Early Childhood Education (ZA) Endorsement Program Reviewer

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Early Childhood Education (ZA) Endorsement
Program Reviewers Guidelines

• December 12, 2008 PM
• Dr. Bonnie Rockafellow
• Education Consultant
• Office of Professional Preparation Services
• Michigan Department of Education

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Reviewers Guidelines

• Applications and supporting documentation must be
  submitted in an electronic format.
• All Early Childhood Education (ZA) endorsement
  programs must submit an application and review
  documentation by November 1, 2010, for review
  March 2011.

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Reviewers Guidelines

• All fees must be paid by December 1, 2010, for
  review March 2011.
• No candidates are to be admitted to old programs.
  Full approval based on new SBE Early Childhood
  Education (ZA) endorsement standards must be
  obtained before candidates are admitted to
  programs after December 2011.

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Reviewers Guidelines

• The Professional Preparation and Development Unit
  staff will receive the electronic application for
  program approval.
• When the full application is received, the
  institution will be sent a notice for remittance
  of a review fee as determined by legislative
  action in 2007.
• If the fee is received by December 1, 2010, the
  application will be recorded as available for
  review in March 2011.

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Reviewers Guidelines

• As you review please remember that this review
  process should
• Support institutions that submit documentation
  highlighting the quality of their ZA program.
• Provide valuable feedback in relationship to the
  new Early Childhood Education (ZA) endorsement
  standards.

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Reviewers Guidelines

• The process is not designed to
• Replicate a program you may have graduated from
  or work within.
• Evaluate the institutions capacity to use
  technology for documentation.

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Reviewers Guidelines

• Review Forms
• Application for State Approval of Teacher
  Preparation Specialty Programs http//www.michigan
  .gov/documents/progapp_21902_7.doc
• This website contains the documentation format we
  expect to see for all the programs.

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Reviewers Guidelines

• The Early Childhood Education (ZA) endorsement
  standards are available at
• http//www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-6530_5683
  _6368-204349--,00.html
• These are the standards that each institution
  must address when completing a standards matrix
  for the program (see instructions in Section VI
  of the Application for State Approval of Teacher
  Preparation Specialty Programs).

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Reviewers Guidelines

• Reviewer Comments Regarding Program Status
• The reviewer's comment form was prepared to help
  reviewers working with institutional documents
  submitted for review. It may also be useful for
  your conversations with your review partner.
  This form is for the reviewers use and is NOT
  used by the institution under review.

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Reviewers Guidelines

• The disc for your institution contains the
  following documents
• Folder titled Review Documentation with these
  items
• The review application form
• Form XX
• Acceptable matrix sample
• Unacceptable matrix sample
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• Folder titled Reviewer Information with these
  items
• How to Review Early Childhood Endorsement
  Programs
• Conflict of Interest form
• Volunteer form
• A copy of the invoice form
• The revised Early Childhood Standards
• Sample Review Team Comments form
• Sample Reviewer Recommendation form

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Early Childhood Education (ZA) Endorsement
Program

• Additional training may be available for
  reviewers as we approach the 2011 review
  conference.
• Questions regarding the review process can be
  sent to Bonnie Rockafellow at rockafellowb_at_michiga
  n.gov