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1.1 Candidates must receive a “B” or better in EDSS 300 to be admitted to the program.

1.2 All candidates must complete the Basic Skills Requirement. This is completed through a bachelors degree or higher from an accredited US institution or equivalent.

1.3 Candidates must submit a completed application via MyCED to be admitted to the Single Subject Credential Program in EDSS 300. This includes all required documents and signatures.

1.4 Candidates must have a valid Certificate of Clearance, 30-Day Substitute Permit, Activity Supervisor Permit or Child Development Permit issued by the CTC to be admitted to the program. These must remain valid through the completion of student teaching.

1.5 Candidates must submit the name and email address in MyCED for a recommender that can speak to the candidate’s ability to work with children, teaching potential, and overall professionalism. 

1.6 Program Application Deadline – Applications are due in MyCED by May 1 for Fall admission and December 1 for Spring admission.

1.7 Applicants must successfully complete 35 hours of clinical practice in their subject area during the semester they are enrolled in EDSS 300 to be admitted to the program. The clinical practice must be done in a school district in which the College of Education has a current affiliation agreement for early clinical practice.

1.8  Candidates that do not submit a complete program application by the deadline will not be permitted to remain in any core courses and  must drop all core courses prior to the semester beginning.

1.9 Program admission status expires 7 years from the semester that the first course was completed in the program. Candidates whose admission status has expired must reapply to the program under the current requirements.

1.10 All applicants who do not hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree from a U.S. regionally accredited institution must meet the University English Language Requirement. This requirement cannot be waived. The University English Language Requirement can be found on the Center for International Education website.

2.1 Candidates must be admitted to the Single Subject Credential Program to take program core courses (EDSE 435, EDSE 436, EDSE 457/458/459, and EDSS 450). Candidates must submit a complete program application on MyCED by the deadline and be admitted to the program to remain in the core courses. Candidates that do not submit a complete application by the deadline or those that are denied admission are not eligible to take core courses.

2.2 Program co-requisites (EDSP 355B, EDP 301 or 302 or 305, H SC 411B and Level I Technology) can be completed at any point in the program (prior to program admission or after program admission) and must be complete prior to student teaching.

2.3 All program courses (pre-requisite, co-requisites and core courses) must be completed to advance to student teaching.

2.4 All coursework for the credential program, including student teaching, must be completed within 7 years of the date the credential program was initiated, i.e. the semester when the first course appearing on the candidate’s program was completed.

2.5 Work with Long Beach BLAST may not be used to fulfill early clinical practice requirements in any EDSS courses.

3.1 All SSCP courses (co-requisite courses, core courses & student teaching seminar) must be taken for a letter grade (A-F grading). CR/NC is only allowed for student teaching (EDSS 472/572A,B) and ETEC 411.

3.2 Students must earn a grade of B or better in EDSS 300 to be admitted to the SSCP and a B or better in EDSS 450 to advance to student teaching. 

3.3 A student who receives a D, F or WU in any EDSE course, EDSS 450 or EDSS 473 will be placed on administrative academic warning and will have one year to retake the course to achieve an appropriate grade. If students fail to achieve an appropriate grade within one academic year of being put on academic warning, they will be disqualified from the Single Subject Credential Program.

3.3.1 Students who are disqualified from the University are also disqualified from the Single Subject Credential Program.   

3.4 Students must maintain a B average (3.0 GPA) in all program courses (pre-requisite, co-requisites and core courses) with no grade lower than a C. A student receiving a grade lower than a C may repeat the course, but only one course can be repeated one time. When repeating a course, students must retake the course they received a C in to raise their GPA to the required 3.0.

3.5 Students must maintain a B average (3.0 GPA) in all program core courses (EDSS 435, 436, 457/458/459, EDSS 450) with no grade lower than a C in order to advance to student teaching. A student receiving a grade of C or lower may repeat the course, but only one course can be repeated one time. When repeating a course, students must retake the course they received a C in to raise their GPA to the required 3.0.

