Green Dot Public Schools hires applicants have the eligibility to receive an emergency permit, OR already has a valid teaching credential, as determined by our in-house Credentials Team. While it is not required to have a full teaching credential upon offer of employment, all applicants must (at minimum) have passed a basic skills exam and hold at least 18 semester units in a specific subject matter on their undergrad transcripts.

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A: Individuals who have intern eligibility should receive physical documentation from their education program, and present it during the application process. At Green Dot, an individual who is intern-eligible and has been made an offer of employment will receive an 'intent-to-offer' letter to submit their program. The education program should, in turn, make a recommendation on behalf of the individual to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) for the intern credential.

A: Individuals who hold a Multiple Subjects Credential may be hired to Green Dot, but they will be required to submit for an emergency permit called a Limited Assignment Permit (LAP). This permit will be assigned for a specific subject matter, and the individual will be required to add the specific core subject matter to their current credential within one year of hire. In order to add an authorization to a current credential, an individual must either: 1)pass all CSETs in the subject matter; OR 2) take coursework resulting in 20-32 semester units in the subject matter; OR 3) Perform a combination of coursework and passing CSET tests. To learn more, please visit the CTC website.

A: Individuals interested in teaching a subject outside of their credentialed subject matter will be required to add an authorization for the subject matter of interest to their existing credential. If the request to teach outside of his/her credential subject matter is granted, the individual will be required to obtain an emergency permit called a Limited Assignment Permit (LAP). This permit will be assigned for a specific subject matter, and the individual will be required to add the specific core subject matter to their current credential within a year of hire. In order to add an authorization to a current credential, an individual must either: 1) pass all CSETs in the subject matter; OR 2) take coursework resulting in 20-32 semester units in the subject matter; OR 3) Perform a combination of coursework and passing CSET tests. To learn more, please visit the CTC website.

A: In addition to having an authorization in the content area of instruction, all Green Dot teachers need an authorization for instruction to English learners. The CTC requires EL authorizations when the local level determines that EL instructional services are necessary, regardless of Schools' "decile" rank, subject area or type of setting, number of EL students in the class. The large majority of students in the communities that Green Dot serves are English learners. For this reason, all teachers must have an EL authorization. To learn more, please visit the CTC website.