Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 188 - Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board
Chapter 8705 - TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS
Part 8705.1500 - MIDCYCLE UNIT REVIEW
Universal Citation: MN Rules 8705.1500
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart. 1. Submission required.
To maintain continuing unit approval, a unit must submit a midcycle unit report on continuous improvement.
Subp. 2. UNIT REPORT ON CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
The unit must submit a unit report on continuous improvement that provides the following:
A. a
description of major changes to the unit and any impact of those changes to
unit standards. The description must also address how the unit is complying
with new state statutory requirements, if any;
B. a description of the action steps taken to
address any standards identified as "Met with Concern" or "Not Met" during the
previous site visit, including evidence of how the unit is demonstrating
compliance with these standards;
C.
identification of unit strengths and areas of improvement, including but not
limited to:
(1) data and analysis of the
survey results collected from program completers and supervisors; and
(2) data and analysis of candidate scores in
performance assessments;
D. a summary and evaluation of work completed
with the designated school partner;
E. a summary of feedback gathered from
stakeholders, including candidates, program completers, school partners,
teacher educators, and representatives from the community, and how this
feedback has informed continuous improvement; and
F. a description of how data has informed
continuous improvement efforts.
Subp. 3. Midcycle self-study review procedures and board determinations.
A. Unit reports on
continuous improvement must be initially reviewed by board staff.
B. A unit report on continuous improvement
must be reviewed by the board when:
(1) the
unit and programs do not demonstrate compliance with state and federal
requirements;
(2) there are major
changes to the unit that adversely affect how standards are met;
(3) insufficient evidence was submitted to
demonstrate that standards previously found as "Not Met" or "Met with Concern"
are "Met";
(4) continuous
improvement data, including data and analysis, identifies a concern in unit
effectiveness or operations; or
(5)
insufficient evidence was submitted to demonstrate the unit is using data and
stakeholders to implement effective unit-wide or programmatic
changes.
Subp. 4. Exemptions.
A. A
unit with accreditation from a board-approved national education accreditation
agency is exempt from the requirements in subpart 2, items C to F, when the
unit submits its most recent annual report, which was submitted to the
board-approved national accrediting agency, and the national accrediting
agency's findings.
B. A restricted
unit is exempt from the requirements in this part.
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