Division Overview

What is BTSA?

The BTSA Grant Program was created in 1993 by the California State Legislature in recognition of the fact that new teachers need support and reflective assessment to help them develop the skills critical to teaching success. BTSA is designed to assist beginning teachers as they transition from teacher preparation into the complex responsibilities of teaching. Beginning teachers grow in their professional practice by using a consultative, reflective, formative assessment process.

BTSA is based on the California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTP)

• Engaging and Supporting All Students
• Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
• Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning
• Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
• Assessing Student Learning
• Developing as a Professional Educator

East County BTSA Induction Consortium Program Benefits

• Assistance and coaching from a trained support provider (an experienced practicing teacher)
• Opportunity to learn sound effective teaching practice through classroom visitations and participation in program activities
• Courses designed specifically to meet the needs of beginning teachers in selected subject matters, classroom management, organization, and discipline
• Opportunities to interact and network other beginning teachers and experienced mentor teachers.
  

Who Qualifies for BTSA?

This comprehensive system of support is for contracted teachers who:

• Have fewer than 3 years of teaching experience in the California public school system
• Have five years or less of out-of-state teaching experience
• Have 20% or more contract in a classroom program
• Have a preliminary credentials under SB2042 which requires that they participate in a Commission approved induction program, if available, to earn their professional clear teaching credential.

BTSA Goals

The program goals of East County's BTSA Induction Consortium are:

• Improved Teaching Performance
• Improved Instruction for Students from Diverse Backgrounds
• Increased New Teacher Satisfaction
• Increased New Teacher Retention
• Increased Collegiality