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Getting Ready for Teacher Preparation Regulations. NAICUSE Summer Meeting Wednesday, August 1, 2012 Hotel del Coronado San Diego, CA. Basic DC Views of Teacher Prep. Negative perception of teacher programs is not new Not going to blame teachers, but programs - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Getting Ready for Teacher Preparation Regulations
NAICUSE Summer MeetingWednesday, August 1, 2012
Hotel del CoronadoSan Diego, CA
Basic DC Views of Teacher PrepNegative perception of teacher programs is not
new
Not going to blame teachers, but programs
No recognition of improvements in the field
Alternative routes are better
Think tanks have better accountability proposals
NCLB/ESEA DelayCongressional inaction on ESEA
reauthorizationHouse committeeSenate committee
Administration MO to legislate through regulatory process
K-12 Reform Meets Higher Ed2009 Stimulus bill got feds more into state policy
Race to the TopMOEState longitudinal databases
K-12 reform model applied to higher education:Data-driven systemNational standards at state level Outcomes based quality
States as federal agents of change
50-state pilot
2012 Negotiated RulemakingTitle II Report Cards and TEACH Grants
No consensus
Anticipate NPRM this summer? This calendar year?
NAICU represented at the table
Practitioners v. reformers
4 Major Concerns“Value-added" assessments
Federally-mandated state criteria for teacher program assessment
Rating programs based on the federally-mandated state criteria
Precedent setting link between student aid eligibility and program quality
WeedsNew Part Title II Reporting 612.4 State Report Card RequirementsUsing a state report card prescribed by the Secretary, states must report on the quality of all approved teacher preparation programs. States must make meaningful differentiation in teacher preparation performance using at least four performance levels: low-performing, at-risk, effective and exceptional, based on the indicators in 612.5 including a significant part, student learning outcomes. Effective or exceptional can only be with satisfactory or higher student learning outcomes. 612.5 Indicators: provide disaggregated data on academic content knowledge and
teaching skills must include at a minimum:- student learning outcomes- employment outcomes- survey outcomes- assurance of specialized accreditation or state approval that the program provides
quality clinical preparation; content and pedagogical knowledge; rigorous entry and exit qualifications; and student survey results. New Title IV TEACH Grant language 686.2TEACH Grants are available to high quality teacher preparation programs, which is an effective or exceptional program based on the state’s analysis of the criteria in 612.5.
Institution
Eligible for Title IV Aid
Teacher Prep Program reports
because has students with Title
IV aid
No Title IV aid for students in Teacher
Prep Program
State Report CardRatings
( Proposed Title II 612.4 Regs)
Exceptional
Effective
At-Risk
Low-Performing*
TEACH Grant(Title IV)
High Quality (as defined in 612.4)
Only student at High Quality Programs get
TEACH
Proposed Link Among TEACH Grants, State Report Card Ratings and Title IV Eligibility
*Low-performing is defined in law, “solely by the state.” Proposed regs provide a federal definition.
Law
Regulation
Both
Why this makes us nervousPrecedent setting for federal funding and regulation
Shift away from need-based to quality-based federal student aid Administration’s Campus-Based Aid Proposal
Creep into other program areas
Accreditation as tool of government oversight rather than self-regulation
Frames next HEA reauthorization
What we’re forAccountability based on valid and reliable research
Evaluations made using multiple measures
No high stakes consequences before measures proven valid
Data for improvement purposes
All programs should be held to the same standards
State responsibility, not federal mandate
NAICU Action PlanNAICU Teacher Prep List Serve
NAICU membership heads up on NPRM
Higher Ed Task Force on Teacher Prep with AACTE
Hill visits with education committee staff
Legislative alternatives
How NAICUSE Can HelpShare your state story
Local Press and national op-edsCongressional delegation
Share your good examples with NAICU State reformsImprovements and reforms at your collegesPrivates working with LEAsSelf-regulation (state approval process;
accreditation; internal program review, etc.)
Questions?