Welcome to

BTSA

The Stanislaus County BTSA

Induction Program

OrientationOrientation

Welcome to

BTSA

The Stanislaus County BTSA

Induction Program

OrientationOrientation

Please silence all technology!

Did you pick up a

PowerPoint handout and

training calendar?

GoalsGoals for this Orientation• What is BTSA?• Give you information about

program goals, program format, schedules, and Grade Alike

• Give you the Formative Assessment Binder and Supplies (Bring them to all BTSA meetings!!)

• Who are you and what are you doing here?

• Talk about credential options and collect the Induction Program Responsibilities and Options form

• Go over BTSA Induction requirements and answer questions.

What is BTSA?

• The Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment program is funded by the state.

• BTSA is considered university coursework.

• You can even earn units to help advance you on the pay scale.

The complexity of teaching

A teacher makes over 3,000 non-trivial decisions daily!

Think of teaching as similar to

not one, but several other

professions, combining

the skills of:

Business manager

Human relations work

Theater arts

Even more demanding than its complexity, is the level of stress that teaching generates.

Planning for the productive activity of 20 – 32+ individuals,

• Successfully executing those plans,

• All within the context of multiple demands from the school, district, community, and state …

Leaves many teachers –

particularly novices,

buffeted,

confused,

and discouraged.

The BTSA Program

• Serves teachers with Ryan preliminary or clear, 2042,Voc.Ed., and Special Ed. credentials during their first two years working under that credential in a California public school.

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Out of State Ryan

that all Participating Teachers experience:

The BTSA Program

• Pairs new teachers with trained support providers (SP’s = mentors or coaches)

that all Participating Teachers experience:

The BTSA Program

• Utilizes a LOCAL formative assessment system based on the California Standards for the Teaching Profession (the CSTP):

that all Participating Teachers experience:

Program Standards• There are approximately 155

BTSA Induction programs in the state. They are all different, but they share common standards which determine the programs accreditation.

• Let’s at those program standards.

Standards of Quality Standards of Quality and Effectiveness for and Effectiveness for Professional Teacher Professional Teacher Induction ProgramsInduction Programs

• The six program standards are the foundation for all multiple subject and single subject induction programs.

BTSA Induction Program Standards

Rationale and Design:

The induction program is designed to incorporate a purposeful, logically sequenced structure of EXTENDED preparation and professional development.

Communication and Collaboration:

The induction program collaborates and communicates with preliminary credential programs an districts to ensure relevant and systematic opportunities for the application and demonstration of skills already acquired.

Support Providers and Professional Development Providers:

Support Providers (SPs) are chosen and trained to provide not only support of best practices, but also general support of the Participating Teacher (PT) through trainings, observations, reflective conversation, etc.

BTSA: All the support you

need to reach your goal!

Formative Assessment System:

The program’s inquiry based system, characterized by a plan, teach, reflect and apply cycle.

PTs and SPs will work together for a minimum average of hours per month.

The Lead SP and the District Coordinator are the liaisons between you and the SCOE BTSA program staff.

Opportunities for new PT & SP match ups are available if needed.

The Stanislaus County BTSA Induction

Program• Every participating teacher

completes the locally designed formative assessment system binder.

““If it’s in the binder, DO IT!”If it’s in the binder, DO IT!”

This binder is designed to show growth; it is not

a showcase portfolio.

Year One & Two of the Program

Mandatory Training

Schedule

• Orientation

• Four full training days spread over the year 8:30 a.m.-4:00 pm

• Spring afternoon meeting: “Checking on the IIP” 3:45-5:15 p.m”

Year One & Two of the Program

Mandatory Training

Schedule • Each training day is offered multiple

times• Saturday trainings are always an

option - units available• Support Providers will RSVP at the

current event for the one upcoming.• Support Providers will only RSVP for

those physically in attendance at that time.

• The focus is on different components of teaching based on the CSTP, for example management or engagement

• Trainings prepare teachers to complete some portion of the formative assessment binder

Induction candidates will complete the following

beyond the 2 year Formative Assessment

Binder:• Three verification forms (located

in your Induction Handbook)– Child Abuse and Neglect

Reporting– English Learner Program– Transition of a Special Education

(IEP) Student(Send the white original to BTSA

program staff and keep the copy in your binder behind the Induction Handbook tab)

• Formal Observation

Pedagogy:

Each participating teacher builds upon the knowledge, skills, and abilities acquired during the preliminary preparation. Each is also a fluent, critical user of technology, able to provide relevant and differentiated instruction to students in this information-based society.

