Summary


The proposed rule amends the initial and continued approval standards for teacher preparation programs to comply with Senate Bill 7070 by moving from optional to required, the submission of employer and candidate satisfaction surveys for Educator Preparation Institutes and employer and completer satisfaction surveys for Initial Teacher Preparation Programs; and changing the Uniform Core Curriculum required for all teacher preparation programs to remove school safety add strategies for differentiation and character-based classroom management. Other changes: To unify and streamline requirements for teachers involved in the teaching of reading to PK-12 students; to extend the approval period from 5 to 7 years to allow for newly begun programs to recruit, graduate and place candidates prior to being reviewed in order to improve the efficiency of data review processes for those institutions; to add Professional Education Competency programs as outlined in statute.