CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA
ACADEMIC SENATE
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS COMMITTEE
REPORT TO
THE ACADEMIC SENATE
AP-007-056
Credential Program Proposal – Professional Administrative Services Credential, Tier II
Academic Programs Committee
Date:
Steering Committee
Received and Forwarded
Date: 6/21/06
Academic Senate
Date: 7/19/06
First Reading
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Credential, Tier II
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BACKGROUND:
The Department of Education of the College of Education and Integrative Studies has
submitted a proposal for a new program to prepare candidates for the Administrative
Services Credential, Tier II. The application for the Professional Administrative Services
Credential [Tier II] has been approved by the California Commission on Teacher
Credentialing. The College and the Department of Education request formal approval
from the Academic Senate and the University President to facilitate recruitment for the
2006 Fall Quarter.
RESOURCES CONSULTED:
Anthony Avina, Claudia Pinter-Lucke, Nancy Page Fernandez, Barbara Way
DISCUSSION:
The Academic Programs Committee has reviewed the proposal for a new program to
prepare candidates for the Professional Administrative Services Credential, Tier II. The
proposed program includes courses which can also be applied to the Master of
Education degree, Educational Leadership option offered by the College of Education
and Integrative Studies. The application for the Tier II Professional Administrative
Services Credential [Tier II] has been approved by the California Commission on
Teacher Credentialing. The proposal was to be presented for formal approval by the
Committee on Accreditation in June 2006.
The Professional Administrative Service Credential is the second of two credentials
required by individuals serving as school administrators in California public schools.
Candidates eligible for the Tier II Credential program must have earned the Preliminary
Administrative Services Credential (Tier I) and hold a position as a school administrator
in a public school in California. The Administrative Leadership Program was initiated by
the Department of Education. Cal Poly Pomona’s Tier I Program began with 21
candidates in the fall quarter of 2002 and has grown to seven cohorts with 150 students
during the last two years.
The proposed program is designed to provide school administrators with a program that
will:
 Qualify them for the Professional Administrative Services Credential, Tier II;
 Provide each candidate with practical and theoretical skills and knowledge need
to undertake leadership roles in the California public schools of California;
 Align to the University’s current Joint Educational Doctorate, Ed. D (which may
become an Independent Doctorate) for those candidates seeking this advanced
degree;
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Address the candidate’s need for specific academic and technical knowledge to
would enable them to research, develop, and implement changes for the
improvement of the existing system of public education.
PROPOSED CURRICULUM
Then proposed aggregate of courses includes 30-quarter units on-campus and 6 offcampus quarter units. The total number of units is 36.
Phase I
1st Quarter
EDU 532
Professional Credential Induction Plan
On campus /Off-campus
4 units
Phase II: CORE CURRICULUM
2nd Quarter
EDU534/534A
Leadership, Policy and Schools in a Democratic Society
3/1
EDU 535/535A
Legal Aspects for Safe and Effective Schools
EDU 543
Practicum I Literacy and Instructional Excellence
2
3/1
3rd Quarter
EDU 536/536A The Principal as Instructional Leader
3/1
EDU 537/537A Utilizing Fiscal & Human resources for Safe & Effective Tools 3/1
EDU 544
Practicum II: Leadership in challenging Political and Economic Times
2
4th Quarter
EDU 538/538A
Ethics, Morals and Values for Educational Leadership
3/1
EDU 539/539A
Technology and Info. Systems for Management and Instruction
3/1
EDU 540
Assessment of Professional Competency
2
EDU 545
Practicum III: legal Aspects for Safe and Effective Schools
2
Total Number of On-campus Units: 30
Total Number of Off-campus Units: 6
Total Number of Units: 36
The core curriculum courses, with the exception of practicum courses, will be applicable
to the Masters in Education with an Emphasis on Educational Leadership or the
Doctorate in Education (Ed. D.)
The Professional Administrative Service Credential will help to meet the demand for
school administrators in California in the near future. Estimates indicate that in the next
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decade there will be a severe shortage for qualified professional to assume
administrative positions, and that nearly one-third of the 23,000 school administrators in
California, will leave the profession in the next ten years. Some districts will exceed this
ratio. Tier II Program will also help to prepare qualified school administrators so that
they lead their institutions to meet successfully the demands of the Accountability Act of
1999.
Candidates who earned their preliminary Administrative Services Credential are
requesting that the program be expanded to include the Tier II so that they can
complete the second phase of the credential. School districts administrators are
requesting that the Department offer the Tier II program to facilitate the completion of
the state requirements by their principals. The Academic Programs Committee also
reviewed letters of support for this program from several school districts such as El
Monte City School District and Fontana Unified School District.
RECOMMENDATION:
The Academic Programs Committee recommends that the Credential Program Proposal
- Professional Administrative Services Credential, Tier II- be approved.