Year One & Two of the Program

Voluntary Trainings

Voluntary training schedules are made available or publicized throughout the year.

- Grade Alike- Professional

DevelopmentCOMPFred JonesEtc.

Universal Access:

Participating teachers protect and support all students by designing and implementing equitable and inclusive learning environments.

Teaching English Learners

Teaching Special Populations

Please come get:

•A bag for each new participating teacher you support – Please do not open yet.

•A packet for each participating teacher you support (white) AND one for yourself (yellow).

•You will have minutes to take a break, fill out the participant information form COMPLETELY and place the WELCOME page in the front of your binder.

• • All Participating TeachersAll Participating Teachers(White: double sided)(White: double sided)

• All Support Providers• All Support Providers(Yellow: double sided and (Yellow: double sided and stapled)stapled)

Stanislaus County

BTSA Induction ProgramBeginning Teacher Support & Assessment

Participant Information

Forms

When complete, please

pass the forms forward so

we can review them and address any issues immediately.

Let’s address the

Program Goals• In your handout, please

locate the BTSA Induction handbook and find page 2.

• Read the program goals and mark two or three that matter the most to you as a new teacher.

• Prepare to share which goals you identified and why.

• With your table, share your thoughts about these goals.

The Stanislaus BTSA Induction

Program

• Recommends multiple and single subject preliminary credential holders for their Clear Credentials upon completion of all of the Induction Program requirements

Who holds what credential?

• “Old” Ryan preliminary credential

• “New” 2042 preliminary credential

• Ryan clear credential• Educational Specialist

Credential, Level 1 or Level 2

• Designated Subjects Credential (Voc. Ed.)

In order to know what is required of you In order to know what is required of you and what is optional for you, you and what is optional for you, you must must know which credential you hold:know which credential you hold:

If you brought a copy of your credential, go ahead and get it out now!

Requirements and Options

• The type of preliminary credential and your employing district’s “conditions of employment” determine requirements and options.

• Teachers who have earned a new 2042 preliminary credential MUST earn a Clear Credential through completion of an approved induction program.

• Teachers who have earned a Ryan preliminary credential issued after January 1, 1999, MAY earn a professional credential through completion of an approved induction program or utilize the existing practice of taking “clear” courses through a university.

Holders of “clear” credentials and Voc.

Ed. credentials

• Districts may enroll you in the BTSA Induction program to work with a support provider and complete the formative assessment system as a condition of employment.

• You are not required to complete:

- The verification forms

- The Formal Observation

Holders of Educational Specialist Credentials,

Level I or II

• Districts may enroll you in the BTSA program to work with a support provider and complete the formative assessment system as a condition of employment.

• You are not required to complete: - The verification forms- The Formal Observation

• Some providers of Level II credential programs credit your time in the BTSA Induction program toward acquisition of the Level II credential.

Some teachers are eligible for the

Early Completion OptionIF a Participating Teacher (PT)

meets the criteria, it is the district’s decision as to whether

or not you participate in the Early Completion Option

The district must write a letter of recommendation to the

SCOE BTSA program citing that you meet the criteria and are

approved for the Early Completion Option.

This decision needs to be made and the letter submitted before

attending the first training.

Early Completion Option

• An approved Early Completion Option participating teacher will participate in BTSA as a year-two teacher.

• The training days will be those listed on the Second Year Schedule.

• The formative assessment system will include the year-two binder with additions in technology and Entry 8.

The Early Completion Option Criteria

• SB 57 authorizes teachers who have two or more years of successful teaching as the classroom teacher of record in CA, in another state or country to be considered for the Early Completion Option. Must have a current CA Preliminary Credential– Could be a graduate from a two-year

intern program or– Taught five or more years by an

accredited private school– Must be recommended by current

district of employment

• Emergency permit holders are not eligible for this option.

• English Learner Program

• Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting

• Transition of a Special Education Student

Plus copies of notes from the

meeting!

Please come get:

The BTSA Induction Participating

Teacher Responsibilities and

Options form

One for each PT

What will you do?

• Let’s address the NCR form signaling your credential status, decisions you have made concerning your participation BTSA Induction and your responsibilities as a Participating Teacher.

Please each item on the line to the left as we go down the list. Stay with us and be sure to ask any questions you may have!

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‗ 1. Fill out and submit the Participant Information form.

‗ 2. Electronically submit the state BTSA Consent form to register for BTSA through the state BTSA website (www.btsa.ca.gov). (Year 1 and ECO only)

‗ 3. Submit a copy of your preliminary credential to the BTSA program as well as house one in your binder.

‗ 4. Fully attend, participate in and complete all required staff development/trainings. (4 full day + 2 afternoon trainings per year.)

