A CALIFORNIA PERSPECTIVE Credentialing for world language teachers anks to Sally Mearns, lene Chan yllis Jacobson, California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
Dec 29, 2015
A CALIFORNIA PERSPECTIVE
Credentialing for world language teachers
Thanks to Sally Mearns, Helene Chan Phyllis Jacobson, California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
Essential Questions
What should a World Language Teacher know?
What should a World Langauge Teacher be able to do
What should a World Language Teacher know?
CONTENT KNOWLEDGE:
General Linguistic Linguistic of the Target Language Literary and Cultural Texts and Traditions Cultural Analysis and Comparison Language Skills: Listening, Speaking, Reading,
Writing
Content Knowledge for All World Language Teachers
TWO NCLB-Compliant Routes to show SUBJECT MATTER COMPETENCE in California:
1. College or University Coursework2. Examination
Assessing the Content Knowledge of World Language Teachers
Complete college/university coursework that covers all of the domains
Assessing the Content Knowledge of World CSET
CSET= California’s standardized Exams for World Languages Language Teachers
Pass a subject-matter examination that covers all of the domains
CSET
Based on the five content domains Combination of multiple choice items
and constructed response items (including listening, speaking, reading, and writing)
Passing Score Standard based on ACTFL Proficiency levels (Advanced-Low for Western languages and Intermediate-High for non-Western languages)
Available now for twenty languages
Three Major Subtests: General Linguistics and Linguistics of
the Target Language Literary and Cultural Texts and
Traditions, Cultural Analysis and Comparisons
Language and Communication (Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing)
TPEs: Teaching Performance Expectations
Making subject matter comprehensible to students
Assessing student learning Engaging and supporting students in
learning Planning instruction and designing
learning experiences for students Creating and maintaining effective
environments for student learning Developing as a professional educator
TPA: Assessing the Classroom Performance of World Language Teacher Candidates
California requires ALL beginning elementary and secondary teachers to demonstrate by actual classroom performance with K-12 students that they have mastered the integrated set of knowledge, skills, and abilities required by the Teaching Performance Expectations
PACT: Performance Assessment for California Teachers
Overview Developed by Stanford in Consortia with
Representatives from Several UC and CSU Teacher Preparation Programs.
Key Features Authentic performance assessment of
candidates’ developing instructional practices Focuses on Candidates’ Planning, Teaching,
Assessing and Reflecting on the Teaching Event It is a state requirement for licensure
INDUCTION
Induction” refers to the support and assessment provided to teachers in their first two years of practice with a Preliminary Credential in California.
BTSA (Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment) provides job-embedded formative assessment system of support and professional growth.