The Education Specialist Program for Non-Credentialed Teachers will not be offered for the 2011-2012 school year.

Beginning July 2011, the District Intern Program is offering the Education Specialist Program leading to the Preliminary California Credential. The programs offered lead to either the mild/moderate preliminary credential or moderate/severe preliminary credential.

Teachers with a General Education credential, who wish to become Special Education teachers through the CENTSE program, may teach in a Resource Specialist Program (RSP) assignment. This opportunity applies only to CENTSE District Interns. New District Interns or current teachers working under an Emergency or Waiver certificate may not convert to a District Intern RSP assignment.

District Interns in the non-credentialed Education Specialist Program must attend an additional 120 clock hours of practicum focusing on general education fieldwork conducted during the second summer.

Completion requirements include passage of the Reading Instruction Competence Assessment (RICA) by the end of the Preliminary Credential program (two years or CENTSE – one year) in order to be recommended for the Preliminary California Credential.

The District Intern Program is tuition-free for those who culminate, are recomended for a credential, and serve within the District for one additional year.