Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 1 Common Standards August 19, :30 am-3:00 pm

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 2 Topics to be Addressed  Introduction to and Purposes of Common Standards  Additions to and differences from the 1997 Common Standards.  Edits to the Common Standards—in process now 1-Agenda

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 3 Topics (continued)  How to compose a narrative response that addresses both the unit level and individual programs  Where Common Standards fit into accreditation activities  Evidence an institution might provide in support of meeting the Common Standards

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 4 Introduction to and Purposes of Common Standards  Common Standards set the institutional context in which all programs offered there operate. They are the BIG picture.  Common Standards tie together all programs in an institution so that each program is represented.  Program Standards give the particulars for each program.

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 5 Common Standards : Educational Leadership 2: Unit and Program Evaluation System 3: Resources 4: Faculty 5: Admissions 6: Advice and Assistance 7: Field Experiences and Clinical Practice 8: Program Sponsor, District and University Field Experience Supervisors Field Experience Supervisors 9: Assessment of Candidate Competence

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 6 Revisions to Common Standards  Commission adopted revised Common Standards in June 2007  Revised Common Standards implemented as of July 1, 2008  Concerns about the applicability of these standards to all types of credential programs and all types of program sponsors—so proposed EDITS

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 7 Revised Standards Concepts or language new to the Common Standards are underlined-- 1: Educational Leadership: The institution and education unit create and articulate a research-based vision for educator preparation that is responsive to California's adopted standards and curriculum frameworks and provides direction for programs, courses, teaching, candidate performance and experiences, scholarship, service and unit accountability. 3-Alignment Matrix #1

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 8 Proposed edits  No change to the content—except in Common Standard 8  Broaden language to address all programs and types of sponsors –Tier II, Level II, or Induction Programs –Colleges, universities, school districts, county offices of education and other entities

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 9 Proposed edits 1: Educational Leadership The institution and education unit create and articulate a research-based vision for educator preparation that is responsive to California's adopted standards and curriculum frameworks. The vision provides direction for programs, courses, teaching, candidate performance and experiences, scholarship, service, and collaboration, and unit accountability. 4-Alignment Matrix #2

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 10 Timeline for edits  Information item presented on August 8  Stakeholder feedback collected until September 25  COA Review feedback at the October 10, 2008 meeting  Edits return to the Commission on November 6, 2008

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 11 Revised Common Standards Use  Green cohort institutions may respond to either the 2007 Common Standards or the edited 2008 standards.  All other institutions will respond to the edited 2008 Common Standards for both Site Visits and Program Approval.

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 12 Glossary  What will be included?  How to give input 5-Glossary

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 13 Responding to a Common Standard Break the Standard into its component parts The language of the standard defines WHAT the institution must do The institution must describe HOW it is going to meet the what of the standard 6-Concepts in Common Standards

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 14 Responding (Continued) An example  Guided practice with a Common Standard  Small group practice  Feedback on the product  Individual practice  Feedback from small groups 7-Sample Standard Response

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 15 Common Standards in Accreditation Activities  Responses to the Common Standards are prepared for the Site Visit  Reviewers confirm the responses with interviews and other evidence on site  Also used in Program Approval process (CTEL, Ed Specialist, etc.)  Reviewers confirm with evidence provided in the document

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 16 Evidence  What kinds of evidence will support the claims made in the response to the Common Standard?  What additional evidence from programs might be needed?  Differences between evidence for Site Visit and Program Approval

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 17 Resources PSD News To subscribe, send an to psd-news- psd-news- Commission Web Page select Program Sponsors then Accreditation select Program Sponsors then Accreditation

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Ensuring Educator Excellence 18 Resources  Biennial Reports accred-biennial-reports.html accred-biennial-reports.html  Program Assessment accred-assessment.html accred-assessment.html  Site Visits accred-site-visits.html accred-site-visits.html