(1)
Purpose. This rule states
standards for approving innovative and experimental programs and supplements
requirements in GaPSC Rule
505-3-.01, REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS
FOR APPROVING EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROVIDERS AND EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS.
The Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC) encourages innovation and
experimentation in educator preparation. The standards and recommendations
contained in this rule have been prepared to facilitate the development of
alternative approaches to the preparation of education personnel. Nothing in
this rule shall prohibit regional and local units of administration from
developing these programs in collaboration with institutions of higher
education.
(a)
Innovative and/or
experimental programs may be proposed by any GaPSC-approved educator
preparation provider.
(b)
Innovative and experimental programs are defined as those programs,
which are designed to:
1. Develop new
approaches, new arrangements, and/or new contexts for the preparation of school
personnel;
2. Prepare school
personnel for new types of positions emerging in the educational
community;
3. Prepare
non-traditional populations of candidates for educational roles;
4. Meet the special needs of particular
segments of our society, and/or
5.
Address special curricular areas for which there are no standards.
(2)
Requirements.
(a) The program shall
include a written statement of the rationale and goals of the proposed program
describing a conceptual framework based upon professional needs, trends, and
research about effective practice;
(b) The program shall include competencies
based upon program objectives, which reflect attitudes, knowledge, and skills
required of beginning practitioners;
(c) The program shall include a curriculum
plan for achieving program objectives, evaluating the program and assessing
students upon completion of the program;
(d) The program shall be supported by the
institution/agency with budgetary and personnel allocations sufficient to
sustain innovation and/or experimentation;
(e) The program shall include appropriate
human, physical, and financial resources to assure the achievement of program
objectives, including the planning and evaluation process;
(f) The program shall have written and
published criteria and procedures for admission, retention, and
completion;
(g) The program shall
provide for the periodic evaluation of completers as a basis for program
continuance;
(h) The program shall
be vested in the preparing institutions and/or agencies and shall include
evidence of administrative responsibility for governance and coordination;
and
(i) The program shall meet all
requirements specified in GaPSC Rule
505-3-.01, REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS
FOR APPROVING EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROVIDERS AND EDUCATOR PREPARATION
PROGRAMS.
O.C.G.A. §
20-2-200.
