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SCHOOL SERVICES CREDENTIALS

School services credentials authorize the holders to perform services for a school district other than classroom teaching. Preparation for the services credentials requires advanced study and special competence. A GPA of 3.0 or better is required for course work listed on the Credential Approved Program (CAP) and a grade of "C" or better must be earned in every course attempted.

The approved programs at San Francisco State University include administrative services, pupil personnel services (counseling, school psychology and school social work), and clinical rehabilitative services.

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

This credential will authorize the holder to serve as a superintendent, deputy superintendent, principal, assistant principal, supervisor, consultant, coordinator, or in other equivalent or intermediate level positions. Requirements may be met by successful completion of an accredited program such as offered by the Department of Administration and Interdisciplinary Studies, San Francisco State University.

Prerequisites

Requirements for the five-year preliminary administrative services credential:

A valid basic California teaching credential or pupil personnel services credential, health services credential, or library services credential or designated subjects credential with a baccalaureate degree, or Clinical Rehabilitative Services Credential.
A minimum of three years of successful full-time teaching or pupil personnel or health services, or library services experience (or combination) in public schools or private schools of equal status. Community college experience is not acceptable.
A passing score on the California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST).

Internship Program

Available to students who are in administrative positions and need the Administrative Internship Credential. Entry into this program requires request from district office to the chair of the Department of Administration and Interdisciplinary Studies.

Alternative Program

Available to students who are in school leadership positions on a minimum of half-time. Entry into program requires recommendation of school district.

Students interested in either of these two programs should consult with department chair. Students who are approved for either of these two programs will develop with their faculty adviser a program that makes it possible to substitute a combination of any two of the following for two required seminars:

EDAD 822 (3 units) for EDAD 733 (3 units)
EDAD 823 (3 units) for EDAD 743 (3 units)
EDAD 824 (2 units) for EDAD 753 (2 units)

Requirements

Listed below are the courses leading to the Preliminary Administrative Services Credential.

										Units
EDAD 713	Administrative Processes					 3
EDAD 714	Practicum--Site Administration					 3
ISED 797	Seminar in Educational Research					 3
EDAD 733	Supervision of Instruction					 3
EDAD 743	Planning and Evaluation						 3
EDAD 753	Personnel Management						 2
EDAD 773	Site Administration						 3
EDAD 774	Program Administration						 3
EDAD 783	Computers for School Administrators				 3
EDAD 784	Special Education Competencies					 1
EDAD 891	Internship—Site Administration					 3
EDAD 892	Internship—Site Administration					 3
		Total								33

NOTE: Entry level assessment is conducted at EDAD 713 and EDAD 892 for the exit level assessment.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites for the five-year Professional Administrative Services Credential are:

Possession of a valid Preliminary Credential.
Two years of successful, full-time experience in an administrative position requiring a Preliminary Credential.
Completion of a program of advanced study and field experience approved by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, at least 1/2 of which must be completed while the candidate is employed in an administrative position requiring a preliminary credential.

The program designed to prepare candidates for the Professional Administrative Services Credential is listed below. All candidates interested in admission to the Professional Administrative Services credential program must first enroll and be assessed in EDAD 850. Exit assessment on the professional tier is done in the student's final Advanced Internship course.

										Units
EDAD 850	Advanced Leadership Assessment					 1
EDAD 851	Instructional Management					 3
EDAD 852	School Law for Administrators					 2
EDAD 853	Fiscal Management						 1
EDAD 854	Staff Development						 2
EDAD 855	Educational Leadership for the Future				 3
EDAD 856	Advanced Internship I						 3
EDAD 857	Advanced Internship II						 3
EDAD 858	Advanced Internship III						 3
EDAD 859	Advanced Internship IV						 3
		Total								24

CLINICAL REHABILITATIVE SERVICES

The program for the Clinical Rehabilitative Services Credential is designed to prepare candidates to become qualified language/speech and hearing specialists assigned to school settings; teachers of special classes for aphasic/severely oral language handicapped children; school audiologists working in early identification programs; counselors for parents of communicatively handicapped children; consultants and resource persons to the regular classroom teacher and other school personnel; and supervisors and coordinators of public school therapy programs.

NOTE: Completion of the Master of Science in Communicative Disorders is now required, in addition to the credential, to work in California public schools.

Requirements for formal admission to the credential program are:

Completion of a baccalaureate degree, preferably with a major in Communicative Disorders. If the B.A. is in another area, it is expected the applicant will meet the undergraduate requirements prior to entry into advanced course work.
Overall grade point average of 2.5 or higher in the last 60 units taken.
Three letters of reference from teachers, supervisors, co-workers, or others qualified to evaluate the applicant as potential speech, language, hearing specialist, or audiologist.
A written statement by the applicant giving reasons for entry into the field.
A passing score on the California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST).
Evidence of clear legal status by obtaining a Certificate of Clearance.

Other factors which are considered, but which are not required include:

Practical experiences with individuals having communicative disorders.
Undergraduate major in Communicative Disorders.

