Teacher credentialing: world languages: subject matter examinations: language proficiency assessments.
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Overview
This bill changes how teachers are credentialed in world languages. Currently, candidates must pass a subject matter examination administered by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. This bill allows candidates to fulfill this requirement by successfully completing a comparable postsecondary language proficiency assessment, such as those offered by the ACTFL, if the commission doesn’t already administer a subject matter exam for that language.
Key provisions
- Allows candidates for world language credentials to fulfill subject matter requirements with a postsecondary language proficiency assessment.
- Specifies that the assessment must be ‘comparable’ to the commission’s existing standards.
- Names the ACTFL as an example of an acceptable assessment provider.
- Applies to preliminary single subject teaching credentials in world language and authorizations for bilingual-cross-cultural competence.
- Reinforces the commission's authority to establish standards for teacher credentialing.
- Includes language studies, literature, mathematics, science, social studies, history, the arts, physical education, and human development as areas covered in a general subject matter examination.
Who is affected
- Teachers seeking world language credentials
- The Commission on Teacher Credentialing
- Students learning world languages
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