Common Standard 1

Institutional Infrastructure to Support Educator Preparation

Each Commission-approved institution has the infrastructure in place to operate effective educator preparation programs. Within this overall infrastructure:

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Standard 1.1. The institution and education unit create and articulate a research-based vision of teaching and learning that fosters coherence among, and is clearly represented in all educator preparation programs. This vision is consistent with preparing educators for California public schools and the effective implementation of California’s adopted standards and curricular frameworks.

Standard 1.2. The institution actively involves faculty, instructional personnel, and relevant stakeholders in the organization, coordination, and decision making for all educator preparation programs.

Standard 1.3. The education unit ensures that faculty and instructional personnel regularly and systematically collaborate with colleagues in P-12 settings, college and university units and members of the broader educational community to improve educator preparation.

Standard 1.4. The institution provides the unit with sufficient resources for the effective operation of each educator preparation program, including, but not limited to, coordination, admission, advisement, curriculum, professional development/instruction, field based supervision and clinical experiences.

Standard 1.5. The Unit Leadership has the authority and institutional support required to address the needs of all educator preparation programs and considers the interests of each program within the institution.

Standard 1.6. Recruitment and faculty development efforts support hiring and retention of faculty who represent and support diversity and excellence.

Standard 1.7. The institution employs, assigns and retains only qualified persons to teach courses, provide professional development, and supervise field-based and clinical experiences. Qualifications of faculty and other instructional personnel must include, but are not limited to:

a) current knowledge of the content;

b) knowledge of the current context of public schooling including the California adopted P-12 content standards, frameworks, and accountability systems;

c) knowledge of diversity in society, including diverse abilities, culture, language, ethnicity, and gender orientation; and

d) demonstration of effective professional practices in teaching and learning, scholarship, and service.

Standard 1.8. The education unit monitors a credential recommendation process that ensures that candidates recommended for a credential have met all requirements.