CA TPEs Domain 7 Literacy Study Guide
California Teacher Credential Candidates and Teacher Education Faculty,
This MoraModules News Bulletin is especially for you. I am announcing that I have posted a CA TPEs Domain 7 Literacy Study Guide for accessing modules to guide future and current educators to the pedagogical knowledge base for literacy education for multilingual learners. The Study Guide is now ready for use by teacher education faculty and teacher credential candidates for the fall semester 2026. Access to Study Guide is available through purchase of any of the membership plans for moramodules.com. This includes membership in the Limited Plan or Full Access Plan and also Spanish Language Pedagogy Book Companion Website. Click here to view a Membership Comparison to select a pathway to Essential Professional Knowledge for effective instruction of multilingual learners.
Here is a link to a PDF of the Literacy Domain 7 TPEs with related modules so that teacher candidates and teacher education faculty can preview the contents of the CA Literacy TPEs Study Guide in PDF. This Study Guide replaces the Reading Instruction Competency Assessment RICA Study Guide because the RICA exam is now defunct as a result of legislation under SB 1263 Teacher Credentialing bill (Newman). This legislation reaffirmed and updated the TPA system for California’s teaching credential candidates with an emphasis on literacy assessment and teacher credentialing program accountability.
NOTE: The Teaching Performance Expectations are identified with a “nickname” that is are organizational labels used throughout this website to help website users to navigate the eleven Literacy Domain 7 TPEs. They are drawn from the language and concepts of California’s Literacy Domain 7 TPEs, ELA/ELD Framework, and ELD Standards and are intended as a learning aid rather than official CCTC titles. For the full articulation of each of the 11 Literacy Domain 7 TPEs, please link to the CCTC website.
I welcome any questions about the CA TPEs Domain 7 Literacy Study Guide. I hope that it will be useful to educators who seek to be well-informed about the pedagogical knowledge base and instructional practices that address the literacy learning needs of multilingual learners in California and throughout the nation.