Plans are moving forward to revise and restructure credentialing for administrators in California.

At its June meeting, the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing approved a charge for a new workgroup that will investigate and recommend changes to the Administrative Services Credential (ASC).

There are many “legislative forces” prompting the CTC to review or change parts of the ASC system, said Erin Sullivan, the CDE director of Division of Standards, Accreditation, and Workforce Investment, in her presentation to the commission.

Four recent bills are shaping this review:

“Reviewing these issues together will help ensure that recommendations for one part of the ASC system are coherent with the others,” according to the staff’s agenda report.

Staff propose to conduct this work through a structured process that combines workgroup deliberation, field engagement, staff analysis, review of current research and examples from other states, and commission input at key points. Staff have identified four focus areas to guide the workgroup’s initial “inquiry phase”:

The newly formed 20-member workgroup includes administrators, professors of educational leadership, induction coordinators and ACSA Director of Credentials & Coaching Services Dr. Tamerin Tooker. They will be charged with answering questions like, should administrative credentialing pathways look different for those with a teaching background and those without? What kinds of job-embedded learning should be provided during the internship? Can any parts of the system be streamlined?

The workgroup’s role is advisory. Any proposed changes to standards, expectations, assessments, authorizations, regulations, or credential requirements would return to the commission for consideration sometime in 2028, according to a timeline for the project. The workgroup is scheduled to hold its first meeting in August.