3.6 Student teaching is graded on a credit/no credit basis and each section of student teaching may be repeated only once.

4.1 Program applicants must submit unofficial transcripts from each institution of higher education, including undergraduate and graduate study, as part of the program application. A printout from Myɫ��ɫ is only acceptable for ɫ��ɫ coursework. Candidates that transferred courses to ɫ��ɫ must also submit transcripts from transfer institutions in addition to the ɫ��ɫ transcripts.

4.2 The current grade point average standard for admission to the program is 2.67 overall or 2.75 in the last 60 semester units/ 90 quarter units.

4.3 Applicants to the program with a grade point average below the program standard may petition for exceptional admission. 

4.4 The grade point average standard for admission to the university as a graduate student is 2.50 cumulative GPA in the last degree earned; however, if the candidates degree is in progress at the time of application, the candidate must have a 2.7 overall GPA.

4.5 Applicants to the university with a grade point average below the standard may petition the university for exceptional admission. Guidelines are available at Enrollment Services.

4.6 Candidates proving subject matter competency through completion of an approved Subject Matter Preparation Program (SMPP) of coursework may earn no grade lower than C in approved program courses.

4.7 Candidates who have a bachelor’s degree and need to take courses to raise their GPA must take courses that are 300 level and higher. Community College or 200 level and lower courses taken after earning a bachelor degree do not contribute toward the GPA.

4.8 Candidates must maintain a 3.0 GPA in all program courses (pre-requisite, co-requisites, core courses, student teaching seminar) with a B or better in EDSS 300 and EDSS 450 and no grade lower than a C.

4.9 Candidates must maintain a 3.0 GPA in program core course courses (EDSE 435, 436, 457/458/459, and EDSS 450) with a B or better in EDSS 450.

5.1 All clinical practice for SSCP courses must be completed in a district in which ɫ��ɫ has an approved Affiliation Agreement on file. Some districts are only approved for Clinical Practice III: “Student Teaching,” so candidates may not complete Clinical Practice I and II requirements in those districts. The districts listed on the link below via column Appendix A have approved Affiliation Agreements on file with the university for Clinical Practice I and II.  

View Approved Clinical Practice/Fieldwork Sites

5.2 Candidates must have a valid TB Test and a current Certificate of Clearance, 30-Day Sub Permit, Child Development Permit or Activity Supervisor Permit issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) prior to beginning any clinical practice. 

5.3 With the instructor’s permission, candidates may complete a maximum of 30% of their clinical practice for any given course in an accredited  private school or using a paid position in a public school. The private school curriculum must align with California’s adopted content standards and frameworks and the school must reflect the diversity of California’s student population. If using a public-school position, the position must allow students to successfully complete the requirements of the clinical practice modules for each EDSE or EDSS course. 

5.4 Candidates who are serving as a substitute teacher, intern, or an aide may use their approved access at school sites to meet their required clinical practice hours adhering to the following guidelines: 

• Candidates must observe classes in their discipline (e.g., subject-matter area) unless otherwise specified.
• Each semester and per course, candidates may observe their own students for a total of 1/3 of clinical practice hours (e.g., 5 hours of a 15-hour requirement, 8 hours of a 25-hour requirement, and 10 hours for a 35-hour requirement) only if they are subbing/working in their subject-matter area.
• Candidates may use their non-teaching time (e.g., conference period observing teachers within your subject-matter) during subbing/work hours to complete remaining clinical practice hours (in their subject-matter area).
• Clinical Practice hours may not be double counted across courses.

5.5 With the permission of the professor and in alignment with the course module expectations, up to five hours of clinical practice may include approved symposiums at ɫ��ɫ or with district partners and attendance in approved professional learning opportunities.

5.6 Work with Long Beach BLAST may not be used to fulfill early clinical practice requirements in any EDSS courses.

5.7 ɫ��ɫ has a service area of 20 miles from the ɫ��ɫ campus for student teaching placements. Should you choose to conduct clinical practice at an approved district outside the ɫ��ɫ service area, please note that student teaching placements will be made within the 20 mile service area of ɫ��ɫ. 

