22 Pa. Code § 49.14 - Approval of institutions and alternative program providers
To be authorized to conduct programs that lead to certificates for professional positions, institutions and any of their off-campus centers as well as alternative program providers engaged in the preparation of educators shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Be approved as a baccalaureate or
graduate degree granting institution or alternative program provider by the
Department.
(2) Be evaluated and
approved as an educator preparing institution or alternative program provider
to offer specific programs leading to certification in accordance with
procedures established by the Department.
(3) Report to the Department, for approval,
all planned changes in previously approved programs. This report shall be made
90 days prior to the implementation of the planned changes.
(4) Follow Department prescribed standards
developed from the following principles:
(i)
Institutions and alternative program providers develop clear goals and purposes
for each program, which shall include competencies, coursework and field
experiences that address professional ethics, structured literacy (for programs
that lead to certification in Early Childhood, Elementary/Middle, Special
Education PK-12, English as a second language and Reading Specialist), and
culturally relevant and sustaining education. The Department will identify
these competencies and develop associated standards.
(ii) Institutions and alternative program
providers are able to demonstrate how instructional and clinical activities
provide educator candidates with the capacity to enable the achievement of all
students, including diverse learners in an inclusive setting.
(iii) Institutions and alternative program
providers are able to demonstrate that educator candidates have participated in
instructional activities that enable the candidates to provide instruction to
students to meet the provisions of Chapter 4 (relating to academic standards
and assessment).
(iv) Institutions
and alternative program providers are able to demonstrate that educator
candidates successfully participate in sequential clinical experiences fully
integrated within the instructional program as determined by the Secretary in
consultation with the Board.
(v)
Institutions and alternative program providers have clearly expressed standards
for admission to, retention in and graduation from approved programs and can
demonstrate recruitment and participation of students from historically
underrepresented groups. Institutions and alternative program providers
annually shall report on students admitted, retained, and graduated from their
programs, including numbers from historically underrepresented
groups.
(vi) Institutions and
alternative program providers shall provide ongoing assessment of educator
candidates' knowledge, skills, dispositions and performance with which to
identify needs for further study, certification assessment assistance or
clinical experience or dismissal from the program.
(vii) Institutions and alternative program
providers can demonstrate how information from systematic evaluations of their
programs, including students and educator evaluators, and achievement levels of
candidates for certification in the Department-designed assessment program, are
used for continual program improvement and shall develop corrective action
steps if identified as at-risk or low performing program providers as defined
by the Department in accordance with section 207 of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C.A. §
1022F(A)).
(viii) Institutions and alternative program
providers, in partnership with local education agencies, provide a school-based
experience integrating the teacher candidates' knowledge, skills and
dispositions in professional practice. This experience shall be fully supported
by institutional faculty, including frequent observation, consultation with
supervising teachers and opportunities for formative and summative
evaluation.
(ix) Institutions and
alternative program providers provide ongoing support for novice educators in
partnership with local education agencies during their induction period,
including observation, consultation and assessment.
(x) Institutions and alternative program
providers supply evidence that an acceptable percentage of candidates applying
for certification as determined by the Secretary and approved by the Board
achieve at a satisfactory level on all assessments appropriate to initial
certification in each program for which they are approved.
(5) Institutions and alternative program
providers may enter into articulation agreements with community colleges that
permit students to earn credits toward meeting the requirements of this
chapter.
Notes
This section cited in 22 Pa. Code § 49.15 (relating to approval of experimental programs).
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