National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education

1. image files formats National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education February 2006

2. Why Accreditation? • Professional Community • Commitment to Growing a Professional Consensus • College of Education is a Professional School: Commitment to Prepare Individuals for Licensure in Field

3. Measures of Success • 615 accredited institutions • Approximately 100 candidates/precandidates • 50 State Partners • 33 national professional organizations • 1,200 + volunteers

4. Measures of Success A majority of states have adopted or adapted NCATE’s unit standards as their state standards for teacher preparation

5. Measures of Success • NCATE’s 50 state partners have adopted NCATE’s national professional content standards (math, science, etc.) or have aligned state content standards with those standards. • Licensing Assessments in a majority of states are now being aligned with NCATE’s professional standards.

6. Measures of Success • Teachers prepared at NCATE institutions are well-prepared. These teachers: -know the subject matter -demonstrate knowledge of effective teaching strategies -can teach students from different backgrounds -have been supervised by master teachers -can integrate technology into instruction

7. NCATE 101 February 2006 The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education

8. The Standard of Excellence In Teacher Preparation An accrediting body for schools, colleges, and departments of education recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Commission on Higher Education Accreditation

9. IMPROVEMENT of teacher performance through quality teacher preparation ACCOUNTABILITY to children, their parents, and the public at-large for quality teacher preparation

10. NCATE’s Constituent Members State & Local Policymakers Teacher Education Specialized Professional Associations Teachers

11. NCATE GOVERNANCE Executive Board provides overall leadership Unit Accreditation Board (UAB) makes accreditation decisions, writes standards, & oversees Board of Examiners State Partnership Board (SPB) approves state partnerships Specialty Area Studies Board (SASB) approves program standards

12. NCATE Standards • Developed by professional community • Public process

13. NCATE Standards • Candidate Performance • Candidate Knowledge, Skills, & Dispositions • Assessment System and Unit Evaluation • Unit Capacity • Field Experiences and Clinical Practice • Diversity • Faculty Qualifications, Performance, and Development • Unit Governance and Resources

14. Components of Standard • The Standard • Rubrics • Supporting Explanation

15. Standard 1 Candidate Knowledge,Skills, and Dispositions

16. The Standard Candidates preparing to work in schools as teachers or other professional school personnel know and demonstrate the content, pedagogical, and professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to help all students learn. Assessments indicate that candidates meet professional, state, and institutional standards.

17. Content Knowledge for Teacher Candidates(Initial and Continuing Preparation of Teachers)

18. Supporting Explanation: The public expects that teachers of their children have sufficient knowledge of content to help all students meet standards for P–12 education. The guiding principle of the teaching profession is that student learning is the goal of teaching. NCATE’s Standard 1 reinforces the importance of this goal by requiring that teacher candidates know their content or subject matter, can teach effectively, and can help all students learn. All professional school personnel are expected to carry out their work in ways that are supportive of student learning.

19. Program Reviews as Evidence of Meeting Standard 1 National Reviews by SPAs (Specialized Professional Associations) State Reviews by the State Agency Responsible for Program Approval

20. New NCATE Program Review Process

21. 5 Sections • 6-page Context Statement • Course of Study • Number of completers • Brief information about faculty • List of assessments, scoring guides, and data tables being submitted • Table aligning assessments to SPA standards

22. Discussion of assessments and data • Content knowledge • Pedagogical and professional knowledge, skills and dispositions • Effects on student learning • 3 pages delineating how faculty have used data to improve the program

23. Data available from national(& sometimes state) program reviews • State licensure exam for program area (if available—otherwise another content based assessment) • Content Assessment • Assessment of Planning (e.g., unit plan) • Student teaching/internship assessment • Assessment of candidate impact on student learning or providing a supporting learning environment • Other assessment to show SPA standards are met

24. Content Professional & Pedagogical Knowledge, Skills, & Dispositions P-12 Student Learning Rubric elements 1-2 Rubric elements 3-5 Rubric elements 6-7 Alignment of Program Review with Standard 1

25. The NCATE Process

26. 2-3 years before visit 3 semesters before visit 1-2 semesters before visit Intent to Seek Accreditation Preconditions Program Reports Due

27. 60 days before visit 30-60 days before visit Visit Date Institutional Report Due Previsit with Team Chair The On-site Visit

28. Board of Examiners Teams Teacher Education Specialty & Policy Teachers

29. Team Report • NCATE format for the team report • State addendum (optional)

30. Within 52 days after visit March/April & October Within 2 weeks after UAB BOE Report Finished UAB Meeting Notification of Accreditation

31. Organizing to Determine Accreditation Audit Committees 4-5 Members with 6-9 cases Joint Audit Committees 2 Audit Committees Consent Agenda Full UAB 32 Members Recommendations for Denial, Probation, or Revocation

32. Accreditation Decisions by NCATE • Accreditation • Accreditation with provisions or conditions • Accreditation with probation • Deny or revoke accreditation

33. First Accreditation Visit Accreditation Provisional Denial Within 6 months Within 2 years Written Documentation Focused Visit Within 12-18 months Accreditation Accreditation Revocation

34. State Partnerships

35. Standards State Unit & Program Stds NCATE Unit & Program Stds Combination State Program Stds NCATE Unit Stds Type of Visit Joint State & NCATE Visit Concurrent State & NCATE Visit NCATE Only Visit State Partnerships

36. BOE Team Composition for Joint Visits • Voting Members • 3-8 NCATE Board of Examiners members • 2-7 or fewer state representatives • Non-voting Members • State consultant from the State Agency • Observers from state affiliates of AFT & NEA

37. How does your state use the NCATE program review and accreditation decisions in determining state approval?

38. And Remember Why We Are Doing All of this Work…