 888-921-2682 (toll free, 1 pm to
  445 pm)

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