1. Educator Preparation and Licensing Rule Alignment
Rule and Content Assessment Alignment Project
Update and Information Session
Colleen O’Neil, Ed.D., Executive Director
July 2015

2. The Team Today Colleen O’Neil, Ed.D., Executive Director
1/13/2019
The Team Today
Colleen O’Neil, Ed.D., Executive Director
Jennifer Weber, Special Projects
Karen Martinez, Ph.D., Senior Consultant, Educator Preparation
Kady Lanoha, Senior Policy Analyst
Educator Preparation and Licensing Team 2

3. The Need Multiple calls for alignment
Stakeholders in educator preparation
LEAD Compact 2013 Report (rule alignment, content assessment updates, induction support)
VIVA CEA Idea Exchange December 2013 Report
2009 Educator Preparation and Licensing review and report
Inconsistencies within the rules and best practices
Lack of clarity around statutory requirements 3

4. Stakeholder Engagement – The Process To Get To Here
How far has the outreach gone?
CDE conducted five focus groups across the state with stakeholders to gain insights and feedback on the educator licensing rules.
Fall of 2014: Western State in Gunnison, Pikes Peak BOCES in Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, and Mesa University in Grand Junction.
Range of outreach strategies- reached about 3,600 people
CDE direct notification
Posting about focus groups via the SCOOP
Online survey posted for feedback: Open Oct.- Nov respondents provided 788 comments in the survey 4

5. What It Is
Review of all educator preparation rules for alignment with statute and best practice
Colorado Statute, including SB
Colorado Academic Standards
Early Childhood Education (Competencies)
Clarification of rule in the event it is unclear or no longer relevant
Sending in hardcopy transcripts or applications
Opportunity for stakeholder input, feedback and direction for today and tomorrow 5

6. What It Is (cont.)
Stakeholder feedback yielded three buckets – 1) Alignment 2) Needed endorsements 3) Legislative requests
Educator Prep and Licensure
Alignment of Rule and Content Assessments
September 2014-February 2016
Endorsement and Pathways
Additional
Endorsements, -math specialist -master teacher options
October 2015-TBD 2016
Colorado Revised Statutes
1991 Educator Licensing Act Review
No Timeline, Feedback Collected Only 6

7. Remind Me About the Content Assessments?
Content assessment alignment
What we know now as the PLACE and the Praxis
Draft rules, September 2015
Workgroup, Fall 2015
Recommendations to Board, Spring 2015
Adoptions, Spring-Summer 2015
Implementation, TBD
**This is a very tentative timeline! 7

8. What It Is (cont.)
This project is about the need for the education community (licensure rules and educator preparation entities across the state) to be on the same page and understand what teachers need to know and be able to do in order to ensure high levels of achievement for our students. 8

9. Big Ideas - Updates Grammatical and parallel formatting language
Grammar and punctuation
Rule number alignment
Intro paragraph to each rule
Statutory references
Ensured correct references to statutes and other rules within the rules documentation
Update to current standards and expectations
ECE, Gifted, Educational Interpreter
Teacher Quality Standards
Principal Quality Standards
Special Service Provider Quality Standards
Colorado Academic Standards 9

10. Big Ideas (cont.) Clarification of endorsement levels
addition of K-12, Elementary or 7-12, birth-21, birth-8
GPA requirements removed
Minimal Naming Change and/or Clarification of Names
Foreign Language to World Language
Business/Marketing
Drama to Theater Arts
Art to Visual Arts
Family and Consumer Studies to Family and Consumer Science
Collapse of Existing Endorsements
Teacher and School Librarian 10

11. Big Ideas (cont.)
Update to Specific Rule - Discontinuance of Endorsements
5 year maximum time limit for discontinued endorsement and content assessments (from time of discontinuance) to be accepted by the Colorado Department of Education.
Alignment of One Endorsement to Current Rule
Gifted and Talented updates to align with updated rule 11

12. What It Is Not Rewrite of the 1991 Educator Licensing Act
Policy reform/ Legislative updates
Addition or changes to the core licensing requirements
Rules for hiring at a local level
Addition of new endorsements not aligned to rule updates - we are certainly tracking these.
Each individual one of these will undergo their own 6-8 month process of rule making which will require stakeholder engagement etc.
Examples include: Adaptive Physical Education, Math Specialist, etc. 12

13. What we need from YOU! Call for participation!
From the information collected, CDE began full analysis of stakeholder feedback January through April of 2015.
Developed a draft of the existing rules.
July 16, 2015: completed the first draft of the rules based on stakeholder feedback and evaluation of current initiatives and best practices and they are posted for review until August 10, 2015.
While we are close, this is the most important time for your engagement and feedback.  13

14. Get involved!! Website Information
Please review our website to learn more about the project as a whole, then read on to provide your feedback.
Please review the Educator Preparation and Licensing Alignment Rules draft document and then provide your feedback through our Google Feedback Form. (all information posted on website)
Contact Jenn Weber with questions: 14

15. Anticipated Project Timeline
Moving forward, the following is the project timeline:
Draft Rule Stakeholder Feedback: Week of July 13,  CDE announced and posted a draft version of the rules in PDF format for stakeholder feedback. Stakeholders can review the document and provide additional feedback to CDE using a Google Form.
CDE Informational Sessions: July 23 and August 4, CDE will host two information sessions. 15

16. Project Timeline (cont.)
CDE Reviews and Incorporates Feedback: Week of August 10, CDE will review the stakeholder feedback and incorporate suggestions as needed.
Formal Rule Making Process with the Board of Education: September and ongoing. Once the stakeholder feedback is incorporated, CDE will engage in the formal rule making process as set forth by the Board of Education. This process will include opportunities for additional written feedback and formal rule making hearings. The timeline for the formal rule making process is tentatively scheduled for September through the remainder of 2015 16

17. Q & A FAQ will be created as questions come and posted on the website
Questions for us today? 17

18. Thank you for your time and thinking!
Contact information
Jenn Weber,
Colleen O’Neil, 18