Proposed Amendments to Educator Certification for Enhanced Flexibility and Efficiency
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This document outlines significant proposed amendments aimed at improving educator certification and professional development, as per the Governor's Educator Effectiveness Task Force. The amendments focus on streamlining certification processes, reducing administrative burdens, and shifting from compliance-driven professional development to individualized approaches. By easing requirements, the changes are designed to broaden the pool of potential high-quality candidates and enhance teaching effectiveness, ultimately benefiting student learning environments.
Proposed Amendments to Educator Certification for Enhanced Flexibility and Efficiency
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Division of Teacher and Leader ExcellenceCERTIFICATION PROPOSED AMENDMENTSPURSUANT TO THE GOVERNOR’S EDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS TASK FORCE October 3, 2012
Overview of Major Proposed Changes Mission: Pursuant to the 40 regulatory changes related to licensure and professional development in the ETTF Report, these amendments are designed to provide schools and districts with greater levels of flexibility and efficiency with their human capital practices Goals of Proposed Changes: • Ease requirements that can be burdensome for districts in attracting, hiring and placing staff • Shift from compliance-driven professional development to a streamlined process that supports individualized development
Ease Requirements: An Overview • Issue: Cumbersome certification requirements and administrative processes create a limited pool of high-quality candidates • Proposed Change: Streamline certification requirements in specific areas • Rationale: Broaden the pool of high-quality staff and reduce the administrative burden on fully certified teaching and administrative staff
Ease Requirements: Details(continued) *Not from ETTF
Changes That Have Been Deferred • Several recommendations from the task force will not be introduced in these proposed regulations, as they require further due diligence; examples include: • Removing 6 credit limit on transfer of professional education (pedagogy) credits from community colleges to four year teacher prep colleges • Restricting currently unlimited service of substitute nurses • Offering flexibility in substituting experience for the required 24 seat hours training for alternate route candidates in basic classroom skills and pedagogy • Reducing entry level study requirements for physical science, math, middle school, social studies and all other sciences
Shift from Compliance-Driven PD: An Overview • Issue: Compliance-driven, cumbersome PD planning and approval process lacks focus on PD that drives student learning • Proposed Changes: • Clarify and expand PD-related definitions • Streamline planning process and consolidate oversight at local and state levels • Rationale: Focus PD on rich, aligned content while reducing committees and levels of oversight
Shift from Compliance-Driven PD: Details(cont) *See details on the following slide
Shift from Compliance-Driven PD: Details(cont) Streamlining the PD Planning Process & Consolidating Oversight
