Report 2010-119 Recommendation 14 Responses

Report 2010-119: Commission on Teacher Credentialing: Despite Delays in Discipline of Teacher Misconduct, the Division of Professional Practices Has Not Developed an Adequate Strategy or Implemented Processes That Will Safeguard Against Future Backlogs (Release Date: April 2011)

Recommendation #14 To: Teacher Credentialing, California Commission on

To adequately address the weaknesses we discuss in its processing of reports of misconduct, the division should revisit management’s reports and processes for overseeing the investigations of misconduct to ensure that the reports and practices provide adequate information to facilitate clear evidence of management review of reports intended to track the division’s progress in its investigations of misconduct.

1-Year Agency Response

According to the commission, beginning in October 2011, it has held a weekly management meeting that includes the chief counsel, assistant chief counsel, supervising special investigator, and the acting staff services manager and it plans to include new managers as they are recruited. The commission stated that during the weekly meeting the management team focuses on issues facing the division, including staffing issues, case work issues, and case delays as well as spending some time to review various reports. However, the commission indicated that the management team does not review every type of report at each meeting, but all reports are provided to each manager as they are developed. (See 2013-406, p. 56)

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2010-119

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.