Credential Requirements

Summary of Credential Requirements 

This credential will require the applicant to have completed all of the following requirements:

1. Possession of a bachelor's degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution of higher education.

2. Completion of the subject matter requirement.

3. Completion of a Commission approved PK-3 ECE Specialist Instruction Credential preparation program.

4. Passage of Commission approved Teaching Performance Assessment.

5. Passage of the Reading Instruction Competence Assessment (RICA) examination or a Commission approved literacy assessment aligned with the requirement s of Education Code section 44320.3.