Q&A - Requirements (Educators) - California Adult Education Program

Q1 What are the minimum qualifications to teach at a local Community College?

You can learn about requirements to teach a course in the Community College system here.

Q2 What are the requirements to teach at an adult school through my local education agency?

Adult Schools and District teaching positions have credential requirements that can be found here:

Q3 I am in a new position this year as the adult education teacher for our small district. I am on a serious learning curve, and I’m trying to gather as many resources as I can to make sure I’m doing the right thing and serving my students well. Can you please help me to know if there is an overall set of standards for Adult Ed in CA that I should be using to guide my teaching?

Below are links to the standards that programs align to. There are other frameworks and standards that are referenced at times, too, but the two below are consistent across California adult ed programs.

CCRS: https://lincs.ed.gov/publications/pdf/CCRStandardsAdultEd.pdf

ELPs: https://lincs.ed.gov/publications/pdf/elp-standards-adult-ed.pdf

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