Personalized Project


The final step in your Personalized Preparation Program may be a Personalized Project in lieu of up to three semester units of  formal course work.

The project application draft must be submitted to Lee Clark (Santa Clara LEA) for approval or suggested modification.

The project must be designed and implemented to help the credential candidate achieve more successful and professional instructional skills as defined by the "Standards" set by California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

Sample project application and log

Project Application Form

Level 2 Standards: Adult Education

Level 2 Standards: Career Technical / Vocational Education

Procedure:

  1. Consult with the LEA to determine the number of hours required (usually 45 hours minimum) and the number of standards to be addressed by the project (usually five).
  2. Prepare the project application (word processed) identifying the general standards and specific sub-categories to be addressed, describing the goal and intent of the project and how it will enable you to implement the standards.
    bulletSubmit the application to Lee for approval (by email or fax). 
    bulletFollow up by phone or email a few days later for Lee Clark's response.
  3. Only "Level 2" standards may be selected. Standards must be selected from the correct list; adult education standards or vocational education standards.  (The level 1 sub categories have been removed from these two forms linked on this page; so you may select from any of the sub categories from these particular forms.)
  4. Maintain a log containing
    bulletdates of activities
    bullettime spent
    bulletbrief description of activities
    bulletcandidate signature and date.
  5. Upon completion, the project is to be presented to the local administrator for review and approval signature..
  6. Present the following to Lee Clark:
    bulletcompleted application, signed by your administrator
    bulletsummary sheet describing outcomes related to improving or upgrading standards
    bulletsigned log of project activities
    bulletWe will keep the signed project form, log and summary.  We are no longer able to keep the entire project due to limitations on space.
    bulletPersonalized In-service project fee (usually $70).

Samples of Projects:

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The most popular project is creating a new course or series of lessons by doing:
bullet Blueprint (including goal and at least 10 objectives/measurable performances, etc.)
bullet Series of 10 UIP's for the individual lessons
bullet Creating the curriculum for each lesson including:
bullet class activities,
bullet handouts
bullet reference materials
bullet research you have done on internet or elsewhere. to get the needed skills, instructions, materials for the each class
bullet evaluation instruments you will use to observe the individual student progress for each individual lesson 
bullet teacher’s record book (or sheet) to record the progress for each student, each week in a simple but useful manner.

bulletFormulate a new set of activities and evaluations to address multiple learning styles/intelligences for a course.
bulletOriginate a series of rubrics for each student activity to help generate student confidence and success.
bulletDevelop supplemental enrichment activities to challenge the quick learners to advance independently.
bulletArrange for community based learning opportunities or establish community resources for students.
bulletWrite a student handbook of learning activities to accompany the lessons.
bulletProduce a series of webquests pertinent to the objectives of your course to stimulate student interest and foster research skills (with special approval by Lee).
bulletOther?