§ 10020 Teacher Aide Employment Rules

This law lets school districts hire teacher aides and lets colleges place their students in classrooms as aides, and it creates a short‑term certificate for temporary teacher‑assistants that lasts no more than two years and must be used under a certified teacher.

Key Takeaways

•Schools can keep hiring teacher aides and assistants as they already do.
•Colleges can set up programs to put their students in classrooms as aides, sometimes for college credit.
•A temporary teacher‑assistant certificate can be issued for up to two years, but it does NOT replace a regular teaching license.
•The assistant must always work under the direct supervision of a certified classroom teacher.

Example

A community college partners with a local elementary school so that a senior education major can work in a 3rd‑grade classroom as a teacher‑assistant.

The college sends the student to the school, the county superintendent gives the student a temporary teacher‑assistant certificate (good for up to two years), and the student works under the classroom teacher who is always present or on call.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing school districts from hiring, employing, or otherwise using teacher aides, instructional aides, or teacher-assistants under the terms of existing law and financial support formulas. The commission may study the various roles of such paraprofessionals. Public and private colleges, universities, and community colleges may develop cooperative programs with school districts or school governing boards to place undergraduate and graduate students in public and private classrooms as teacher aides or assistants. Such assignment may be, at the discretion of the institution, the basis for securing college credit. A certificate to serve as a temporary teacher-assistant shall be issued, by the county superintendent of schools of the county in which service is to be rendered, to the holder of a recommendation from an accredited college, university, or community college. The certificate shall authorize the holder to serve as a teacher-assistant. No such certificate shall be granted for a period exceeding two years. The teacher-assistant certificate shall not be used in lieu of a teaching credential. The holder of such a certificate shall work under the immediate supervision of a credentialed classroom teacher to whom the teacher-assistant is assigned, who shall be present in the classroom while the teacher-assistant is performing his or her classroom duties or who shall be available at all times to provide guidance and direction to the teacher-assistant. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 840, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)

Key Takeaways

•Schools can keep hiring teacher aides and assistants as they already do.
•Colleges can set up programs to put their students in classrooms as aides, sometimes for college credit.
•A temporary teacher‑assistant certificate can be issued for up to two years, but it does NOT replace a regular teaching license.
•The assistant must always work under the direct supervision of a certified classroom teacher.

Example

A community college partners with a local elementary school so that a senior education major can work in a 3rd‑grade classroom as a teacher‑assistant.

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