44510-44517
EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 44510-44517
44510. (a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the Administrator Training Program. (b) The Administrator Training Program is hereby created. The Superintendent, with the approval of the State Board of Education, shall administer the program. (c) For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) "Hard-to-staff school" means a school in which teachers holding emergency permits or credential waivers make up 20 percent or more of the teaching staff. (2) "Local educational agency" means a school district, a county office of education, or a charter school. (3) "High-priority school" means a school in the bottom half of all schools based on the Academic Performance Index rankings established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 52056. (4) " School administrator" means a person employed on a full-time or a part-time basis as a principal or a vice principal at a public school or state special school in which kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, are taught. (5) "Coaching" means the provision of mentoring or individualized support to school administrators pursuant to this article by a person who has received professional development in coaching strategies and techniques by a local educational agency, professional development organization, or institution of higher education. 44511. (a) From funds appropriated for the purpose of this article, the Superintendent shall award incentive funding to provide school administrators with instruction and training in areas that include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) School financial and personnel management. This training shall specifically provide instruction related to personnel management, including hiring, recruitment, and retention practices and misassignments of certificated personnel. (2) Core academic standards. (3) Curriculum frameworks and instructional materials aligned to the state academic standards, including ensuring the provisions of textbooks and instructional materials as defined in Section 60119. (4) The use of state and local pupil assessment instruments, specific ways of mastering the use of assessment data from the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program, including analyzing achievement of specific subgroups including English language learners and individuals with exceptional needs, and school management technology to improve pupil performance. (5) The provision of instructional leadership and management strategies regarding the use of instructional technology to improve pupil performance. (6) Extension of the leadership knowledge, skills, and abilities acquired in the preliminary administrative preparation program that are designed to strengthen the ability of school administrators to effectively and efficiently lead an organization and build the capacity of staff to enhance the academic performance of all pupils, including special emphasis on providing additional support to pupils identified as English language learners and individuals with exceptional needs. (b) Leadership training to improve the academic achievement of pupils shall include, but not be limited to, capacity building in all of the following areas: (1) Pedagogies of learning. (2) Motivating pupil learning. (3) Instructional strategies, to teach essential content in ways that address the varied learning needs of pupils, with special emphasis on English language learners and individuals with exceptional needs. (4) Collaboration. (5) Conflict resolution, including reduction of racial tensions. (6) Respect for diversity. (7) Parental involvement. (8) Staff relations. (9) Creation of an effective, safe, and inclusive learning environment. (10) Single plan for pupil achievement. (c) All local educational agencies are eligible to apply for funds appropriated for the purpose of this article. 44512. (a) To receive incentive funding for the purpose of this article, a local educational agency, individually or in partnership with one or more institutions of higher education or other educational entities, shall submit a program proposal to the State Board of Education. The program proposal shall contain an expenditure plan and shall specify how the training program for which funding is being requested addresses the program goals specified in paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 44511 and how the local educational agency plans to continue ongoing school administrator professional development. (b) The State Board of Education shall approve or disapprove a local educational agency's plan. (c) Training programs offered pursuant to this article shall have a duration of no fewer than 80 hours and shall involve a minimum of 80 hours of intensive individualized support and professional development in the areas specified in subdivision (a) of Section 44511. The additional 80 hours of intensive individualized support and professional development may be completed over a period of up to two years once the initial 80 hours of training commences. To the extent practicable, the institute training portion of Modules 1, 2, and 3 shall be held outside of the regular schoolday. (d) Training plans may include professional development leadership activities, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Coaching, mentorship, assistance, and intensive support customized to meet the individual needs of school administrators. (2) Activities that assist school administrators to analyze subgroup achievement data and focus support on those subgroups whose academic achievement is not meeting state and local goals. 44513. (a) Before September 15, 2001, the State Board of Education shall convene and commence the process of developing rigorous criteria for the approval of state-qualified training providers. The board shall develop the criteria in consultation with the Commission on Teacher Credentialing or any other individual or group with expertise in the areas set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 44511. (b) A local education agency that receives funding pursuant to this article shall use a state-qualified provider to offer training that has been approved by the State Board of Education. (c) The Commission on Teacher Credentialing may approve a program developed pursuant to this article as meeting a portion or all of the requirements to fulfill the standards for a professional clear administrative services credential. 