‗ 5. Meet regularly with your support provider (six hours a month on average) to work on your Formative Assessment Binder, your curriculum, and other teacher support issues while maintaining a positive, productive and thoughtful relationship.‗ 6. Complete and retain all BTSA Formative Assessment Binder documentation, including student work samples, in cooperation with your assigned support provider.

‗7. Submit all Individual Induction Plans (IIPs).‗ 8. Electronically submit the state BTSA survey toward the end of each formative assessment year through the BTSA website (www.btsa.ca.gov). (All PTs)‗ 9. Submit a complete and thoughtful Induction Formative Assessment Binder.‗ 10. Complete and submit three verification forms: English Learners, Child Abuse Reporting and Transitioning of a Special Education Student.

‗ 11. Request a Formal Observation of your teaching from BTSA program staff.

‗ 12. Submit the application for your professional clear teaching credential, including payment of any fees.

‗ 13. If you have any questions or concerns, ask your support provider or contact the SCOE BTSA Induction Office.

‗14. Today I received notice of the requirements for completing the Stanislaus County BTSA Induction program and acknowledge that I must complete them in order to be recommended for a Clear Credential.‗ 15. I acknowledge that it is my responsibility to keep the Stanislaus County BTSA Induction staff apprised of any changes in my surname, employer, or address in order to receive information about the program, updates of my progress, flyers for required professional development, etc.

‗16. I have received information in regard to the Early Completion Option which requires two years or more of successful teaching as the teacher of record prior to enrollment in BTSA.

OPTION #1 I completed a California teacher preparation program and hold a 2042 preliminary credential and choose to “clear” my credential by completing the approved Stanislaus County BTSA Induction Program.

OPTION #2 I completed a California teacher preparation program or a teacher preparation program outside of California and hold a Ryan preliminary credential issued after Jan. 1, 1999, and I choose to “clear” my credential by completing the approved Stanislaus County BTSA Induction Program. In addition, I acknowledge that I am responsible for completing whatever other requirements are specified by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing to be awarded the Clear Credential.

OPTION #3 I cannot or choose not to participate in the Induction phase of the Stanislaus County BTSA Induction Program because:

I already have a Clear Credential I prefer to earn my recommendation through a university I hold a credential that cannot be cleared through BTSA Induction:

Level 1 or 2 Educational Specialist credential Designated subjects credential Other: ____________

Participating Teacher Responsibilities and Options

Form• Print your name at the bottom

• Sign your name at the bottom

• Add the other pertinent information and today’s date

• Separate the NCR form

• Send the WHITE copy to the front of the room

• Place the other copy behind the Induction Handbook tab of your binder. Yes…you can get the binder out now!

YOUR participation in BTSA is funded by

the state and “in kind”

contributions from YOUR

school district.

Online Consent Registration

• Year-two teachers will not have to go online to the BTSA website to register. The program will confirm their participation.

• Year-one Participating Teachers and all Support Providers MUST go online to register as soon as possible. The registration window for the program closes November 14!

The Window for Completion of BTSA

Induction

• Support providers are provided by the district for the first two years

• However, the life of a preliminary is five years from its issuance

• Should candidates need additional time after the first two years, they may request an extension

(See Induction Handbook)

The State provides BTSA Induction The State provides BTSA Induction programs with funds for the first two programs with funds for the first two years:years:

You may also look to the Induction Handbook for greater specificity in the

section entitled the Completion

Requirements for Recommendation for a

Clear Credential.

A Final Note about Transferring to another

BTSA Induction Program

Each BTSA Induction Program has articulated its own set of completion requirements, all of which adhere to the same set of program standards. However, should you find yourself participating in another BTSA Induction program, you may encounter different and additional completion requirements. This program will provide “transcripts” of your work to date in this program; however, each candidate must complete the requirements of the Induction Program that will recommend him or her for the Clear Credential.

Support Providers

Please come get an RSVP sheet to

register for Kick Off (with Year 1 PTs) or Blast Off (for Year 2

and ECO PTs)

Conference Time:• Choose a date with your SP for Kick-Off

(year 1) or Blast-Off (year 2 & ECO)

• SP (only) fill out and turn in the Reservation form for the date you chose. Be sure to include all names of those present who are attending.

• Fill out Grade Alike registration form from your handout, if interested and leave it.

Put:Put: •These PowerPoint notes along with your

white Responsibilities and Options” form and Induction Handbook into binder under tab: Induction Induction HandbookHandbook

•We will see you at the Kick-Off or Blast-Off

Open the door to

your students’

future!