PK-3 Early Childhood Education (ECE) Specialist Instruction

Note: The program is going through the initial program review process and is not yet approved.

Preconditions

Initial Program Preconditions
Initial Program Review Common Standards
Intern PK-3 ECE Specialist Instruction Precondition
Preliminary PK-3 ECE Specialist Instruction Program-Specific Preconditions
 

1. Program Summary

ELEMENT NUMBER EXHIBITS
1.1 Table depicting location, delivery models, and pathways
1.2 Program Summary

2. Organizational Structure

ELEMENT NUMBER EXHIBITS
2.1 College of Education & Allied Studies
2.2 Third-Party Entity and what services they will provide (Not Applicable)

3. Course Sequence and Faculty Qualifications to Teach Courses

ELEMENT NUMBER EXHIBITS
3.1 Course Sequence
3.2 Number of faculty in the proposed program and number of courses they will teach
3.3 Faculty qualifications

4. Course Matrix

ELEMENT NUMBER EXHIBITS
4.1 Course Matrix
4.2 Literacy Review Addendum Matrix

5. Standard-Specific Evidence for Standards 4, 7, and 8

ELEMENT NUMBER EXHIBITS
5.1 Program Standard 4: Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity
5.2 Program Standard 7: Effective Literacy Instruction in PK-3 Settings
5.3 Program Standard 8: Effective Mathematics Instruction in PK-3 Settings

6. Fieldwork and Clinical Practice

ELEMENT NUMBER EXHIBITS
6.1 Table denoting the planned number of hours of fieldwork, clinical practice
6.2 Signed MOU for each placements
6.3 Proposed/Draft veteran practitioner training material
6.4 Documentation to track candidate placements
6.5 Clinical Practice Handbook/Manual
6.6 Fieldwork/Clinical Practice Syllabi
6.7 Clinical Practice Assessment Instruments

7. Implementation of a Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA)

ELEMENT NUMBER EXHIBITS
7.1 Identification of TPA model
7.2 TPA/APA Coordinator
7.3 Candidate Placement Policy & Video Provisions
7.4 TPA/APA Centralized Scoring
7.5 Appropriate Use of Materials
7.6 Appeal Policy
7.7 Remediation Policy

8. Credential Recommendation

ELEMENT NUMBER EXHIBITS
8.1 Description of process ensuring appropriate recommendation
8.2 Candidate Progress Monitoring Document
8.3 Description of IDP process and blank IDP form