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CSET Test Preparation
CSET Test Preparation
| | Background on California Subject Examinations for Teachers
NCLB requires that teachers hired to teach in Title I schools after July 1, 2002 and all teachers by July 1, 2006, be "highly qualified" or NCLB compliant in NCLB core academic subject areas (English, reading/language arts, math, science, foreign language, civics/government, economics, arts, history, and geography). NCLB compliance requires that teachers hold a bachelor's degree, state certification, and achieve subject matter competence in the subject area(s) being taught. NCLB subject matter competence may be met by passing an examination (for elementary this is the only means of meeting subject matter competency), a Commission-approved subject matter program, or a major or units equivalent to a major. The California State Board of Education has defined a major equivalent as 32 semester hours.
Source: California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
CSET Test Preparation Information
Our East Side Union High School District pays for CSET test preparation classes for employees needing to become subject area compliant---this is defined as a teacher currently assigned to teach in an area for which he is not credentialed to teach. Our district will also reimburse employees for the test. Please submit the district reimbursement form (see link below) with attached documentation to Robert Ibarra, Coordinator of Professional Development, at our district office.
E-mail: ibarrar@esuhsd.org
For a current listing of CSET class preparation classes in our area, please click here:
Click below for a copy of our district's reimbursement form:
Reimbursement form
For more information on the California Subject Examination for Teachers, please visit the CSET homepage:
http://www.cset.nesinc.com
2009/10 CSET Test Dates:
http://www.cset.nesinc.com/CS15_testdates.asp
The Alameda County Office of Education offers CSET Test Preparation classes on weekends! Check out the link below:
http://www.acoe.org/acoe/Home/ProfessionalDevelopment
Below is a review of the Alameda program from ESUHSD teacher, Janine Epstein:
"The course was amazing; the instructor Mrs. Aguilar is fabulous. Many people said they had taken the course with another teacher and the Mrs. Aguilar was the best by far. I am actually looking forward to next weekend’s class. The course moves quickly and covers an amazing amount of material. The course is worth the money and I highly recommended anyone needing to pass the CSET take the class; but, only with Mrs. Aguilar."
National University offers Both CSET and RICA preparation courses online through our Extended Learning Division. Candidates can call 1-800-NAT-UNIV ext. 866 or www.nu.edu/el For more information.
Tina Ponte
National University
Supervisor of Credentials and Field Services
Stockton Academic Center
Office: (209) 475-1430
1-800-NAT-UNIV
Fax: (209) 475-1498
E-mail: cponte@nu.edu
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