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General Education Clear Teaching Credential Program for Catholic School Teachers
In addition to the online application, statement of purpose, letters of recommendation, official transcripts, resume or CV, and application fee, please submit the following documents:
Document Packet
All applicants for the general education clear credential program must complete and submit a Document Packet as part of their application. Most of the documents required for the packet are requirements established by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) for candidates for the general education clear credential. The rest of the documents are required by SCU. Your Document Packet must include the following:
A. Documentation of your California preliminary multiple or single subject teaching Credential
The necessary documentation is available on the CTC website using the “Look up a teacher” function on the home page (http://www.ctc.ga.gov). Click the yellow button, and then enter your social security number and date of birth in the specified locations. This will take you to a page titled “Summary of Application Status and Credentials Held.” Scroll down this page to the box labeled “Credentials Held,” and click on the live link for your preliminary credential. This will take you to the “Details of Selected Credential” page. Please print and submit this page. Do not submit the “printer friendly” version that looks like a fancy certificate.
• A preliminary multiple or single subject teaching credential is valid for five years from the date of issuance and cannot be renewed. However, if you hold a
preliminary credential that (a) has already expired or (b) will expire in the near future, you may be eligible for a CTC extension that will enable you to clear your credential. You must be enrolled in a clear credential program to apply for an extension. Regardless of the status of your preliminary credential, please print and submit the page described above; this will allow us to identify candidates who will need assistance in securing an extension.
A. Evidence of employment in a Catholic school
Santa Clara University’s clear credential program is only available to teachers working in Catholic schools (see form below).
B. Evidence of your school’s certification by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)
Please provide a copy of the accreditation documentation provided to your school by WASC.
C. Evidence of ineligibility for participation in a BTSA (Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment) program
2 permitted to clear their credential through a university-sponsored clear credential
program. Please submit the CL-855 form, which can be downloaded from this link: www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/leaflets/cl855.pdf
D. Description of Route to the Preliminary MS/SS Teaching Credential
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Personal Statement Instructions Form- General Education Clear Program
A personal statement is a required part of the clear credential program application. We give careful consideration to the content of your personal statement and use your statement as evidence of your ability to express your ideas in a clear and engaging manner.
PERSONAL STATEMENT PROMPT
Please compose a statement focused on your recent Catholic school teaching experiences. Please be sure to include:
• relevant background information about the context and the specific work you do
there
• a description of the aspects of the experience you find most engaging and/or
meaningful
• a thoughtful discussion of the impact of your work experiences on your personal
and professional learning goals for the clear teaching credential program
Please consider the following guidelines as you write your personal statement:
Respond to all parts of the prompt.
Limit your statement to two typed, double-spaced pages.
Santa Clara University
General Education Clear Teaching Credential Program
Catholic School Administrator’s Agreement to Support and Supervise a Clear Teaching Credential Candidate
To the Clear Credential Program Applicant:
This form is a required part of your application to SCU’s General Education Clear Teaching Credential Program. Write your name on the line below and arrange for your principal or supervising administrator to complete and sign the form. Please ensure the Admissions Coordinator has received your fully completed form prior to the application deadline for the Clear Credential Program. Thank you!
Teacher/Applicant name: __________________________________________
My signature on the bottom of this form verifies my agreement with all the following statements: £ The teacher named above is applying for admission to the Santa Clara University General Education Clear Teaching Credential Program and I support her/his application. £ The teacher named above holds a valid preliminary teaching credential in the subject area(s) that he/she is currently teaching.
£ The teacher named above is employed in a position in which he or she teaches full time (at least 4 hours per day or at least three periods of a 5 period day for at least ¾ of the total days in a school year) in the subject area(s) authorized by the preliminary teaching credential held.
£ The teacher named above is holds a full time position and is eligible for Santa Clara’s Diocese of San Jose Tuition Scholarship (20% reduction in tuition fees)
If the teacher named above enrolls in Santa Clara University’s general education clear teaching credential program, I agree that
£ I retain all responsibility for providing and documenting the formal supervision of this teacher in accordance with the expectations established by the school and/or Diocese. £ Faculty coaches employed by Santa Clara University are permitted to enter my school to observe this teacher working with students and to provide credential program-related support and assistance supplemental to that provided by employees of the school and/or the Diocese.
Santa Clara University
General Education Clear Teaching Credential Program
Description of Route to the Preliminary MS/SS Teaching Credential Applicant name: ___________________________________________
I completed the coursework required to earn my preliminary teaching credential at
I took the following route to earn my preliminary credential. (Circle one) Completion of a preservice teacher
preparation program including student teaching in a public school setting
Completion of a preservice teacher
preparation program and 3-5 years of full-time teaching in Catholic or private school
Completion of 6 or more years of full-time teaching in Catholic or private school plus several key teacher preparation courses
Completion of some other route (please explain below)
I hold California authorization to teach English Learners. (Circle one) Yes
(Please describe below)
