Overview
The Professional Administrative Services (Tier II) program provides a field-based preparation for administrators seeking a successor credential for administrators to replace their expiring Tier I Preliminary Administrative Services Credential. It consists of three courses or 13.5 hours: Induction Seminar, Professional Development Seminar, and Assessment Seminar, and may be completed in three months.
Tier II Program Outcomes/Goals
Upon successfully completing this program, candidates for the credential will be able to:
- Identify areas of interest for personal study and professional development
- Identify supplementary areas of study to enhance candidate's learning within administrative domains
- Select mentors and build working relationships with them
- Prepare goals for personal and professional growth
- Create and maintain a vision of learning at the candidate's school or school district
- Develop and sustain a school culture focused on teaching and learning
- Provide organizational management of the many aspects of the candidate's school and/or school district.
- Demonstrate sensitivity to school and family needs in diverse communities
- Provide ethical leadership within the candidate's school and/or school district
- Apply knowledge of the political, social, economic, legal and cultural context of educational leadership in the candidate's school and/or school district
- Present an assessment of the Professional Clear Administrative Credential coursework in relationship to current and future administrative responsibilities
- Discuss and reflect upon the completion of the Induction Plan
- Assess the efficacy of their experiences with mentoring
- Assess their individualized professional growth through participation in the professional clear administrative services credential program
- Develop a plan for future personal and professional growth
Admission Requirements
- Formal application to the University and to the Credentials Department. See "Admission to Credential Programs"
- Appointment with credential advisor within 30 days of admission in order to obtain necessary credential information documents and to avoid matriculation or scheduling errors
- Possession of a bachelor's degree with a GPA of 2.5 or a complete evaluation from a CTC-approved international evaluation agency.
- Possession of a valid preliminary administrative services credential
Scheduling
All courses are scheduled by an advisor.
Completion Requirements
- A minimum of two years of successful, full-time school administrative experience in the public schools, or private schools of equivalent status. Students must work under contract while holding a valid preliminary administrative services credential for the entire two years.
- Completion of a commission-approved program for the professional administrative services credential
- Grades are "S" (Satisfactory) or "U" (Unsatisfactory). All grades must be "S."
- Zero account balance
Requirements
(3 courses, 13.5 quarter units)
Students must complete all coursework with a grade of "S" within the time allowed by CCTC for the granting of the Tier II credential.
EDA 607 Induction Seminar
EDA 608 Professional Development Seminar
EDA 609 Assessment Seminar
Courses must be completed in the above sequence.
Exit Requirements
- Copy of valid Preliminary Level I Administrative Services credential.
- Verification of two years of experience in an educational administrative position.
- Exit interview with credentials advisor to obtain and submit application and current CCTC fee.
- Exit interview with full-time faculty.
- Zero account balance.
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