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Title: Advanced Level Programs and NCATE Unit Review


1
Advanced Level Programs and NCATE Unit Review
  • Antoinette Mitchell
  • Vice President, Unit Accreditation

2
Advanced Level Programs
  • NCATE accreditation covers all programs that
    prepare professionals to work in P-12 settings.
  • Exceptions are programs in nursing, physical
    therapy, occupational therapy, and social work.

3
Advanced Level Programs
  • What is the definition of advanced level
    programs?
  • Programs at the post-baccalaureate levels for (1)
    the continuing education of teachers who have
    previously completed initial preparation or (2)
    the preparation of other professional school
    personnelincluding masters, specialists, and
    doctoral degree programs, as well as non-degree
    licensure programs.

4
Advanced Level Programs
  • Examples of advanced level programs include
    programs for the continuing education of
    teachers, including
  • Curriculum and instruction specialists
  • Masters degrees in education for teachers
  • Examples of advanced level programs also include
    programs for the preparation of
  • Superintendents
  • School counselors
  • School psychologists
  • Reading specialists
  • Educational technology specialists

5
Advanced Level Programs
  • Are advanced level programs included in the NCATE
    unit review? In the NCATE program review process?
  • Yes, they are included in the NCATE Unit Review
  • Yes, they are included in the NCATE Program
    Review if NCATE has standards for those programs
  • State protocols will say if ncate program review
    is mandatory
  • If the programs are accredited by another agency,
    then they need only be included in the unit
    review for Standard 6. (See NCATE policy on
    Relationships with other Nationally Recognized
    Accrediting Bodies)

6
Advanced Level Programs
  • Are advanced level programs for educators and
    non-educators included in the NCATE review?
  • The answer depends on for whom the program was
    developed and whether the majority of program
    completers go to work in the P-12 school setting.
  • When there are questions, contact the NCATE office

7
Advanced Level Programs
  • How are advanced level programs incorporated into
    the unit review?
  • Advanced level programs in the conceptual
    framework
  • Mission, goals, philosophy, knowledge base
  • Proficiencies
  • Dispositions
  • Assessment system

8
Advanced Level Programs
  • In Standard 1, advanced level programs for
    teachers are specifically address in the first 4
    elements
  • In Standard 1, specific elements are labeled
    Other Professional School Personnel
  • Prof. knowledge and skills for other professional
    school personnel C
  • including 80 rule
  • Student learning for other professional school
    personnel
  • In Standard 1, some elements are for both initial
    and advanced
  • Dispositions for all candidates

9
Advanced Level Programs
  • The elements in Standard 1 for advanced level
    programs are broad (i.e., content and
    professional knowledge) individual advanced
    level programs can address these by using program
    standards
  • If there are professional/program standards for a
    given program, then the program should address
    those standards. See NCATE website under Program
    Review for list of program standards
  • Programs for the continuing education of teachers
    are encouraged to use the NBPTS propositions
  • If there are no program standards, the unit must
    develop them.

10
Advanced Level Programs
  • In Standard 2, advanced level programs should be
    a part of the unit assessment system.
  • Like initial level programs, advanced level
    programs should have
  • links to the conceptual framework (candidate
    proficiencies)
  • Transition points
  • Identified assessment measures
  • Proof that assessment measures are accurate,
    consistent, fair, etc.
  • Studies of graduates (often means surveys of
    graduates and employers)
  • A system for the collecting, summarizing, and
    analyzing data
  • Regular use of the data collected and examples

11
Advanced Level Programs
  • Standard 3
  • All programs are expected to have field
    experiences
  • Most advanced level programs are expected to have
    a clinical component
  • Only advanced level programs for the continuing
    education of teachers are not expected to have a
    clinical component. Usually they have a major
    project that takes place in the candidates
    classroom
  • Most field experiences in programs for the
    continuing education of teachers can occur in the
    teachers own classroom
  • Programs for the continuing education of teachers
    are expected to expose candidates to diverse
    school settings

12
Advanced Level Programs
  • Standard 4
  • Advanced level programs should assess the units
    proficiencies related to diversity and should be
    able to identify where in their curricula they
    are addressed.
  • If the programs have additional or slightly
    different proficiencies, this should be clearly
    stated in the conceptual framework.
  • All of the elements on diverse candidates,
    faculty, and P-12 students apply to advanced
    level programs.

13
Advanced Level Programs
  • Standard 5 and Standard 6
  • Advanced level programs should meet these
    standards just as initial level programs do.

14
Advanced Level Programs
  • How do units work to get advanced level programs
    into the process?
  • Help faculty understand accreditation as a means
    of accountability and improvement
  • Help faculty clearly understand what is and what
    is not being asked of them.
  • Help faculty understand the standards and where
    they fit into the standards.
  • Seek input from top administrators
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