PEF and Accreditation: Continuing the Journey Joyce A. Downing, Associate Dean, CoE Don Melichar, Chair, TEC Brenda Fuhr and Krisana West, CoE Academic Advisors

Tips for PEF Faculty Advisors Brenda Fuhr CoE Majors with last names A-K Krisana West CoE Majors with last names L-Z

The secret language of teacher ed -TEP/PEU/Unit-TWS -Unit head-Backward design -PEF-Conceptual Framework -TEC-MoSTEP Standards -NCATE-Formative Assessment -DESE-Summative Assessment -SPA-Impact on P-12 Learning

TEP/PEF/Unit…huh? Three terms that are pretty synonymous: Teacher education program (TEP) Professional education unit (PEU) Unit The level at which the Unit Assessments are administered, and the Institutional Report (IR) is prepared.

What is the Unit? The administrative body with the responsibility for managing or coordinating all programs offered for the initial and continuing preparation of teachers and others school personnel, regardless of where these programs are housed.

The Unit Head Is the individual designated to provide leadership for the unit, with the authority and responsibility for its overall operation. At UCM, the Unit Head is the Dean of the College of Education, Dr. Michael Wright.

What is the PEF? The representative body of the Teacher Education Program (TEP) for the entire University.

Who is in the PEF? All full-time UCM faculty who Teach one or more classes in the TEP Supervise field experiences or student teaching Advise teacher education students Serve as chairs of departments that include PEF members

What does the PEF do? The role of the PEF shall be to review, support and implement the Conceptual Framework of the TEP at UCM.

What is the Conceptual Framework? The philosophical underpinnings of the UCM TEP, with which all programs and activities should be congruent. It is a rather lengthy document, but the high points are: The belief statement The mission Our new logo

The CF Syllabus Boilerplate The belief statement: We believe that the Central educator is a competent, caring, reflective practitioner committed to the premise that all can learn.

The CF Syllabus Boilerplate The mission statement: As a cornerstone of the institution for over 130 years, the University of Central Missouri's Teacher Education Program develops teachers and other school professionals who are well grounded in theory, display competence in content knowledge and instructional strategies, and possess the dispositions to ensure success for all learners. The Teacher Education Program prepares individuals as professional educators for an ever-changing, culturally diverse population. Faculty and candidates provide support and service to schools in meeting their present and future challenges by developing communities that learn through research and scholarly activities. Educator preparation is a campus-wide responsibility, a commitment that reflects the honor and worth of serving a vital profession.

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What is the TEC? The Executive Board of the PEF Serves in an advisory capacity to review and recommend on policy, programs, curricular, and programmatic assessment matters Serves the PEF and is representative of the PEF Reports to the Unit Head (Dean Wright)

Why the emphasis on assessment? 4. To seek continued accreditation of Central’s teacher education programs. 3. To improve our accountability in terms of demonstrating the knowledge, skills and dispositions of our teacher candidates. 2. To reflect the profession’s shift from monitoring inputs to assessing outputs. 1. It’s the right thing to do…

Who accredits UCM’s Teacher Ed programs? NCATE = National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (Unit) DESE = Missouri Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (Unit and programs) SPAs = Specialized professional associations affiliated with NCATE (some programs) Other professional associations not affiliated with NCATE (some other programs)

By what standards? NCATE – 6 Unit Standards plus CF; Standard 1 = candidate KSD DESE – 11 standards for all initial teachers, plus content-specific standards SPAS and other – discipline-specific standards

Unit Assessment Plan Unit has identified 6 assessment measures that Reflect the unit’s conceptual framework Are the same for all candidates Are aligned with professional standards Are administered at established benchmarks/gates during the program Result in quantifiable data that can be aggregated and disaggregated, and Are used to inform candidates and improve programs

PEF Unit Assessments Dispositions assessment (2x) Student teaching evaluation (3f +1s) Instructional Unit Plan and Assessment (was Impact on P-12 Learning) Praxis II TEAC Survey

What has been accomplished? September, 2009 PEF approved assessment system Spring 2005, instruments revised/developed Summer st year of pilot data entered, aggregated, and reviewed, distributed to programs, summary tables Minor revisions to forms and directions based on feedback – 1 st year for new program assessments nd year of unit data entered, aggregated, disaggregated by program and distributed SPA reports submitted for national recognition 02/01/ – 3 rd year of unit data entered…etc. Joint NCATE/DESE site visit 03/28-04/01/09

What remains to be done? September, 2009 NCATE report is finished, goes to their Board in October Mo-STEP report draft has been received, edited for factual corrections, and returned to DESE (rejoinder to come) We have begun discussing plans of corrections for AFIs: All initial certification areas must be part of the Unit assessment system Graduate programs must be better integrated into the Unit assessment system and monitored by the Unit Accurate counts of students in program by cohort, major code, demographic groups Completion of TEAC follow-up survey for all program completers; disaggregation of TEAC employer data by major DESE program-specific issues

Where can I get more information? The UCM DESE/NCATE Electronic Document Center The PEF course on Blackboard Ask my program coordinator or TEC rep The NCATE website The DESE website ndex.html ndex.html Visit my SPA website Ask Joyce Downing