Transcript A Changing Environment Surrounding Educator Preparation

How Institutions Can Leverage
Change as an Opportunity for
Educator Preparation
The Missouri Association of Colleges for
Teacher Education Fall 2009 Meeting
James G. Cibulka
President
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher
Education
October 1, 2009
A Changing Environment
Surrounding Educator
Preparation
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Increasing criticism of colleges of education
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Obama Administration foci
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Mediocre U.S. student achievement
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Teachers’ importance in student learning
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Expectations of policy community
Policymakers…
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Want recruitment of highly talented and diverse teaching
force
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See licensing regulations as keeping some good people
out and accepting some weak candidates
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Want to solve the challenge of low performing schools
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Still see gaps in educator preparation; some filled by
alternate route non-university programs
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Are focused on Obama Admin. goals
Evidence from Research
that Challenges COEs
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Masters degrees
Child/adolescent development
Diversity
ELL
Recreating COEs for the
st
21 Century
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Better alignment with needs of P-12
schools, e.g. low performing schools,
high drop-out rates, preparation for
college and career readiness
Pre-service and programs for
experienced teachers to be more
clinically based, in partnerships with
schools
Recreating COEs for the
st
21 Century (cont’d)
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Address human capital development in
array of program offerings and in
program design
Build multiple pathways to teaching
within COEs and in collaboration with
other departments/colleges
Recreating COEs for the
st
21 Century (cont’d)
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Utilize more powerful R & D strategies in
program design
Build the evidentiary base for measuring the
effectiveness of all graduates and use this
information to redesign programs
Redesign COE curricula for digital age
learners (candidates, experienced teachers,
and P-12 students)
Recreating COEs for the
st
21 Century (cont’d)
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Bring strong alternative (non-IHE)
providers into accreditation to drive
higher levels of performance across a
mixed market of providers
Two Options for
Reaccreditation in NCATE
Redesign
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Continuous Improvement Visit
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Transformation Initiative Visit
Focus of the Review:
Continuous Improvement
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The unit will engage in continuous
improvement between on-site visits.
– Submit annual reports
– Describe changes in the IR
– Submit IR at least one year before visit for
formative feedback
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The unit will assess itself against the target
level of one or more standards.
Focus of the
Transformation Initiative
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Engagement in an initiative for selfimprovement and contribution to the
improvement & reform of the
profession, including learning in P-12
schools
R&D
Examples of Transformation
Initiatives
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Human capital development (recruitment,
induction, retention, professional
development)
Robust clinical practice
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Teaching digital age learners
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Diversity-based skills
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Follow-up performance data
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Validity studies of assessments
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Examples of Transformation
Initiatives
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Partnerships with P-12 schools for the
transformation of student learning &
conditions that support learning, e.g.
learning teams
Improving P-16 system (e.g., college
readiness, access, & completion)
Use of formative assessments to improve
student learning
Eligibility for
Transformation Initiative
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Unit must clearly show it continues to
meet standards.
– Submission of TI IR three years before
visit (adjusted for pilots)
– TI IR reviewed by Offsite BOE Team
along with other evidence to determine
eligibility
Off-Site Reviews for TI
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Offsite BOE Team will meet electronically
to review Mid-cycle IR, determine eligibility
for TI, & write BOE Feedback Report
Committee on Transformation
Initiative will review TI proposal & provide
feedback &/or request additional
information or clarification
– Must focus on a major problem or challenge in
the field and have a strong research design
On-Site TI Visit
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Follows CI onsite visit process with the
addition of feedback on the
implementation of the TI
Expert or consultant on the TI may be
asked to serve as a resource to the
Onsite BOE team
Evaluation on process vs. outcome
TI may continue into next cycle
Thank you
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For all you do for our nation
for joining NCATE in a
redesigned & transformed
accreditation process.