6.1 Course equivalencies that are for courses that are over seven years old must have an anticipated student teaching semester indicated and include a statement of what has been done in the content area of the class to keep current on the course topics since the course was taken.

6.2 Level I Technology course equivalencies may only be made for courses that are directly related to educational technology and cover using technology in the classroom.

6.3 Courses with pre-approved course equivalencies must have been taken within the last 7 years.

6.4 Course equivalencies for EDSE courses must include the course syllabi to be considered.

6.5 Course equivalencies for EDSS 300, EDSS 450, EDSS 473 and student teaching will not be accepted. EDSS 300, EDSS 450, EDSS 473 and student teaching must be taken at ɫ��ɫ to be recommended for a credential by ɫ��ɫ.

6.6 Candidates transferring from another institution and wishing to submit more than 9 units of course equivalencies from the same institution must obtain a letter of good standing from the program that they are transferring from and petition to submit more than 9 units of course equivalencies.

6.7 A maximum of 9 units of course equivalencies from outside institutions may be used for the program. If a candidate has more than 9 units approved, they must choose which 9 units to use and complete all other coursework at ɫ��ɫ or petition to submit more than 9 units.

6.8 Courses that are between 7-10 years old can be reviewed for currency by submitting a Request to Waive the 7 Year Limit on Credential Coursework. Candidates must provide a detailed statement explaining what they have been doing in the current topics of the course to remain current since they took it. 

6.9 Courses older than 10 years will not be approved and the course must be retaken prior to student teaching.  

6.10 Candidates that have 3 or more courses that are beyond 7 years old, must submit a petition to the SSCP Petition Committee with a detailed explanation of what they have been doing to remain current in the topics of the courses.  

No fewer than 24 semester units shall be completed in residency (as a matriculated student) at the university. Open University courses do not count toward the residency requirement.

8.1 Subject Matter Exams (CSET) must be passed in time to submit the official scores by either March 15th for Fall student teaching or October 1^st for Spring student teaching.

Candidates may petition to have a maximum of 12 units of credential courses taken as an undergraduate transferred to post-bacc units. Candidates must fill out a “” This must be complete by week 6 of the graduating semester. These units may not be counted toward the undergraduate degree or be any part of the required 120 units for graduation.

10.1 Student teaching applications are due March 15^th for fall student teaching or October 1^st for spring student teaching. Student teaching applications will not be accepted after the deadline.

10.2 Students must have completed all program courses (pre-requisite, co-requisites and core courses) prior to beginning student teaching.

10.3 Subject Matter Competence

10.3.1 Candidates taking the CSET exam for subject matter competence must have official passing score to submit at the time of student teaching application. CSET scores are valid for 10 years and must remain valid through the completion of student teaching.

10.3.2 Candidates that are using coursework (subject matter preparation program or domain coursework) for subject matter competence must have all their subject matter coursework completed and be deemed subject matter competent by the appropriate subject area advisor prior to beginning student teaching. Coursework may be in-progress at the time of the student teaching application but must be complete successfully before you are permitted to student teach.

10.4 Candidates are required to ensure that the midterm and final student teaching evaluation from both the University Mentor and their Cooperating Teacher(s) are submitted on S4 @ the Beach. Candidates will not be recommended for a credential until all the student teaching evaluations are submitted.

10.5 Student teachers are not permitted to take any additional course outside the 15 units of student teaching and the 3-unit seminar during their student teaching semester.

10.6 Student Teaching Placement (20 weeks following the district calendar)

10.6.1 Traditional student teaching placements are made by the subject area coordinator in a school district in which ɫ��ɫ has an agreement and within the ɫ��ɫ service area. Candidates are not permitted to make their own student teaching placements.

10.6.2 Student teaching placements will be for a minimum of five periods per day, Monday – Friday. Three class periods will be for teaching, one for preparation and one for observations. 

