CTC Beginning Teacher Content and Performance Expectations Survey

The Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) recently completed a review of all Education Specialist and Other Related Services Credentials. We are beginning Phase II of the work, which includes the revision of all Program Standards for Education Specialist and Other Related Services Credentials.

CTC is seeking input from the educators, parents and other interested parties through an online survey. The results of this survey will be used to inform the workgroup who will be revising the standards of the content and performance expectations (knowledge, skills and abilities) which all beginning Special Education teachers must demonstrate.

For the purpose of this survey, a beginning teacher is a person who is serving as
• teacher of record serving on an Intern Credential or
• a person who has completed their teacher preparation program and holds a Preliminary Credential.

Due to the changing role of teachers both in General Education and Special Education, the Commission welcomes your input. This survey is asking whether or not each statement is "knowledge", a "skill" or an "ability " necessary for a beginning General Education teacher and/or a beginning Special Education teacher. Regardless of your role as a general education teacher, special education teacher, related service personnel, administrator, parent, or other interested party, you are being asked to complete the survey based on your own personal experience.

The survey can be accessed at the website listed below and will be open until February 25, 2008. The survey will take about 20 minutes to complete. Feel free to distribute this announcement or forward the email to other interested colleagues.

The online survey can be accessed at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=QzR_2bjO0g8XV_2b7AOFA4nSmQ_3d_3d

Respond to the survey by February 25, 2008

CTC would like to thank David Raske from California State University, Sacramento and Virginia Reynolds and Dona Meinders from the California Comprehensive Center at WestEd for their assistance on the development of the survey.