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California’s Accreditation System:
Providing Information about Your Intern Program
Spring Intern Director’s MeetingApril 2010
1Ensuring Educator Excellence
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Representatives from Intern Programs
Carrie Ann Blackaller CSU Dominguez Hills (Red-Yr 4)
Edmundo LittonLoyola Marymount University (Yellow-Yr 6)
Laurel RuddyStanislaus COE (Yellow-Yr 6)
Jacqueline RegevFortune School of Education (Blue-Yr 1)
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Accountability for Intern Programs
Common Standards— institution wide focus
Program Standards— MS, SS and Ed Sp– Intern Specific Requirements – MS/SS Standards: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14,
15, 16– Ed Sp Standards: 1, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15
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Purposes of the Commission’s Accreditation System
–Accountability-public and profession
–Adherence to Standards
–High quality preparation for educators
–On-going program improvement
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Accreditation System
• Ongoing Data Gathering & Analysis• Biennial Report• Program Assessment• Site Visit• Follow Up
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Data Collection and Analysis
Annually• Collect data• Analyze data• Decide if program modifications are
needed
Show how Intern Program does this!6
Biennial Reports
• Focus on candidate outcomes and program effectiveness
• Each program sponsor submits a report for each approved program that is offered that includes aggregated data, analysis, and program modification
• Submitted after years 1, 3 and 5
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Impact of Biennial Reports at the Institution
• Did your Intern Program complete a BR?
• Did your BR present disaggregated data for the Intern program?
• What was the impact of your intern program completing a Biennial Report?
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Program Assessment
• Year 4 of cohort cycle
• Focus on the adopted Program Standards
• Thorough review of ALL approved preparation programs
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Program Assessment Document• Part I: Narrative, describing the program
currently in place.
• Part II: Current course syllabi
• Part III: Assessments used to assure candidate competence and reported on in the BR– e.g. rubrics, training information, calibration
activities.
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Program Assessment Review
• Program assessment is a process; a professional dialogue
• Reviewers look for a description of HOW the
program meets the standards
• Each component of the standard is reviewed for supporting evidence narrative.
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Impact of Program Assessment for the Intern Program
• What was the process of getting the Program Assessment documentation together for the approved program?
• Is the Intern Delivery model thoroughly described in the program document?
• What was the impact of the feedback from the PA reviewers?
• Have there been any program modifications based on reviewer feedback?
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Site Visit• Year 6
• Team of trained Board of Institutional Reviewers individuals visit the institution
• 3 ½ day visit—2 days of interviews
• Make decisions on all Standards—Common and Program
• Come to a consensus on an Accreditation Recommendation
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Impact of a Site Visit at the Institution
• How have the Biennial Report or Program Assessment activities prepared or not prepared your institution for the site visit?
• How do you ensure that your intern program is accurately presented during the site visit?
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Findings and Follow upYear 7 –Report on issues, concerns, questions or
follow-up to the site visit or
–Address stipulations• If Major or Probationary Stipulations, may
involve a re-visit, otherwise • Submitting documentation to CTC
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Impact of Follow-Up Activities at the Institution
• What are some examples of the work after a site visit?
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