Employing agencies shall request the Multiple Subject, Single Subject or Education Specialist Short-Term Staff Permit when there is an acute staffing need.
(a) The employing agencies shall demonstrate that applicants for the Short-Term Staff Permit have completed all of the following requirements:
(1) Possession of a baccalaureate or higher degree from a regionally accredited college or university.
(2) Meet the basic skills requirement as described in Education Code Section 44252, unless exempt by statutes or regulations.
(3) Successful completion of the specified number of semester units, or equivalent quarter units, of appropriate non-remedial course work taken at a regionally accredited college or university with a grade of “C” or higher, “Pass”, or “Credit” as found in (A), (B) and (C) below. Non-remedial coursework for the purposes of this section shall be defined as coursework that is applicable toward a bachelor's degree or a higher degree at a regionally accredited college or university.
(A) For the Single Subject Short-Term Staff Permit, at least 18 semester units of course work in the subject to be listed.
(B) For the Multiple Subject Short-Term Staff Permit, at least 10 semester units of course work in each of at least four of the following subject areas or at least 10 semester units of course work in each of three subject areas and an additional 10 semester units of course work in a combination of two of the remaining subject areas. The subject areas are as follows: language studies, history, literature, humanities, mathematics, the arts, science, physical education, social science and human development.
(C) For the Education Specialist Short-Term Staff Permit either (A) or (B) above or verify a minimum of three years of successful full-time classroom experience, or the equivalent in part-time experience, working with special education students or verify a minimum of nine semester units of course work in special education or in a combination of special education and regular education that are appropriate to special education or regular education teaching credential.
(4) Multiple Subject, Single Subject, and Education Specialist Short-Term Staff Permits shall be issued with an English learner authorization unless the employing agency requests and the applicant verifies target language proficiency for a bilingual authorization by one of the following:
(A) Passage in the target language of the listening and speaking sections of Test 6 of the BCLAD Examinations or passage of Test II or III of the CSET: LOTE Examinations depending on the specific language as detailed in Section 80015.3(c)(3), or
(B) Passage in the target language of an assessment covering the integrated communication skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing, administered by a California college or university as a part of its Commission accredited bilingual authorization program, or
(C) Passage in the target language for which the Commission has no BCLAD Test 6 or CSET: LOTE II or III of an assessment covering the integrated communication skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing, performed by an approved organization pursuant to Education Code Section 44253.5(a), or
(D) Possession of a three-year or higher degree from a foreign institution in which all instruction was delivered in the target language. The foreign institution must be equivalent in status to a regionally accredited institution of higher education in the United States.
(5) The employing agency shall verify or submit the following to the Commission:
(A) That it has conducted a local recruitment for the Short-Term Staff Permit being requested.
(B) That it has provided permit holders with orientation to the curriculum and to techniques of instruction and classroom management and assigned a mentor teacher for the term of the Short-Term Staff Permit.
(C) Written justification for the Short-Term Staff Permit signed by the employing agency's Superintendent or designee. In the case of a state certified non-public school, the director of the school must sign the justification.
(b) The Short-Term Staff Permit shall be issued for no more than one-year, provided that it shall expire at the end of the employing agency's school year and shall not be issued more than once to an individual. The end of the school year shall be no later than July 1 unless the Short-Term Staff Permit is being used for a summer school assignment whereby the end of the school year shall be no later than September 1.
(c) Individuals who were issued an emergency permit pursuant to Education Code Section 44300 that was reissued four times do not qualify for the Short-Term Staff permit.
(d) Use of the Short-Term Staff Permit shall be restricted to the employing agency requesting the permit.
(e) The Short-Term Staff Permit shall authorize the following:
(1) A Multiple Subject Short-Term Staff Permit with an English learner authorization authorizes the same service as a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential with an English learner authorization.
(2) A Multiple Subject Short-Term Staff Permit with a bilingual authorization authorizes the same service as a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential with a bilingual authorization.
(3) A Single Subject Short-Term Staff Permit with an English learner authorization authorizes the same service as a Single Subject Teaching Credential with an English learner authorization.
(4) A Single Subject Short-Term Staff Permit with a bilingual authorization authorizes the same service as a Single Subject Teaching Credential with a bilingual authorization.
(5) An Education Specialist Short-Term Staff Permit with an English learner authorization authorizes the same service as an Education Specialist Instruction Credential with an English learner authorization.
(6) An Education Specialist Short-Term Staff Permit with a bilingual authorization authorizes the same service as an Education Specialist Instruction Credential with a bilingual authorization.
(f) Definitions:
(1) The term “employing agencies” as used in this section shall mean:
(A) Public school districts in California.
(B) County offices of education or county superintendents of schools in California.
(C) Schools that operate under the direction of a California state agency.
(D) Nonpublic, nonsectarian schools and agencies as defined in Education Code Sections 56365 and 56366.
(E) Charter Schools as established in Education Code Section 47605.
(2) The term “acute staffing” as used in this section shall mean when an employing agency needs to fill a classroom immediately based on an unforeseen need including but not limited to:
(A) individual needs additional time to complete pre-service requirements for enrollment into a Commission-approved internship program.
(B) enrollment adjustments require the addition of another teacher.
(C) individual is unable to enroll in a Commission-approved internship program due to timelines or lack of space in the program.
(D) unavailability of a third-year extension or withdrawal from an internship program.
(E) teacher of record is unable to finish the school year due to approved leave/illness.
2. Repealer and new section (a)(2), amendment of subsections (b) and (f)(2) and new subsections (f)(2)(A)-(E) filed 6-24-2008; operative 7-24-2008 (Register 2008, No. 26).
3. New subsections (a)(4)-(a)(4)(D), subsection renumbering, amendment of subsection (e)(1), new subsections (e)(2), (e)(4) and (e)(6), subsection renumbering and amendment of newly designated subsections (e)(3) and (e)(5) filed 10-18-2010; operative 11-17-2010 (Register 2010, No. 43).
This database is current through 4/26/24 Register 2024, No. 17.