10.6.3 Student teachers, including interns, district permit, private school and long term sub student teachers, must have a minimum of three courses in their content area within their teaching assignment. Interns may not teach outside their content area.

10.6.5 Students will be guaranteed supervision in a student teaching placement within 20 miles from ɫ��ɫ providing that ɫ��ɫ has a valid Affiliation Agreement on file and the candidate is accepted by said district.

10.6.6 Student teachers may not be placed in a district or school where a relative is employed (teacher, administrator, staff, etc.). Students must disclose all relatives working in a district or school on the student teaching application. 

10.6.7 Students may be removed from a student teaching placement at any time at the discretion of their host site and/or the Single Subject Credential Program. If removal occurs due to "demonstrated behavior so contrary to the profession for which the student is preparing as to render her/him unfit for the profession," the student may be immediately administratively disqualified from the Single Subject Credential Program (Academic Senate Policy 09-06).

10.7 If they wish to, student teachers may substitute teach for pay at their school site, but only in the classrooms of their cooperating teachers. The candidate must have the approval of both cooperating teachers as well as the university mentor before they can substitute teach. Candidates may substitute teach for a maximum of 10 days during the semester.

Student teachers (ST) may only withdraw from student teaching one time which means a student teacher candidate is only permitted to apply and be placed twice. Students who choose to withdraw or are removed will be placed on a Student Success Action Plan and must complete this improvement plan to demonstrate resolution of the situation so that it does not interfere with a second student teaching placement. Student teachers who are removed from student teaching for any reason after the first placement will be placed on Administrative Academic Warning. If a student teacher is removed after the second placement, then the candidate will be disqualified from the program.

* University Interns Enrolled in EDSS 572A & EDSS 572B - a University Intern may not withdraw from student teaching or apply for a leave of absence while employed at a school district as an intern. Approved University Interns must complete their credential within two years and remain enrolled at the University to be in good standing at their own expense until the credential is completed. 

**A candidate using a paid position for student teaching via a long-term substitute or district permit (e.g., PIP or STSP) is not considered a "University Intern" and will be enrolled in EDSS 472A & EDSS 472B.

** It is the student’s responsibility to officially withdraw from all classes with the University.  This is a separate process available online through the Myɫ��ɫ Student Center. Refusal to withdraw as directed by the program within 7 days will result in an automatic unauthorized withdraw (WU) in EDSS 472A, EDSS 472B, and EDSS 473.

Students who are reapplying to student teach after withdrawing must submit their student teaching application to the CED Student Success & Advising Center, EED-18, via DocuSign no later than October 1^st for Spring student teaching and March 15^th for Summer/Fall student teaching. If a petition is required, the petition must be submitted and approved well in advance of the application deadline.

A private school setting may be used for employed student teaching if approved by the Single Subject Credential Program Petition Committee. Candidates must have sufficient public school experience from Clinical Practice I (EDSS 300) and Clinical Practice II (EDSE 435, EDSE 436, EDSE 457/458/459 & EDSS 450) for approval. 

14.1 Candidates that have been offered a paid position such as a long-term substitute position or district permit position (PIP or STSP) in their subject area may petition the SSCP Petition Committee to use the paid position to satisfy their student teaching. Candidates must be eligible to student teach and have applied to student teach for the semester that they have the paid position. Candidates may not retroactively use a paid position for student teaching.

14.2 With their petition to use a paid position for student teaching, candidates must include a letter from the school principal indicating that the position will last for the entirety of the semester and that a mentor teacher is available that holds the same credential the candidate is pursuing. Candidates must also include a letter from the mentor teacher agreeing to serve as the site support person/mentor teacher.

14.3 To be eligible to use a paid position for student teaching, candidates must be in good standing with the program.

14.4 If they wish to, traditional student teachers may substitute teach for pay at their school site, but only in the classrooms of their cooperating teachers. The candidate must have the approval of both cooperating teachers as well as the university supervisor before they can substitute teach. Candidates may substitute teach for their mentor teacher for a maximum of ten days during the semester.

