Site Visit: Consultant Advice March 2008

1. Site Visit: Consultant Advice March 2008 Ensuring Educator Excellence

2. Advice to institutions • Utilize your assigned consultant • Year Out Pre-Visit • Early preparation • Scheduling considerations • Prepare for triangulation

3. Utilize your CTC Consultant Free technical assistance and support • Year-Out Pre-Visit • Emails • Phone Calls • Two Month-Out Pre-Visit Once the visit starts—CTC Consultant is the protector of the process

4. Year-Out Pre-Visit • Year-out Pre-Visit: Full day of technical assistance from your CTC consultant CTC Consultant can meet with • Dean or Director • Accreditation planning committee • Department chairs • All faculty and staff

5. Early Preparation Self-Study (Common Standard response and all program standard responses) • Submit 5-6 months ahead for CTC consultant to pre-read and pose questions • Discuss with CTC Consultant • Organization of your documentation • Schedule for the visit

6. Scheduling the interviewsResponsibility of the Sponsor! • Candidates • Graduates • Faculty, Staff and Administration • Employers • Field Supervisors • Advisory Boards, if appropriate

7. Interviews (cont.) • Consider the standards the team member is responsible for—Common Standards or a specific program • Individual interviews with all full time faculty • Group interviews with candidates, graduates, and field supervisors • Separate interviews: Across programs and role groups

8. Triangulation Team members are asked to consider multiple sources…interviews across difference role groups and documentation provided by the sponsor—Make it EASY for them! • Provide team with all role groups on Monday and Tuesday • Provide minutes of meetings • Provide candidate files and advising documentation