Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment Induction State Directors Meeting

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Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment
InductionState Directors Meeting
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Beginning Teacher Support Assessment (BTSA)
Induction State Directors Meeting

• Ron Taylor, Education Administrator I
• Title II Leadership Office
• California Department of Education

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BTSA Induction State Directors Meeting

• Title II Leadership Office hosts the
• following programs
• Highly Qualified Teacher (HQT)
• Compliance, Monitoring Intervention and Sanctions
  (CMIS)
• Equitable Distribution of Teachers
• ESEA 2141(c) Sanctioned Districts
• Categorical Program Monitoring (CPM)
• Improved Teacher Quality (ITQ)

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BTSA Induction State Directors Meeting

• Administrator Training Program
• Verification Process for Special Settings (VPSS)
• Assumption Program of Loans for Education (APLE)
• Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment (BTSA)
  Induction

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BTSA Induction State Directors Meeting

• Personnel within the Title II Office
• Ron Taylor, Education Administrator I
• Lynda Nichols, Education Programs Consultant
• Juan Sanchez, Education Programs Consultant
• Judy Sinclair, Education Programs Consultant
• Kathleen Pettibone, Education Programs Consultant
• Geeta Rezvani, Education Programs Consultant
• Jackie Rose, Associate Governmental Program
  Analyst
• Kelly Heffington, Staff Services Analyst
• Caitlin Kurtti, Office Technician

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BTSA Induction State Directors Meeting

• The California Department of Education (CDE)
  jointly administers the BTSA Induction Program
  with the Commission on Teacher Credentialing
  (CTC)
• California Education Code (EC) 44279.2(a)

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BTSA Induction State Directors Meeting

• The CDE historically has the responsibility to
  issue funds to local BTSA programs based on the
  number of participants

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• In 2008-09 the funding formula for BTSA (the
  Teacher Credentialing Block Grant) was impacted
  by the State fiscal crisis

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BTSA Induction State Directors Meeting

• With the passage of the Statutes of 2009 Third
  Extraordinary Session (Senate Bill 4) SBX3 4, the
  Teacher Credentialing Block Grant was folded into
  the flexibility provision

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• The rate of funding for local BTSA Induction
  programs for fiscal year (FY) 2009-10 through FY
  2012-13 is based on the amount of the
  apportionment per local program for 2008-09,
  subtracting 19.8 percent

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• Lead agents of Consortiums and Single District
  Programs will receive this funding in the
  Flexibility Tier III Grant

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BTSA Induction State Directors Meeting

• This funding is scheduled to be sent out as
  5-5-9
• 5 percent for July
• 5 percent for August
• 9 percent for every month thereafter

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• The flexibility provision funding will be
  accompanied by an itemized list of the programs
  that are covered in this grant

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• The superintendents and local boards of
  education which house BTSA Induction Programs
  determine how much, or if they will continue to
  fund and support the local BTSA Induction Program

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• 2012-13

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• Unfortunately we have no answers at this time to
  the question What happens after 2013?
• Only the legislature at that time or nearing that
  time can answer that question

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• However, it is suggested that local programs
  continue to keep track of the amount of funding
  provided to the program by local boards of
  education, the number of teachers served, etc.
• It stands to reason that this type of information
  may play a role in formulating policy for What
  happens after 2013?

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• Other Areas that Program Directors may be of
  Service to their Local Districts

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• The Equitable Distribution of Teachers is a
  responsibility of the Title II Leadership Office
• Approximately 300 local educational agencies
  (LEAs) have submitted, or are in the process of
  developing, their Equitable Distribution of
  Teachers Plans

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• As part of that plan, any district that hires a
  non-certified teacher on Provisional Intern
  Permit (PIP) or a Short Term Staff Permit (STSP)
  must include a plan to ensure that teacher will
  become fully certified and HQT

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• Many of these LEAs will need local program
  directors assistance in the creation and follow
  through of making PIPs and STSPs fully
  credentialed and HQT

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• Also included in the Equitable Distribution Plans
  is the assurance that all new teachers
  participate in an induction program and have
  support
• You are encouraged to review your LEAs Equitable
  Distribution Plan and if your LEA is currently
  writing an Equitable Distribution Plan, you may
  want to be included as part of the writing team

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• The revised California Standards for the Teaching
  Profession (CSTP) have recently been adopted by
  the Commission and approved by Jack OConnell,
  the State Superintendent of Public Instruction

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• Historically local BTSA Induction Directors have
  trained principals and district personnel on the
  use of the CSTP
• Program directors can once again have a role in
  this effort

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• The CDE continues to
• Value and support the BTSA Induction Program
• Recognize that there has been a change in the
  funding paradigm
• Value teacher recruitment, induction, retention,
  and teacher quality which are of paramount
  importance to the California students, the CDE,
  and to Washington DC

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• Thank you for your service!