The ɫ��ɫ semester usually ends 3 – 4 weeks prior to the end of the 20-week student teaching semester. As a result, it may be necessary to assign a candidate a grade of Incomplete (INC) for one or more sections of student teaching (EDSS 472/572 A & B).

Some possible reasons for the assignment of an INC grade include but are not limited to:

o   Student needs more time to develop planning strategies

o   Student needs more time to work on time management

o   Student needs more time to develop appropriate dispositions as an educator

o   It is un-determined if a student will successfully complete all sections of student teaching at the time grades are due however with a few more weeks of development there is a strong possibility of the student receiving CR.

In rare instances in which and incomplete is assigned, the decision to do so for one or more sections of student teaching belongs to the University Mentor, Subject Area Coordinator, and Single Subject Credential Program Director. The candidate’s progress at mid-term, the school site mentor teachers’ feedback and the student needing the extra few weeks to meet all competencies are all considered when making this decision.

A grade of incomplete will only be given when the University Mentor has determined that there is a strong possibility that the student will continue to grow and develop through the remainder of the 20-week student teaching assignment. Students who are removed from student teaching for not meeting expectations will receive an NC for all or parts of the student teaching experience. 

Students who receive an incomplete will work with the University Mentor and Subject Area Coordinator to determine what work/skills still need to be completed. The work remaining will be documented on an Incomplete Contract and SSCP Action Plan for Student Success so the student has a clear understanding of what needs to be done and a timeline for completing the specified work. An Action Plan for Student Success may or may not be part of this process, depending on the student’s situation.

The deadline for submitting the final student teaching evaluation on S4 @ The Beach will be extended to the completion of the Incomplete. The final student teaching evaluations will be submitted by the University Mentor with the change of grade form.

16.1 To be approved for an internship, candidates must fill out an internship application form including an intern application letter, Intern Candidate Agreement, Principal Agreement and Mentor Teacher Agreement. Candidates must have approval from both their Subject Area Coordinator and the University Director for an internship.

16.2 Intern Leave of Absence

A student on an internship credential must remain in good standing with the University and the SSCP. A student on an internship must enroll in an intern support course each semester they are not student teaching and remain in good standing. All program coursework, including student teaching and student teaching seminar must be completed within the 2-year time frame of the intern credential.  

16.3 Internship Course Grades

Candidates who are approved for an internship must pass all program courses with a C or better (EDSS 300 and EDSS 450 with a B or better) to remain on an internship. A candidate who receives a D or an F in a program course will have their internship canceled and be placed on administrative academic warning in the program.

16.4 Internship Offer Deadline - Candidates must submit an official offer of internship employment no later than August 1st for fall student teaching and no later than January 3rd for spring student teaching.

17.1     In order to teach EDSS or EDSE courses, instructors must:

• possess earned doctorates, masters, or exceptional expertise in K-12 education that qualifies them for their assignments
• model best professional practices in teaching and learning, scholarship, and service

Preferred qualifications include:

• contemporary professional experiences in school settings at the secondary level and subject area that they teach
• meaningful engagement in scholarship related to their assignment
• a license in the field (eg. teaching credential or administrative credential) and at the level that they teach

17.2 University Mentor Qualifications

The following minimum requirements are set for selecting and assigning University Mentors:

• Minimum 3 years K-12 teaching experience (public or private) or equivalent. Equivalency will be determined by consultation among the Single Subject Credential Program Director, Subject Area Coordinator, and Subject Area Department Chair.
• Hold or previously held Clear Single Subject Credential in the subject area supervised or equivalent. Equivalency will be determined by consultation among the Single Subject Credential Program Director, Subject Area Coordinator, and Subject Area Department Chair.
• Contemporary professional experiences in school settings at the levels they supervise.
   