44514. (a) Incentive funding amounts for purposes of this article may not exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000) per schoolsite administrator. This funding shall be received by a local education agency in accordance with the specifications contained in Section 44515 once the local education agency's training plan is approved by the State Board of Education. For each three thousand dollars ($3,000) that is received pursuant to this article, a participating local education agency shall provide one thousand dollars ($1,000) in matching funds that shall be used for costs associated with training offered pursuant to this article. Any combination of local, federal, or private resources or contributions may be used for the local agency's match. In-kind resources or in-kind contributions may not be used for the local agency's match. (b) If it is determined pursuant to a program audit that a participating local educational agency failed to provide training as described in subdivision (a) of Section 44511 and subdivision (c) of Section 44512 to all school administrators for whom it received funding, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall withhold from the local education agency's next monthly principal apportionment three thousand dollars ($3,000) for each school administrator who did not receive the training. (c) The State Board of Education shall establish a procedure and criteria for local education agencies to appeal to the board the finding of a program audit pursuant to this article. The State Board of Education may reduce or eliminate the amount to be withheld pursuant to subdivision (b). 44515. (a) Program funding is intended to serve all school administrators. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that a local educational agency give highest priority to training school administrators assigned to, and practicing in, high-priority or hard-to-staff schools. 44516. (a) By July 1, 2004, the department shall develop, subject to review and approval by the State Board of Education, an interim report for submission to the Legislature regarding the status of the program established pursuant to this article. The interim report shall, at a minimum, detail the following: (1) The number of school administrators who received training offered pursuant to this article. (2) The entities that received funds for the purpose of offering training pursuant to this article and the number of school administrators that each has trained. (3) A comparison of the Academic Performance Index scores for schools within participating local educational agencies for the year before the school's administrators receive training pursuant to this article and for the first year after the school's administrators complete the training provided pursuant to this article. (4) Relevant data required to be included in the school accountability report card pursuant to Section 33126. (b) By July 1, 2005, the department shall develop, subject to review and approval by the State Board of Education, a second report for submission to the Legislature regarding the program established pursuant to this article. The second report shall, at a minimum, detail the following: (1) The number of school administrators who received training offered pursuant to this article. (2) The entities that received funds for the purpose of offering training pursuant to this article and the number of school administrators that each has trained. (3) Information detailing the effectiveness of the program established pursuant to this article. This information, at a minimum, shall incorporate survey data concerning program effectiveness that has been gathered from program participants. (4) Information detailing the retention rate of school administrators who participated in training offered pursuant to this article. (5) A comparison of the Academic Performance Index scores for schools within participating local educational agencies for the year before the school's administrators receive training pursuant to this article and for the second year after the school's administrators complete the training provided pursuant to this article. (6) Relevant data required to be included in the school accountability report card pursuant to Section 33126. (c) By July 1, 2008, the department shall develop, subject to review and approval by the State Board of Education, an interim report for submission to the Legislature regarding the program established pursuant to this article. The interim report shall, at a minimum, detail the following: (1) The number of school administrators who received training offered pursuant to this article. (2) The entities that received funds for the purpose of offering training pursuant to this article and the number of school administrators that each has trained. (3) Information detailing the effectiveness of the program established pursuant to this article. This information, at a minimum, shall incorporate survey data concerning program effectiveness that has been gathered from program participants. (4) Information detailing the retention rate of school administrators who participated in training offered pursuant to this article. (5) A comparison of the Academic Performance Index scores for schools within participating local educational agencies for the year before the school's administrators receive training pursuant to this article and for the second year after the school's administrators complete the training provided pursuant to this article. (6) Relevant data required to be included in the school accountability report card pursuant to Section 33126. (d) By January 30, 2013, the department shall develop, subject to review and approval by the State Board of Education, a final report for submission to the Legislature regarding the program established pursuant to this article. The final report shall, at a minimum, detail the following: (1) The number of school administrators who received training offered pursuant to this article. (2) The entities that received funds for the purpose of offering training pursuant to this article and the number of school administrators that each has trained. (3) Information detailing the effectiveness of the program established pursuant to this article. This information, at a minimum, shall incorporate survey data concerning program effectiveness that has been gathered from program participants. (4) Information detailing the retention rate of school administrators who participated in training offered pursuant to this article. (5) A comparison of the Academic Performance Index scores for schools within participating local educational agencies for the year before the school's administrators receive training pursuant to this article and for the second year after the school's administrators complete the training provided pursuant to this article. (6) Relevant data required to be included in the school accountability report card pursuant to Section 33126. 44517. This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2012, and, as of January 1, 2013, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.