Point(s) at Which Admission Takes Place

The program at San Francisco State University is designed to provide multiple entry opportunities for both graduates and undergraduates. Students may declare Communicative Disorders as their major at the freshman level. However, they do not begin course work in Communicative Disorders until completion of their General Education requirements, which is usually the end of the sophomore year.

Students may transfer to San Francisco State University at the junior year, declaring Communicative Disorders as the major, and begin taking course work. Students who have not declared Communicative Disorders may request a change of major at any point in their undergraduate program assuming space is available. Students who request a change of major are selected on the basis of grade point average, interest in and experience with individuals having speech, language and/or hearing handicaps. They are required to complete all the necessary course work leading to the baccalaureate degree.

All students must apply to the graduate program in order to continue their professional academic training after the baccalaureate degree.

Graduate transfer students may enter the program following formal admission procedures and selection processes. Students who do not have a baccalaureate degree in Communicative Disorders may expect to spend at least five semesters completing the program.

Undergraduate Core Requirements							Units
C D 611 Seminar in Therapy for Functional Communicative Disorders		 1
C D 612	Seminar in Therapy for Aurally Handicapped*				 1
C D 613	Seminar in Therapy for Organic Communicative Disorders			 1
C D 650	Communication Disorders I						 3
C D 651	Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism				 3
C D 652	Audiology								 3
C D 653	Aural Rehabilitation							 3
C D 654	Audiometry								 3
C D 655	Dynamics of Communication Development					 3
C D 656	Diagnosis of Communicative Disorders					 3
C D 659	Articulation and Phonological Disorders					 3
C D 660	Communicative Disorders II						 3
C D 661	Neurolinguistics							 3
C D 680	Practicum in Communication Therapy (1-3) [to be taken over four 
	semesters]								 4
C D 668	Clinical Observation							 3
SPCH 410	American Phonetics						 4
C D 663	Clinical Instrumentation in Communicative Disorders			 3
		Total								47

*May be taken in graduate sequence.

Clinical Rehabilitative Services: Audiology

										Units
Undergraduate Core Requirements							   47
C D 700	Human Auditory Systems							    3
C D 701	Seminar in Language Disorders in Children				    3
C D 702	Seminar: Advanced Audiology I						    3
C D 703	Seminar: Advanced Audiology II						    3
C D 704	Seminar: Advanced Audiology III						    3
C D 706	Counseling in Communicative Disorders					    3
C D 715	Clinical/Rehabilitative Experience in the Schools			    5
C D 725	Clinical/Rehabilitative Experience Seminar				    1
C D 757	Speech Audiometry and Hearing Aids					    3
C D 880	Advanced Communication Therapy [to be taken over two semesters]		  4-6
C D 883	Practicum in Hearing Diagnostics					    2
One of the following:								    3
	SPED 782	Language Assessment for Deaf and Hearing Impaired Children
	SPED 783	Speech for Hearing Impaired Children
	SPED 899	Special Study
One of the following:								    3
	SPED 682	Signing Exact English I
	SPED 688	American Sign Language I
	SPED 801	Diversity in Special Education: Family Systems, Resources, 
			and Culture
	Or an elective on advisement
		Total audiology requirements					39-41
		Total number of units						86-88

Clinical Rehabilitative Services: Language, Speech, and Hearing Specialist

										Units
Undergraduate Core Requirements							   47
C D 701	Seminar in Language Disorders in Children				    3
C D 705	Seminar in Problems of Stuttering					    3
C D 706	Counseling in Communicative Disorders					    3
C D 708	Seminar in Neurogenic Disorder of Speech and Language			    3
C D 709	Seminar in Voice Disorders						    3
C D 715	Clinical/Rehabilitative Experience in the Schools			    5
C D 725	Student Teaching Workshop: Communication Handicapped			    1
C D 756	Advanced Diagnosis of Communicatively Handicapped Children and 
	Adults									    3
C D 880	Advanced Communication Therapy						  4-6
C D 884	Advanced Diagnostic Practicum						    3
SPED 801	Diversity in Special Education: Family Systems, Resources, and 
		Culture (or an elective on advisement)				    3
		Total language, speech, and hearing specialist requirements	34-36
		Total number of units						81-83

Additional Requirements for Language, Speech, and Hearing Emphasis with Special Class Authorization to Teach Severe Language Handicapped Children (Aphasia/Severe Disorders of Language)

										Units
C D 707	Therapeutic Techniques for Severe Language Handicapped			    3
C D 716	Student Teaching: Severely Language Handicapped				    4
E ED 684	Curriculum and Instruction in Mathematics			    3
Choice of one:									  3-4
	E ED 682	Teaching Reading (4)
	E ED 720	Improvement of Reading
	SPED 778	Language Arts for Mild/Moderate Disabilities
		Total								13-14
		Total number of units						94-97

CLINICAL REHABILITATIVE SERVICES: ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY SERVICES

This credential authorizes the holder to teach orientation and mobility techniques to visually impaired and blind individuals from infancy to adulthood. These individuals may range in functional ability from gifted to severely handicapped.

Prerequisites:

A passing score on the California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST).
Evidence of clear legal status by obtaining a Certificate of Clearance.