17.3     Cooperating/Mentor Teachers Qualifications

The following minimum requirements are set for selecting and assigning mentor teachers:

• Hold a valid Clear Single Subject Credential in the subject area(s) to be taught by student teacher
• Tenured in their district or have a minimum of 3 years successful teaching experience
• Demonstrate commitment and ability to mentor student teachers

18.1 The California State University, Long Beach, College of Education will enforce a 24-unit residency requirement for the Single Subject Credential Program. Students who transfer credential program courses to ɫ��ɫ from another CCTC-approved college or university will be permitted equivalency or substitution for courses completed at another campus, following regular university/college guidelines up to 9 units. See the Course Equivalency website for more information on how to file a Request for Course Equivalency. At least 24 semester units must be completed at ɫ��ɫ, which must include student teaching, student teaching seminar and two additional courses from the Single Subject Program requirements approved by the SSCP Director and the Subject Area Coordinator. Exceptions to the residency requirement must be reviewed on an individual basis through the existing petition process. Units earned in Extended Education (Open University) cannot count toward fulfillment of the residence requirement.

18.2 Transfer candidates must have matriculated post-baccalaureate status in order to take courses in the SSCP.

18.4 Candidates transferring from another institution that are planning to submit 3 or more course equivalencies must submit a letter of good standing from the institution from which they are transferring from.

19.1 Students who would like to add on a Single Subject Credential to their current valid Multiple Subject Credential must submit via DocuSign a copy of their credential, copy of subject matter competency (passing CSET scores or waiver letter) and the Request to Enroll in a Methods Course form signed by the Subject Area Coordinator for the Single Subject Area you would like to add on. Once approved, these students will then be emailed with information to show up to the first day of class and ask to be added if there is room.

19.1 Supervisors turn in grades electronically on Myɫ��ɫ on the University semester timeline.

19.2 Passing students are indicated by “CR” – credit.

19.3 Failing students are indicated by “NC” – no credit.

19.4 Students for whom the grade is yet undecided:

    Option A:

a. Grade is indicated by an “I” – incomplete (this is rare and will only be issued if there is a chance that the student will improve by the end of the 20 week student teaching semester).

b. University Mentor completes the Incomplete Agreement through the Faculty Center Grade Roster for the appropriate section(s) of EDSS 472/572 A and B.

c. University Mentor completes the Change of Grade form through the Faculty Center Grade Roster at the end of the 20 week student teaching semester.   

  Option B:

a. Grade is indicated by “NC” – no credit.

b. Student repeats appropriate section(s) of EDSS 472/572 A and B during a future semester.

As of Fall 2019, TaskStream is no longer used by the Single Subject Credential Program. Please refer to S4@ The Beach and MyCED to meet requirements. 

21.1 Grade appeals for EDSS courses are submitted according to University guidelines.

21.2 Oral Arguments for EDSS course grade appeals are not allowed by the Single Subject Credential Program Grade Appeal Committee.

Candidates for the Single Subject Credential are subject to existing and future State requirements as may be imposed by law or California Commission on Teacher Credentialing regulations, regardless of what is posted on the website, in the SSCP Student Teaching Handbook or in the ɫ��ɫ Catalog.

ɫ��ɫ does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, disability/handicap in educational programs conducted by the University. Student requests for modifications to ensure equal access and benefits, including academic adjustments, auxiliary aids, and accessible programs and facilities should be made to the Bob Murphy Access Center (BMAC), Student Services Center Room 110 (562) 985-5401.

Candidates may petition any program policy that is listed above by filing a written appeal to the Single Subject Program Petition Committee. The candidate must submit a petition form via DocuSign available on the SSCP Petition website prior to the posted deadline. The petition must include a typed statement explaining the extenuating circumstances of the appeal and asking that an exception be made to program policy and any supporting documents (test scores, transcripts, etc.). As a first step, candidates must meet with the Subject Area Coordinator prior to submitting the petition via DocuSign. The Petition Committee meets on a monthly basis during the fall and spring semesters to review requests submitted. After the review, the Committee renders a final decision that is not subject to debate.