Pk-3 ECE Specialist Instruction Credential

PK-3 ECE Specialist Instruction Credential 

Initial Program Review (2023)

A. Preconditions:

1. Initial Program Preconditions:

• 1.1. Demonstration of Need

• 1.2. Collaboration in Program Design

2. Program-Specific Preconditions

B. Common Standards

Initial Program Review Common Standards

C. Program Standards Required Exhibits and Elements:

Element 1: Program Summary

• 1.1 Specific Program & Program Delivery Models Table

• 1.2 Program Summary

Element 2:  Organizational Structure

• 2.1 Organizational Chart

Element 3: Course Sequence and Faculty Qualifications

• 3.1 Draft PK-3 ECE Instruction Specialist Credential Course Sequence

• 3.2 Current PK-3 ECE Instruction Specialist Credential Faculty & Their Proposed Courses 

• 3.3 Faculty Qualifications

Element 4: Course Matrix

• 4.1 Pk-3 ECE Specialist Instruction Course Matrix

Element 5: Standard-Specific Evidence

• 5.1 Evidence for Program Standard 4: Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity

• 5.2 Evidence for Program Standard 7: Effective Literacy Instruction in PK-3 Settings

• 5.3 Evidence for Program Standard 8: Effective Mathematics Instruction in PK-3 Settings

Element 6: Clinical Practice

• 6.1 Table Denoting The Planned Number Of Hours Of Fieldwork, Clinical Practice

• 6.2 Draft MOU Or Agreement For 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

Element 7:  Implementation of a Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA)

• 7.1 Identification Of TPA Model To Be Used

• 7.2 Name Of TPA Coordinator

Element 8: Credential Recommendation

• 8.1 Description of Process Ensuring Appropriate Recommendation

• 8.2 Proposed Candidate Progress Monitoring Document

• 8.3 Description of IDP Process And Blank IDP Form