California Commission on Teacher Credentialing

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07

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The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing is an agency in the Executive Branch of California State Government. The CCTC or just CTC was created in 1970 by the Ryan Act.

Ryan Act of 1970

Leo J. Ryan was an intellectual politician. Prior to his election to the state legislature, he had been an educator Nebraska before moving to California. In Nebraska, Ryan taught English and social science and later he served as superintendent of a small Nebraska high school district. Shortly after World War II, he moved to California and was hired to teach civics in a school district near San Francisco. His teaching career was stopped, however, when his application for a California credential was denied because he lacked a minor professional education requirement. He made up the credential requirement, sustaining a loss of income until it was completed. This experience caused him to hate educational bureaucracies.

Ryan supported teachers and the profession of teaching and built a reputation for independence from special interests and a strong desire to reform teacher education and credentialing.

He worked hard to educate himself and his legislative colleagues on innovative and imaginative educational thinking of the late 1960s and he ultimately brought greater professionalization to teaching.

The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing

The main purpose of the CTC is to serve as a state standards board for educator preparation for the public schools of California, the licensing and credentialing of professional educators in the State, the enforcement of professional practices of educators, and the discipline of credential holders in the State of California.

The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing consists of nineteen Members, fifteen voting Members and four ex-officio, non-voting Members. The Governor appoints fourteen voting Commissioners and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction or his/her designee serves as the fifteenth voting Member. The four ex-officio Members are selected one each by

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