5 CCR s 80037.5

Cal. Admin. Code tit. 5, s 80037.5

CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS
TITLE 5. EDUCATION
DIVISION 8. COMMISSION ON TEACHER CREDENTIALING
CHAPTER 1. CREDENTIALS ISSUED UNDER THE TEACHER PREPARATION AND LICENSING
LAW OF 1970
ARTICLE 2. CREDENTIAL TYPES, AUTHORIZATIONS, AND REQUIREMENTS
This database is current through 01/26/07, Register 2007, No. 4
s 80037.5. Subject Matter Programs for the Designated Subjects
Special Subjects Teaching Credential in Driver Education and Driver
Training.

(a) To be approved by the Commission, a subject matter program for the
Designated Subjects Special Subjects Teaching Credential in Driver
Education and Training shall include 12 semester hours, or 180 clock
hours, of subject matter course work and/or staff development work in
driver education and training.

(b) To be granted preliminary approval or continued approval by the
Commission as a subject matter program for the Designated Subjects Special
Subjects Teaching Credential in Driver Education and Training, the program
must be developed, submitted and implemented by a Local Education Agency
(LEA). An LEA, as it applies to subject matter programs in driver
education and training means any of the following categories of agencies:

(1) A California public school district or consortium of school
districts;

(2) A California county superintendent of schools office;

(3) A California regional occupational program or center;

(4) A California State Agency;

(5) A Commission-approved teacher preparation institution.

(c) An LEA desiring to develop a subject matter program for the Designated
Subjects Special Subjects Teaching Credential in Driver Education and
Training shall file with the Commission a request for approval, signed by
the Chief Administrative Officer of the agency or agencies constituting
the LEA. This request shall include a complete description of how the
program will meet all requirements, including each standard of program
quality and effectiveness adopted by the Commission as set forth in this
regulation with a particular focus upon how the LEA proposes to assure
that students will acquire the competencies, skills and knowledge
required.

(d) The request for approval of standards of program quality and
effectiveness for subject matter programs for the Designated Subjects
Special Subjects Teaching Credential in Driver Education and Training
shall specify the competencies, skills and knowledge to be required of the
student in each of the following areas:

(1) Motivation (including, but not limited to the ability to
identify and use important motivational factors in driving,
including risk tolerance, emotion, intrinsic motivators, and
resistance to negative learning);

(2) Knowledge (including, but not limited to the ability to
identify and use the knowledge related to driving in the Highway
Transportation System, including the California Vehicle Code,
driving tasks, human factors, and the physics of driving);

(3) Attention (including, but not limited to the ability to make
use of attention in driving, including alertness, divided attention,
and switching attention);

(4) Detection and Perception (including, but not limited to the
acquisition of knowledge and the ability to use detection and
perception skills which includes the driver's searching, scanning,
noticing potential hazards, and the mental processing of information
from the senses);

(5) Evaluation of Potential Perceived Hazards (including, but not
limited to, the ability to evaluate perceived potential hazards,
including factors such as speed and distance, risk assessment, other
road users' expectations and motivations);

(6) Decision Making (including, but not limited to the ability to
identify and weigh options while driving, selecting and timing
responses to optimize benefits and reduce or eliminate negative
impacts);

(7) Motor Skills (including, but not limited to the demonstration,
behind the wheel, of adequate psychomotor skills to properly execute
an intended action, including executing correct choices, sensitivity
to vehicle response, controlling acceleration and speed, controlling
deceleration, steering, and error correction);

(8) Safety Margin (including, but not limited to the ability to
practice an adequate safety margin, including the management of the
time and space available for detection, perception, evaluation,
decision, and response, as well as the control of safety margin
through choice of driving speed and vehicle placement);

(9) Responsibility (including, but not limited to the practice of
basic self-correction and self-control needed for safe, mature,
efficient, and socially responsible use of the roads, including the
self-monitoring of one's driving behavior and its effects on other
road users, a commitment to driving unimpaired, conflict avoidance,
use of safety restraints, positive/negative communication among road
users, and energy/environmental conservation);

(10) Diversity and Equity in the Program (including, but not
limited to understanding and appreciation of the role of human
diversity in Driver Education and Training, including cultural,
ethnic, gender, age, socio-economic, language diversity, and
individuals with exceptional needs, including the promotion of
educational equity by utilizing instructional, advisement and
curricular practices that offer equal access to program content and
career options for all credential candidates);

(11) Computer Literacy and Educational/Instructional Technology
(including, but not limited to the employment of multiple
strategies, activities and materials that are appropriate for
effective instruction and assessment of learning and development in
Driver Education and Training and that provide the foundation for
the credential candidates to examine and use technology in the
teaching and learning process. Credential candidates will
demonstrate knowledge of basic operations, terminology and
capabilities of computer-based technologies)'

(12) Program Organization and Management (including, but not
limited to the demonstration and management of a driver education
and training program, including scheduling, budgeting, facilities
and equipment, legal aspects, public relations, parent involvement,
and evaluation);

(13) Behind the Wheel (including, but not limited to the
demonstration of competence in teaching the content identified in
these standards as well as those California laws and regulations
that are applicable to novice drivers under actual on-street driving
conditions, including the demonstration of knowledge of a variety of
additional techniques and methods, including simulators, driving
range, and interactive technology products).

(e) The Commission will approve subject matter programs for the Designated
Subjects Special Subjects Teaching Credential in Driver Education and
Training after a review of the request, when such requests reflects that
the program submitted by the LEA meets the requirements and standards.
Programs will be monitored by the Commission to determine if the
requirements and standards are continuing to be met.

(f) An LEA that offered a subject matter program for the Designated
Subjects Special Subjects Teaching Credential in Driver Education and
Training on the effective date of this section shall continue to be
authorized to offer that program, but for no longer than one calendar year
from the effective date of this section, or until approved by the
Commission, whichever is first.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 44225(q) and 44260.4, Education
Code. Reference: Sections 44260.7, 44225(b) and 44225(d), Education
Code.

HISTORY

1. New section filed 3-18-98; operative 4-17-98 (Register 98, No. 12).

5 CCR s 80037.5, 5 CA ADC s 80037.5
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5 CA ADC s 80037.5

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