Induction/Clear Credential
Overview
Biola University’s fully online Induction/Clear Credential program is designed to help you upgrade your California Preliminary Multiple Subject or Single Subject credential to California’s Clear Credential. In this program, you will receive the necessary support to meet personalized goals for professional growth and to master the California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTP). With your professor’s guidance, your assigned Christian mentor will encourage you to connect classroom best practices and address issues in education through a biblical framework. Upon completion of this program, you will receive Biola’s formal recommendation to the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing for your Clear Credential.
The Induction/Clear Credential program can be taken as a standalone program or embedded as part of a 15-credit concentration in Biola’s M.A. in Teaching or M.A. in Education programs.
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Courses
Below are the course requirements for this academic program. For full program details, visit Biola's academic catalog.
Initial Coursework
Upon admittance to our Induction/Clear Credential program, you will enroll in an online 3-credit course for four semesters (or two semesters, if early completion requirements are met):
| SEED 593 | Induction Program — Clear Credential Candidate Professional Development |
With guidance from their personal mentor, Clear Credential candidates evaluate their beginning levels of teaching proficiency and identify proposed areas in which they wish to grow professionally. Clear Credential candidates receive support in achieving the professional growth goals identified to improve application of skills and knowledge learned during their preliminary credential program. Note(s): Special approval required; restricted to submission of Coach and Placement Information form; may be taken up to four times for credit; a minimum grade of "B" is required. Grade Mode: A. | |
Dual Induction Program Enrollment
If you are already enrolled in your district’s induction program, you may simultaneously enroll in Biola’s program for one-third of the tuition cost in order to gain credits toward your district’s salary schedule and gain credits toward Biola’s M.A. in Teaching or M.A. in Education programs. Upon admission, you may enroll in the following courses:
| SEED 604 | Induction I |
Graduates who are practicing teachers holding a SB2042 Multiple or Single Subject Preliminary Credential and who are in a CTC-approved district induction program may receive up to 12 credits of induction credit towards their M.A.Ed. or M.A.T. degree. Graduates complete district requirements and meet with Biola professors for monthly support during their first two years of teaching. Note(s): Special approval required; tuition for induction credits is one-third the normal graduate tuition. Grade Mode: A. | |
| SEED 605 | Induction II |
Graduates who are practicing teachers holding a SB2042 Multiple or Single Subject Preliminary Credential and who are in a CTC-approved district induction program may receive up to 12 credits of induction credit towards their M.A.Ed. or M.A.T. degree. Graduates complete district requirements and meet with Biola professors for monthly support during their first two years of teaching. Note(s): Special approval required; tuition for induction credits is one-third the normal graduate tuition. Grade Mode: A. | |
| SEED 606 | Induction III |
Graduates who are practicing teachers holding a SB2042 Multiple or Single Subject Preliminary Credential and who are in a CTC-approved district induction program may receive up to 12 credits of induction credit towards their M.A.Ed. or M.A.T. degree. Graduates complete district requirements and meet with Biola professors for monthly support during their first two years of teaching. Note(s): Special approval required; tuition for induction credits is one-third the normal graduate tuition. Grade Mode: A. | |
| SEED 607 | Induction IV |
Graduates who are practicing teachers holding a SB2042 Multiple or Single Subject Preliminary Credential and who are in a CTC-approved district induction program may receive up to 12 credits of induction credit towards their M.A.Ed. or M.A.T. degree. Graduates complete district requirements and meet with Biola professors for monthly support during their first two years of teaching. Note(s): Special approval required; tuition for induction credits is one-third the normal graduate tuition. Grade Mode: A. | |