Wash. Admin. Code § 181-78A-231 - Teacher, principal, career and technical education administrator, superintendent, and program administrator-Specific program approval domain standard-Candidates and cohorts
Candidates and cohorts. Providers of educator preparation programs recruit, select, support, and prepare diverse cohorts of candidates with potential to be outstanding educators.
(1) Providers conduct strategic and ongoing
outreach to identify, recruit, admit, support, and transition promising
educator candidates.
(a) Create, foster, and
utilize effective partnerships to promote careers in teaching and educational
leadership.
(b) Implement a
targeted, data-informed outreach strategy that includes robust individualized
enrollment support.
(c) Establish
and monitor attributes and dispositions beyond academic ability that candidates
must demonstrate at admissions and during the program.
(d) Providers of teacher preparation programs
develop and utilize candidate recruitment strategies that address state,
district, and workforce shortage areas.
(e) Providers of career and technical
education business and industry route programs establish and expand meaningful
and effective recruitment and admissions partnerships with local school
districts.
(2) Providers
of educator preparation programs use strategies to recruit, admit, and prepare
a greater number of candidates from underrepresented groups including, but not
limited to, candidates of color in effort to prepare an educator workforce that
mirrors the characteristics of the student population in Washington state
public schools.
(a) Demonstrate strategic
outreach that is highly accessible and responsive to local communities of
color.
(b) Gather and use data to
assess strategic outreach to improve responsiveness and
effectiveness.
(c) Identify needs
and provide supports for enrollment and success in educator preparation
programs for local communities of color and candidates representing linguistic
and ability diversity.
(3) Providers set, publish, and uphold
program admission standards to ensure that all educator candidates and cohorts
are academically capable and technically prepared to succeed in educator
preparation programs.
(a) Articulate clear
criteria and requirements for program entry requirements to
applicants.
(b) Publish, and
provide to applicants prior to admission, a list of program completion
requirements under
RCW
28A.410.270(5).
(c) Inform, advise, and support applicants on
assessment requirements, timelines, occupational experience requirements, and
other certification requirements.
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