Intern Programs and Accreditation

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Intern Programs and Accreditation

• November 17, 2008

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Who are You?

• Intern ProgramMultiple or Single Subject or
  Education Specialist
• Approved or Accredited Program-approved by the
  Committee on Accreditation (college, university,
  school district or county office of education)
• Fiscal Agent for a funded Intern Program (school
  district or county office of education)
• Partner/Employer of Internsschool district or
  county office of education

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Employers

• Provide onsite support (mentoring) to the intern
• In Education Specialist programs, someone from
  the employer must assess the candidateNOT
  evaluate the teacher
• Work with the approved program sponsor on data
  collection and program improvement

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Fiscal Agents Funded Program

• Must meet all requirements in the Grant
  Acceptance Conditions (GAC)
• Either be the approved program or work in concert
  with the approved program
• Work with Cathy Creeggan and Nadine Noelting on
  deliverables that meet requirements of the GAC.

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Approved (Accredited) Programs

• Participate in the Commissions Accreditation
  System as one of the programs sponsored by the
  institution (college, university, school district
  or county office of education approved by the
  Commission to offer educator preparation
  programs)
• Work with Teri Clark for accreditation

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Purpose of Accreditation

• Accountability To the public and the profession
• Ensuring High Quality Programs
• Program Improvement
• Adherence to Standards

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Accreditation Objective

• The accreditation system is a series of
  activities which, over time, provide a clear
  picture of an institutionhistory, how it makes
  changes, how it stays current with the field
  (both standards and the schools they serve).

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Accreditation Activities

• Ongoing Data Gathering Analysis
• Biennial Report
• Program Assessment
• Site Visit
• Follow Up

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Ongoing Data Gathering and Analysis

• Data Collection Process is a regular, routine
  part of the intern program
• Expectation is that all intern programs are
  making programmatic improvements based on solid
  data
• Good programs use multiple sources of data to
  make programmatic decisions. No single bullet
  decisions.

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Ongoing Data Gathering and Analysis

• Data on the effectiveness of candidates and the
  program in contributing to that effectiveness is
  a key focus of the revised accreditation system.
• Data collection alone is not sufficient
  Analysis and Improvements are all key to the
  revised system.

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Biennial Reports

• Focus on candidate outcomes.
• Each institution will submit a report for each
  approved program.
• Each report will contain aggregated data,
  analysis, and program modification
• Two sections of the report Afor each program
  (see above) and Bfor overall trends and action
  plan submitted by the Dean.

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Program Assessment

• Part I narrative describing current program,
  how it meets the Program Standards and any
  new/additional information to place program in
  context.
• Part II current course syllabi
• Part III assessments used to measure candidate
  competence, including rubrics, training
  information and calibration activities.

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Site Visit

• Year 6
• The visit focuses on Common Standards, areas of
  question from Program Assessment and confirmation
  of the Preliminary Report of Findings. (beginning
  in 2009-10)
• Team of trained Board of Institutional Reviewers.
  The team will range from 3-10 individuals.

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Site Visit

• The team will use the information from both the
  Biennial Reports and the Program Assessment in
  addition to the interviews with employers,
  graduates, candidates and faculty to make a
  decision regarding each Common Standard.
• CTC staff will attend each review as
  facilitators.
• Institutions will receive a draft site visit
  report at the end of the site visit.

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Site Visits

• The visits for 08-09 will include the program
  review at the site visit.
• Reviewed against the Revised Common Standards!
• Beginning in 09-10, the Program Assessment is
  completed prior to the site visit.

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Accreditation Follow Up

• Any issues, concerns, questions or follow-up to
  the site visit will be reported on in the year
  following the visit.
• Information from each activity (Biennial Report,
  Program Assessment and Site Visits) will then be
  reported at Committee on Accreditation (COA)
  meetings.
• The COA, in turn, shares findings with the
  Commission.

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Accreditation Decision

• The COA makes one accreditation decision for the
  institution. This decision applies to all
  educator preparation programs offered by the
  institution.
• If there are places where one or more programs
  at the institution not meeting standards, there
  may be Stipulations.

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Intern Programs Responsibilities

• Partnership between the approved program and the
  employing school district
• All programs Pre-service requirement
• MS and SS Early Completion Option

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Deliverables

• Funded Program
• Signed Grant Acceptance Conditions
• State Survey
• Retention
• Annual Improvement Plan

• Approved Program
• Biennial Report
• Program Assessment
• Site Visits
• Program and Common Standards

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Committee on Accreditation Updates

• Accreditation Handbook
• BIR applications being accepted and
  training-January 09
• SB 2042 Preliminary Program Standards Intern
  Programs and required elements on the December
  2008 Commission agenda

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Resources

• www.ctc.ca.gov
• Go to Program Sponsors
• In column at right under Current Work select
• Accreditation
• There you will find information and updates on
  all accreditation activities.
• PSD News
• Subscribe at ctc.ca.gov

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