Basic Generic Program								Units
SPED 630	Education of Exceptional Children				 3
SPED 801	Diversity in Special Education: Family Systems, Resources, and 
		Culture								 3

Orientation and Mobility Sequence
SPED 749	Educational and Medical Implications of Visual Disability	 3
SPED 730	Student Teaching: Special Education (4-12)			 5
SPED 721	Student Teaching Workshop: Visually Handicapped			 1
SPED 752	Social and Psychological Implications of Visual Impairment	 3
SPED 755	Basic Orientation and Mobility for Visually Impaired		 3
SPED 753	Advanced Curriculum: Visually Impaired				 3
SPED 757	Teaching Multihandicapped Visually Impaired Students		 3
SPED 756	Seminar: Intermediate Orientation and Mobility for Visually 
		Impaired							 3
SPED 792	Intermediate Orientation and Mobility for Visually Impaired	 3
SPED 822	Advanced Orientation and Mobility for Visually Impaired		 3
		Total								36

PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICES CREDENTIAL

This credential authorizes the holder to perform, at all grade levels, the service designated on the credential which may include:

Counseling
Psychology
School social work

Minimum requirements for this credential may be met in the following ways:

A baccalaureate degree; a fifth year (or more); and specialized and professional preparation approved by the Commission including field experience; and
Possession of a valid credential or certificate of clearance issued in California authorizing the appropriate service to be rendered; and
A passing score on the California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST).

All of the programs at this university are at least two year programs and usually include a master's degree. Students should inquire at the appropriate departments for up-to-date information.

Counseling Designation Program

Prerequisite: COUN 690, Field of Counseling

										Units
COUN 700	Theories of Counseling						 3
COUN 702	Developmental Foundations for Counselors			 3
COUN 703	Psychological Foundations for Counselors			 3
COUN 705	Practicum and Internship					 2
COUN 706	Interviewing Process						 3
COUN 715	Assessment in Counseling					 3
COUN 735	Advanced Practicum and Internship				 3
COUN 736	Advanced Counseling Process					 3
COUN 738	Alcohol and Substance Abuse					 1
COUN 833	Social and Cultural Foundations in Counseling			 3
COUN 857	Law and Ethics for Counselors					 3
COUN 858	Couple and Family Counseling I					 3
COUN 859	Counseling Aspects of Sexuality					 2
COUN 891	Case Studies and Internship Seminar				 3
COUN 892	Internship (1-6)						 6
COUN 811	Group Counseling Process					 3
ISED 797	Seminar in Educational Research					 3
COUN 827	The Consultation Process					 2
COUN 780	Learning Clinic I						 2
COUN 830	Organization of Pupil Personnel Services and Laws		 3
COUN 720	Career Counseling						 3
		Minimum total							60

School Psychology Designation Program

										Units
PSY 721	Clinical Methods: Intelligence and Personality Testing*			 3
PSY 722	Clinical Methods: Personality Appraisal and Projective Techniques*	 3
PSY 728	Conference to Accompany Psychology Practicum*				 6
PSY 729	Psychology Practicum*							 6
PSY 753	Seminar in the Psychodynamics of Individual Development I*		 3
PSY 821	Clinical Methods: Psychopathology*					 3
PSY 822	Clinical Methods: Interview Interaction and Psychotherapy*		 3
PSY 828	Conference to Accompany Psychology Fieldwork*				 6
PSY 829	Psychology Fieldwork*							 6
PSY 855	Seminar in Professional School Psychology*				 3
PSY 735	Cognitive Development*							 3
SPED 775	Diagnosis for the Learning and Severely Handicapped Child*	 3
SPED 772	Curriculum for the Learning Handicapped*			 3
COUN 720	Career Counseling*						 1
PSY 858	Conference to Accompany Psychology Internship				 6
PSY 859	Psychology Internship							12
PSY 899	Special Study								 3
		Total								73

*Courses required for the Master of Arts in Psychology: Concentration in School Psychology.

This program is usually coordinated with a Master of Arts in Psychology: School Psychology. In most cases the Master of Arts and a general Pupil Personnel Services Credential (without the School Psychologist endorsement) is awarded prior to enrollment in the last three courses listed above.

NOTE: As a result of recent revisions currently being implemented in the Pupil Personnel Credential with authorization in School Psychology, some course and/or unit changes in this credential (and degree) program may become necessary.

School Social Work Designation Program

This program combines the work for the Master of Social Work with some components of the counseling Credential Program. In order for a M.S.W. student to qualify for the Pupil Personnel Services under the Ryan Act, s/he needs to complete, in addition to the 60-unit requirement for the M.S.W., four additional courses in the Department of Counseling. S/he must also enter the Developmental Enhancement Concentration of the M.S.W. program.

For additional information, contact the School of Social Work.

The additional requirements required for the Social Work Service Program credential are:

										Units
COUN 715	Assessment in Counseling					 3
COUN 720	Career Counseling						 3
COUN 780	Learning Clinic I						 3
COUN 830	Organization of Pupil Personnel Services and Laws		 3
		Total								12

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