Continuous Improvement

Focus of the Review: Continuous Improvement

The unit will engage in continuous improvement between on-site visits.Submit annual reportsDescribe changes in the Institutional

Report (IR)Submit IR before visit for feedback

The unit will assess itself against the target level of one or more standards.

The Institutional Report (IR) for

Continuous Improvement

Content of IR by Standard: Prompt #1 (“Big” question related to NCATE standard)

1. What do candidate assessment data tell the unit about candidates’ meeting standards?

2. How does the unit use its assessment system to improve the performance of candidates and the unit and its programs?

3. How does the unit work with school partners to deliver field experiences and clinical practice to enable candidates to develop the K,S,PDs to help all students learn?

“Big” question related to standard

4. How does the unit prepare candidates to work effectively with all students?

5. How does the unit ensure that its professional education faculty contributes to the preparation of effective educators?

6. How does the unit ensure that its governance system and resources are adequate to prepare candidates to meet professional, state, and institutional standards?

Content of IR by Standard: Prompt #2

Standard on which unit is moving toward to target Level

Describe work undertaken to move to the target level Discuss plans for continuing to improve

OR, if this is not the standard on which the unit is moving to the target level

Continuous Improvement Summarize the most significant changes related to

this standard that have led to improvement related to the standard

Content of IR by Standard: Exhibits

Electronic Exhibit Room and Exhibit List

ExhibitsAVailable for the Offsite Review &

Onsite Visit

Available to BOE Teams in AIMS

1. Program reports submitted for national review

2. National recognition reports

3. Reports from the previous NCATE visit

4. Third party testimony

5. Annual Reports

6. Other relevant national or state reports uploaded in AIMS

General Background and Conceptual Framework

1. Links to unit catalogs and other printed documents describing general education, specialty/content studies, and professional studies.

2. Syllabi for professional education courses

3. Conceptual framework(s)

4. Findings of other national accreditation associations related to the preparation of education professionals (e.g., ASHA, CACREP)

Standard 1: Candidate Knowledge, Skills, and Professional Dispositions

1. State program review documents and state findings. (Some of these documents may be available in AIMS.)

2. Title II reports submitted to the state for the previous three years

3. Key assessments and scoring guides used by faculty to assess candidate learning against standards and the outcomes identified in the unit’s conceptual framework for programs not included in the national program review process or a similar state process

4. Data tables and summaries that show how teacher candidates (both initial and advanced) have performed on key assessments over the past three years for programs not included in the national program review process or a similar state process

5. Samples of candidate work (e.g., portfolios at different proficiency levels)

6. Follow-up studies of graduates and data tables of results

7. Employer feedback on graduates and summaries of the results

8. List of candidate dispositions, including fairness and the belief that all students can learn, and related assessments, scoring guides, and data

Standard 2: Assessment System & Unit Evaluation

1. Description of the unit’s assessment system in detail including the requirements and key assessments used at transition points

2. Data from key assessments used at entry to programs

3. Procedures for ensuring that key assessments of candidate performance and evaluations of unit operations are fair, accurate, consistent, and free of bias

4. Policies and procedures that ensure that data are regularly collected, compiled, aggregated, summarized, analyzed, and used to make improvements

5. Sample of candidate assessment data disaggregated by alternate route, off-campus, and distance learning programs

6. Policies for handling student complaints

7. File of student complaints and the unit’s response (available during onsite visit)

8. Examples of changes made to courses, programs, and the unit in response to data gathered from the assessment system

Standard 3: Field Experiences & Clinical Practice

1. Memoranda of understanding, contracts, and/or other documents that demonstrate partnerships with schools

2. Criteria for the selection of school faculty (e.g., cooperating teachers, internship supervisors)

3. Documentation of the preparation of school faculty for their roles (e.g, orientation and other meetings)

4. Descriptions of field experiences and clinical practice in programs for initial and advanced teacher candidates and other school professionals

5. Guidelines for student teaching and internships

6. Assessments and scoring rubrics/criteria used in field experiences and clinical practice for initial and advanced teacher candidates and other school professionals (These assessments may be included in program review documents or the exhibits for Standard 1. Cross reference as appropriate.)

Standard 4: Diversity1. Proficiencies related to diversity that candidates are expected to develop

2. Curriculum components that address diversity proficiencies (This might be a matrix that shows diversity components in required courses.)

3. Assessment instruments, scoring guides, and data related to diversity (These assessments may be included in program review documents or the exhibits for Standard 1. Cross reference as appropriate.)

4. Data table on faculty demographics

5. Policies and practices for recruiting and retaining a diverse faculty

6. Data table on candidate demographics

7. Policies and practices for recruiting and retaining diverse candidates

8. Data table on demographics of P-12 students in schools used for clinical practice

9. Policies, practices, and/or procedures that facilitate candidate experiences with students from diverse groups

Standard 5: Faculty Qualifications, Performance, and Development

1. Data table on faculty qualifications

2. Licensure information on school faculty (e.g., cooperating teachers, internship supervisors)[

3. Samples of faculty scholarly activities

4. Promotion and tenure policies and procedures

5. Samples of forms used in faculty evaluation and summaries of the results

6. Opportunities for professional development activities provided by the unit

Standard 6: Unit Governance and Resources

1. Policies on governance and operations of the unit

2. Organizational chart or description of the unit governance structure

3. Unit policies on student services such as counseling and advising

4. Recruiting and admission policies for candidates

5. Academic calendars, catalogs, unit publications, grading policies, and unit advertising

6. Unit budget, with provisions for assessment, technology, and professional development

7. Budgets of comparable units with clinical components on campus or similar units at other campuses

8. Faculty workload policies

9. Summary of faculty workloads

10. List of facilities, including computer labs and curriculum resource centers

11. Description of library resources of a link(s) to descriptions of library resources

12. Description of resources for distance learning, if applicable.

The Offsite Review before

visit: January 20, 2012

Offsite BOE Team

Team meets electronically with state consultant & NCATE staff member

Offsite Review Offsite Visit BOE Team reviews the

following electronically & prepares feedback report for unit:

• Institutional report

• Annual reports

• Title II data

• Program reviews by SPAs or states

• Exhibits related to standards

Feedback Report by Offsite BOE Team

Statement about the evidence• Does the evidence make the case that

standards continue to be met?• What, if any, key evidence was not available

to the team?

Comments on unit’s progress toward meeting target level

List of areas of concern by standard

List of evidence for the Onsite BOE Team to validate during the onsite visit

Timeline: Offsite Review for CIBefore the visit (March 4-6, 2012)

Unit submits IR

After the IR is submittedJanuary 20, 2012

Offsite BOE Team meets electronically to review IR & write BOE Feedback Report

Generally within 1-2 weeks after Offsite BOE Team meeting

BOE Feedback Report is available in AIMS

1-2 months before the onsite visit and before the previsit with the team chair, state team co-chair, & state consultant

Unit submits IR Addendum, which responds to Areas of Concern in the BOE Feedback Report

The Onsite Visit

Onsite Visit: Continuous Improvement

Smaller team will conduct shorter visit by

1. Focusing on areas of concern raised by Offsite Visit BOE Team

2. Validating that standards continue to be met

3. Providing feedback on progress toward the target level on one or more standards

Activities: Sunday

Team members arrive onsite by 1 pm

Team meeting

Orientation by institution & state

Poster sessions

Activities: Monday

Visits to schools

Observations

Interviews

Sampling of Evidence

Team Meetings

Activities: Tuesday

Follow-up interviews as needed

Team meetingComplete writing of BOE report

Exit report to unit

Team leaves by 3 pm