Candidate placement and fieldwork locations are important factors in preparing candidates for the CalTPA or CalAPA. Executive Director Mary Sandy has authored a letter to help district and county office personnel understand their role in this preparation, through initial partnerships and ongoing relationships with initial preparation programs. This letter is being provided for programs to download and distribute to all district and county offices with whom their candidates work during their preliminary programs as they continue to partner together for candidate success. The letter can also be found on the Commission's TPA webpage.

For concurrent bilingual multiple subject and single subject candidates who are in a placement where a language other than English is exclusively used for instruction, or who are in a placement where both English and another language are used for instruction:

• Candidates may submit responses along with student evidence for the two CalTPA instructional cycles in the language other than English, as applicable to the candidate's teaching context. Candidates do not have to provide translations or transcriptions for any materials submitted in a language other than English.
• Multiple Subject: Candidates must submit one of the CalTPA instructional cycles with a literacy focus (i.e., learning goals based in ELA and ELD standards) and one cycle with a math focus (i.e., learning goals based in math standards and ELD standards), as appropriate to the teaching context. Programs should assist candidates to decide accordingly the content focus for each of the two instructional cycles.
• Single Subject: Single subject concurrent bilingual candidates should complete both instructional cycles within the content area for which they are seeking the preliminary credential.

Beginning with the 2018–2019 year, for CalTPA Multiple Subject submissions, no translation is required if the language of instruction is Spanish. For submissions in all Single Subject content areas, except World Languages, any evidence in a language other than English must be accompanied by a translation. More information on these requirements will be available with the release of the 2018–2019 CalTPA Assessment Guide in fall 2018.