Tta Overview December 08

Teacher Development and Support Teacher Development and Support Professional Development and LeadershipProfessional Development and Leadership

The Teacher Training Academy provides pre-service orientation and The Teacher Training Academy provides pre-service orientation and training to all alternatively certified teachers in LAUSD. The training is training to all alternatively certified teachers in LAUSD. The training is

designed to prepare new teachers with the necessary skills to be effective designed to prepare new teachers with the necessary skills to be effective classroom practitioners at the start of their assignments. The Academy classroom practitioners at the start of their assignments. The Academy

provides the following differentiated orientations:provides the following differentiated orientations:

Description and PurposeDescription and Purpose

40 – Hour Pre-Service Orientation

District Intern Pre-Service Orientation

Tailored Special Education Sessions

Teach for America

Foreign Credentialed Teachers

Transition to Teaching

40 – Hour Teacher Training Academy40 – Hour Teacher Training Academy

Orientations for:Orientations for:

Alternatively certified General EducationAlternatively certified General Education

Special EducationSpecial Education

Substitute TeachersSubstitute Teachers

Logistics:Logistics:Offered weekly, 5 consecutive days, Monday- Friday. Classes held at the UTLA Helen Bernstein Professional Development site 3303 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, 90010

Training Content:

Distict policiesClassroom ManagementStandards-based instructionLesson DesignELDSpecial EducationClassroom observation

District Intern Pre-Service OrientationDistrict Intern Pre-Service Orientation

Orientation for:Orientation for:

Highly qualified alternatively certified teachersHighly qualified alternatively certified teachers

Single Subject: Math, English, ScienceEducation Specialist Credential – Mild to Moderate and Moderate to Severe

Logistics:Logistics:

Spring and Summer, 240-Hour/6-week training, 8:00 am to 5 pm (Monday-Friday)

Winter: 160-hour training, weekday evenings (4:00 pm – 8 pm) and Saturdays (8:00 am – 5 pm)

District Intern Pre-Service OrientationDistrict Intern Pre-Service Orientation

Training Content: Training Content:

District policiesGoals and initiativesClassroom managementLiteracySBI

Lesson designELDDifferentiationSpecial EducationCRREEquitiy and Compliance

Supervised Fieldwork:Supervised Fieldwork:

District Intern participants observe experienced District Intern participants observe experienced veteran teachers at designated school sites and veteran teachers at designated school sites and practice teach for ten days during the orientation practice teach for ten days during the orientation with the guidance of an on site coach. with the guidance of an on site coach.

Follow-up Support:Follow-up Support:

Occasional school-site visits by TTA staff to provide a Occasional school-site visits by TTA staff to provide a continuum of support for new Interns.continuum of support for new Interns.

A free, online course management system that A free, online course management system that facilitates academic activities and collaborative learning facilitates academic activities and collaborative learning

with effective assessment and response features to with effective assessment and response features to optimize participant success.optimize participant success.

A dedicated A dedicated server server

provides 24 provides 24 hour access hour access

to online to online coursework.coursework.

Weekly activities Weekly activities and assessments and assessments designed by TTA designed by TTA

instructors.instructors.

Online activity Online activity tools provide tools provide

instructors with instructors with effective review effective review of coursework of coursework

activities.activities.

Tailored Special EducationTailored Special Education

Orientation for:Orientation for:

Credentialed general education teachers Credentialed general education teachers currently teaching special education who currently teaching special education who may or may not be pursuing an Education may or may not be pursuing an Education

Specialist credential.Specialist credential.

Logistics:Logistics:

30-hour training (3 days) held 2 times 30-hour training (3 days) held 2 times per year or more depending on need.per year or more depending on need.

Training Content:Training Content:

Modified Consent Decree (Strategic Plans and Outcomes)Modified Consent Decree (Strategic Plans and Outcomes)Individualized Education Individualized Education Plan Second StepPlan Second StepEquity and ComplianceEquity and CompliancePsychological ServicesPsychological ServicesCareer Transition ServicesCareer Transition ServicesLanguage and Speech ServicesLanguage and Speech Services

Foreign Credentialed Teachers

Orientation for:

Credentialed foreign teachers in shortage areas of Math, Science, and

Special Education

Logistics:Logistics:

24-hour training (3 days) held 2 times 24-hour training (3 days) held 2 times per year or more depending on need.per year or more depending on need.

Training Content:Training Content:

Culture and DiversityCulture and DiversitySpecial EducationSpecial EducationELDELDEquity and ComplianceEquity and ComplianceDistrict PoliciesDistrict Policies

Transition to TeachTransition to Teach

Orientation for:Orientation for:

New teachers in a collaborative credentialing New teachers in a collaborative credentialing program with LAUSD and Cal State program with LAUSD and Cal State

Dominguez Hills. Credentials offered in Math, Dominguez Hills. Credentials offered in Math, Science, and Special EducationScience, and Special Education

Logistics:Logistics:

24-hour training, (3 days) held 2 times per year, 8:00 am – 5 pm (Spring and Summer).

Training Content:Training Content:

Culture and DiversityCulture and DiversitySpecial EducationSpecial EducationELDELDEquity and ComplianceEquity and ComplianceDistrict PoliciesDistrict Policies

Teach for AmericaTeach for America

Orientation for:

Highly qualified teachers in the shortage areas of Highly qualified teachers in the shortage areas of Math, Science, Special Education.Math, Science, Special Education.

Logistics

16-hour training (2 days) held 1 time per year 16-hour training (2 days) held 1 time per year during the month of June, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm.during the month of June, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm.

Training Content:

Culture and DiversityCulture and DiversitySpecial EducationSpecial EducationELDELDEquity and ComplianceEquity and Compliance