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Beginning Teacher Support & Assessment Induction Program (BTSA)

2008-2009 Seminar Offerings:

Year One Participants Seminar Offerings

Year 2 Participants Seminar Offerings


Purpose - To create and deliver beginning teacher-centered quality services

Mission -  Beginning teachers who participate in BTSA experience enhanced professional growth and development, and become increasingly attached to teaching through a rich and thoughtful induction process. Each teacher gains a professional voice by working in close concert with experienced colleagues and trained support providers to chart their progress through the California Standards for the Teaching Profession.

From 1988 through 1992 the California Department of Education and Commission on Teacher Credentialing sponsored the California New Teacher Project (CNTP), a pilot study examining alternative strategies for supporting and assessing new teachers. Based on the positive outcomes and findings of the CNTP, the Legislature and the Governor enacted SB1422 in 1992, establishing the Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment Program (BTSA). Its purpose is to implement cost-effective models for new teacher development in order to “transform academic preparation into practical success in the classroom, [and] to retain greater numbers of capable beginning teachers….(Ed. Code Section 44279.2(a)).”


Want to check out your credential status?

Check out this website to see your credential status and the requirements needed to clear or renew your credential. California Commission on Teacher Credentialing


Online Courses
With our Citi Foundation Grant, we have access to all of the courses offered online at the Teachers Network site. Please contact Amy Mendoza at 643-9438 if you are in BTSA and would like to participate in this online resource program.




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