Proposed Teacher Licensure

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Proposed Teacher Licensure Professional Growth
Program

• Guam Public School Systems New Proposed Process

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Three Advantageous Results Linkages

• Based on a common set of standards what all
  teachers should know and be able to do
• Teacher Preparation linked to Guams goals for
  Pre-K 12
• Focused on students standards

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Aligning Professional Standards and Personnel
Preparation for Teachers
Professional Standards
Best Practices for teaching ALL students
Licensure
Program Approval/Accreditation
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The new process was created to

• Increase teacher professional development
  opportunities
• Provide certification process to put you in
  charge of your own skill development
• Provide a self-improvement program that will
  benefit you and your students

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Two major changes

• Teacher preparation moves from a course/credit to
  performance/ competency orientation
• License renewal will have a career-long focus of
  self-directed, planned PDP guided by the Guam
  Teacher Standards

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License Types for Educators

• Initial Educator License 3 yr. non-renewable
• Professional Educator 5 yr. renewable
• Master Educator 10 yr. renewable

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Components of Initial Certification

• Guam Professional Teacher Standards
• Prerequisites
• Required Courses
• Mentorship
• Length of Certification
• Professional Development Plan
• Professional Teacher Evaluation

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Guam Professional Teacher Standards

• Standard 1 Planning
• Standard 2 Instruction
• Standard 3 Management
• Standard 4 Reflection and Professional
  Development
• Standard 5 Learning Communities

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Pre-requisites

• Degree from a state-approved college/university
  program
• Praxis I
• Praxis II or completion of an approved program
• Field-based experience
• Practicum or Student Teaching
• Coursework aligned w/Teacher Standards
• 2.7 or higher GPA
• Positive recommendation

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Required Courses

• Guam History or Guam Culture Completed within the
  first year

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Mentor/Induction Program

• Duration at least 1 year
• Mentee paired with mentor
• Key philosophy mentor is a guide on the side.
• Program driven by the Guam Professional Teacher
  Standards

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Length of Certification

• 3 year non-renewable

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Professional Growth Composition Team Form
Date
Educator
Building and Assignment
Team Members
Acknowledged by ______________________ Principal
Date
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Professional Growth Plan

• Standard/Criteria I. Planning II. Instruction
  III. Management
• Reflection Professional Development V.
  Learning Communities

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RECORD OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOURS
Category 1- course 2-in-service/professional
activities 3-conferences 4-research
5-leadership 6-accreditation visiting committee
7-NBPTS Type of Verification T-transcript
C-certificate A-signed attendance record L-log
of hours PDP can be modified, make sure PDP
Team members are notified.
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Professional Teacher Evaluation

• Satisfactory yearly evaluation

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The three license stages

• The Initial Educator License
• The Professional Educator License
• The Master Educator License

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Initial Educator
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Professional Educator
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Master Educator
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Q and A

• Thank You, Si Yuos Maase