Joint NCATE Accreditation and State Approval Reviews: What Works

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Joint NCATE Accreditation and State Approval
Reviews What Works

• Pre AACTE Meeting NCATE Conference
• February 19, 2005
• Washington D.C.

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NCATE State Partnerships

• Established in 1988
• Cooperative venture built on rigorous standards
  of our nations foremost education and subject
  matter organizations.

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NCATE State Partnership Goals

• Reduce duplication expense.
• Increase rigor of reviews.
• Align state and professional content standards.
• Jointly collect and analyze data on candidate
  performance.

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50 NCATE State Partnerships

• ALABAMA
• ALASKA
• ARIZONA
• ARKANSAS
• CALIFORNIA
• CONNECTICUT
• COLORADO
• DELAWARE
• DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
• FLORIDA
• GEORGIA
• HAWAII
• IDAHO
• ILLINOIS
• INDIANA
• IOWA
• KANSAS
• KENTUCKY
• LOUISIANA

• MISSOURI
• MONTANA
• NEBRASKA
• NEVADA
• NEW JERSEY
• NEW MEXICO
• NEW YORK
• NORTH CAROLINA
• NORTH DAKOTA
• OHIO
• OKLAHOMA
• OREGON
• PENNSYLVANIA
• PUERTO RICO
• RHODE ISLAND
• SOUTH CAROLINA
• SOUTH DAKOTA
• TENNESSEE
• TEXAS

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Partnerships Address State Context Needs

• 50 state partnerships
• 50 unique agreements

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Partnership Elements

• Team
• Standards
• Report
• Protocol

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The Team

• All NCATE team, or
• Joint state and NCATE team, or
• 2 concurrent teams state and NCATE

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Standards Frameworks

• NCATE unit standards, NCATE program standards
• OR
• NCATE unit standards, State program standards.

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NCATE Program Reviews

• Conducted by NCATE SPA
• Efficient and cost effective
• Program development technical assistance
• Direct route for national recognition of programs

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State Program Standards

• State adopts NCATE program standards.
• State develops program standards that closely
  align with NCATE program standards.
• State program review similar to NCATE program
  review.
• States can recommend institutions programs
  for national SPA recognition if state standards
  and review process receive SPA sanction.

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www.ncate.org

• Click on
• Standards
• Program Standards
• Elementary

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Institutional Report (IR)Formats

• IR written in the NCATE format
• OR
• IR written in the NCATE format with a state
  addendum

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Protocol

• Includes both NCATE and the states procedures
  and expectations related to joint visits.
  Captures the nuts and bolts of the partnership.

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Protocol Categories

• Dates of Visit
• Timelines
• Preconditions
• Institutional Report
• Pre Visit
• Evidence/Exhibit Rooms
• NCATEs electronic exhibit room guidelines can
  be accessed at www.ncate.org.

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Protocol Categories

• On-site Visits 
• Team Members
• Team Chairs 
• Team Expenses 
• Team Training 
• Additional Team Participants

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Protocol Categories

• BOE Report  
• Institutional Rejoinder
• Final Action Reports
• Appeals Procedure 

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State Consultant

• Key to administering the partnership.
• Essential in the pre visit and on site visit.
• Facilitates an orientation to the state
  partnership at an early team meeting.
• Role and responsibilities vary.

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