The Committee on Accreditation's Annual Accreditation Report to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, 2017-2018.
The 2017-18 year marked a significant milestone in the future of accreditation activities for educator preparation in California. Important progress was made by the Commission, the Committee on Accreditation (COA), and the Commission staff with respect to beginning the implementation of the revised...
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| Summary: | The 2017-18 year marked a significant milestone in the future of accreditation activities for educator preparation in California. Important progress was made by the Commission, the Committee on Accreditation (COA), and the Commission staff with respect to beginning the implementation of the revised accreditation system. The accreditation system is the primary means by which the Commission ensures quality in educator preparation in California. Following a multi-year effort to strengthen and streamline accreditation, including the development of new or revised activities and requirements envisioned by the Commission, and a year of substantial technical assistance to the field in 2016-17, the Commission resumed full accreditation activities including site visits in 2017-18. The major objectives of the revised accreditation system, as outlined in the Accreditation Framework, include the following: (1) Accreditation assures that programs meet state standards for professional preparation programs, and, in so doing, are allowed to recommend candidates for state licensure; (2) Accreditation assures candidates and the public that educator preparation programs are of high quality and effective in preparing candidates to meet licensure requirements; (3) Accreditation assures candidates and the public that programs are accountable for the quality and effectiveness of the preparation they provide to candidates; (4) Accreditation assures that evidence is reviewed by peers to determine each program's quality and effectiveness in order to retain their accreditation status; and (5) Accreditation provides the means for programs to continuously improve based on evidence of candidate outcomes, program effectiveness, and on feedback from ongoing peer review processes. This report presents information about the major activities of the accreditation system, the COA decisions that were made, and some of the major areas of focus for academic year 2017-18. [For the previous report "The Committee on Accreditation's Annual Accreditation Report to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, 2016-2017," see ED586230.] |
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| Item Description: | Availability: California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. 1900 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95811. Web site: https://www.ctc.ca.gov. Abstractor: ERIC. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (48 pages) |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (Reports, Descriptive) |
| Preferred Citation of Described Materials Note: | California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. |