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California Strategic Plan and Leadership Team

A Leadership Team with representatives from statewide organizations meets semiannually to address special education teacher shortages throughout the state, and implement the California Strategic Action Plan for the Recruitment, Preparation, and Retention of Special Education Personnel. This plan was originally developed in June 2003, and most recently revised in June 2009 to combine recruitment, preparation, and retention efforts by leveraging existing resources and promoting sustainability. The Strategic Plan describes collaborative statewide strategic activities, partners/participants, California landscape or context, and products that address the critical shortage of special education personnel.

CA Leadership Team Membership List 2013-2014 adobe acrobate icon (115kb) | HTML

Announcements

TEACH California provides a variety of quality recruitment materials and resources to attract new teachers into California, which are free to schools and organizations. View interactive games, planning guides, financial incentives and professional preparation programs online. Service learning and paraprofessional brochures, as well as California recruitment brochures and compact disks are available to view and order online. California math and science teacher recruitment is also highlighted.

Special Education Supports Information System (SESIS)
WestEd and the California Department of Education(CDE) announce an expansion of the California School Climate Survey http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/at/cscs.asp to include a Special Education Supports Information System (SESIS). This system provides local education agencies (LEAs) with data on teaching and learning conditions in California schools related to special education.

California Strategic Plan and Leadership Team

California Strategic Plan

Recruitment - Activities included in the California Strategic Action Plan address recruitment of Special Education Personnel.

  • TEACH California Web site provides a variety of quality recruitment materials and resources to attract new teachers into California, which are free to schools and organizations. View interactive games, planning guides, financial incentives and professional preparation programs online. Service learning and paraprofessional brochures, as well as California recruitment brochures and CDs are available to view and order online. California math and science teacher recruitment is also highlighted.
  • The Leadership Team is actively recruiting Partners for the TEACH California Web site.  This link lists current Partners, and the letter and template explain how your organization can partner with Teach California.
  • Future TEACH California Partner Letter  (2011) adobe acrobate icon (57kb) | HTML
  • TEACH California Partner Program Template (2011) excel doc (12kb)

Preparation - Activities included in the California Strategic Action Plan address the preparation of Special Education Personnel.

Retention - Activities included in the California Strategic Action Plan address the retention of Special Education Personnel.

This system is an expansion of the California School climate Survey (CSCS).  It provides local education agencies (LEAs) with data on teaching and learning conditions in California schoolsrelated to special education.

The California Department of Education (CDE) has created the nation’s most extensive, comprehensive system for providing local education agencies (LEAs) with data on school climate, student engagement, and nonacademic learning barriers and supports. The comprehensive California School Climate, Health, and Learning System (Cal-SCHLS), developed for the California Department of Education is comprised of the:

More information is available at the California School Climate Survey Web site http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/at/cscs.asp.

Special Education Supports Information System (SESIS)
The California Leadership Team has provided direct input into the development of the Special Education Supports Information System (SESIS), an expansion of the California School Climate Survey that addresses teaching and learning conditions related to special education in California schools.

Other Related Documents

Personnel Improvement Center Practice Brief
In this brief you will learn how states and local school districts are using working conditions surveys to both identify and address the issues that lead to personnel attrition in their schools. The California School Climate Survey (CSCS) and Special Education Supports Information System (SESIS) are highlighted.

Activities Reports

 

Strategic Plan Archive

California Strategic Plan and Leadership Team

California Strategic Plan

California Strategic Action Plan Document and Publication (Revised January 2007)

Recruitment - Activities included in the California Strategic Action Plan address recruitment of Special Education Personnel.

  • WWW.TEACHCALIFORNIA.ORG
    TEACH California Web site provides a variety of quality recruitment materials and resources to attract new teachers into California, which are free to schools and organizations. View interactive games, planning guides, financial incentives and professional preparation programs online. Service learning and paraprofessional brochures, as well as California recruitment brochures and CDs are available to view and order online. California math and science teacher recruitment is also highlighted.
  • History of TEACH California Site Development (October 2010) adobe acrobate icon (41kb) | HTML
    This document provides a brief summary of the development and direction of the Teach California personnel recruitment web site.
  • TEACH CALIFORNIA Focus Group Analysis (October 2010) adobe acrobate icon (168kb) | HTML
    This document provides an indepth review of the TEACH California Web site.

Preparation - Activities included in the California Strategic Action Plan address the preparation of Special Education Personnel.

  • Special Education Teacher Preparation Continuum: A Model Including Community Colleges adobe acrobate icon(36kb) | HTML

    This document provides a model for building a continuum for special education teacher preparation programs; beginning in lower division (including community colleges) through preliminary and professional credentials. This model was developed as a product related to the California Strategic Plan Activities Recruitment #4 (reduce emergency permits and increase para-educators who meet NCLB requirements) and Preparation #1 (development of undergraduate special education preparation programs).

Retention - Activities included in the California Strategic Action Plan address the retention of Special Education Personnel.

Cal-SCHLS Update Presentation by Hilva Chan, CDE (November 2010)  MS Power Point (1.1mb)
This PPT provides information on the Cal-SCHLS data system.

In collaboration with CDE, WestED, and the CA Comprehensive Center (CCC) for Teacher Quality, the Leadership Team assisted in the development of the Special Education Support and Information System (SESIS) to assess teaching and learning conditions related to special education in California schools. The survey questions in the Special Education Supports Module (SESM) are based on Dr. Ken Futernick’s (2007) statewide teacher retention study, A Possible Dream: Retaining California Teachers So that ALL Students Learn.

Other Related Documents

  • California Strategic Plan PowerPoint - ISES Meeting (June 2007) adobe acrobate icon (15.8mb) HTML
    At the ISES meeting on June 4, 2007, a Power Point document on the development and implementation of the California Strategic Plan was presented to all stakeholders.
  • www.calstate.edu/teacherquality/retention (April 2007)
    A Possible Dream: Retaining California Teachers So that ALL Students Learn, a CSU Study on California Teacher Retention by Dr. Ken Futernick. The findings from this comprehensive data-driven study emphasize school climate, administrative training, and working conditions as related factors that impact the retention of California’s special education teachers. This study concludes that recruitment efforts without attention to retention efforts will not yield desired results to reduce the critical personnel shortage in California.  A recommendation for legislative action regarding teachers’ working conditions is also included in the findings.
  • IHE Comprehensive Final Report: June 30, 2002 adobe acrobate icon (148kb) | HTML
    This document provides an historical overview and comprehensive summary report of the foundational research and activities that were implemented in 2001–2002, facilitated by the Special Education Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) Task Force, supported by the first State Improvement Grant (SIG), and guided by the recommendations of the Partnership Committee on Special Education (PCSE).   The development process and production of the research-based draft of the California Strategic Plan for the Recruitment, Preparation, and Retention of Special Education Personnel are outlined in this document.

Activities Reports

Contact Information

All questions and communications related to the Strategic Leadership Team should be addressed to CalSTAT Project Coordinator Marin Brown at (707) 849-2265 or marin.brown@calstat.org.

 

 

Last updated: 04/03/2013