coe-staff: Fwd: Department of Education Final Regulations

[Randy Kamphaus]

Dear Faculty and Staff,

I wish to share with you Julie Wren's summary of the new federal regulations, and early reactions and assessments of potential impact, that portend to have a substantial impact on educator preparation programs.  For example, a system for ranking and identifying poorly performing teacher education programs is included.

Please forgive the duplicate post.  Some of you received this information previously from Julie.

For us, this announcement represents another opportunity for us to engage with our state leaders to develop a rating system that serves Oregon best.  Our voices were heard in response to the earlier Dyslexia rules, and I am confident that the expertise of our faculty will be appreciated again by state leaders.

Regards,

Randy

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Greetings,

I wanted to share a few announcements related to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) final regulations<http://www2.ed.gov/documents/teaching/teacher-prep-final-regs.pdf> which were released on Wednesday (10/12/16).

This regulatory effort first started in 2011 and the rule will be effective 30 days from its publication date in the Federal Register. One of the critical items for us to watch in these regulations are the ratings that determine whether an institution of higher education can participate in the TEACH Grant program beginning in the 2021-2022 award year. While the final regulations still require states to provide annual ratings for teacher-prep programs, states are provided the flexibility to determine how to measure student learning in addition to being able to assign the weight of this variable in their overall ratings.

Message from CCSO
CCSSO invites you to join us for a webinar Thursday, October 20, 2016 from 4:00-5:00 pm ET to learn more about the new teacher preparation regulations, what they mean for you and your work and answers to other questions. They will be joined by Alex Nock and D'Arcy Philips from the Penn Hill Group. The link to the webinar is not yet available but the information will be posted on their website: (http://www.ccsso.org/)

Message from AACTE
At first glance, it appears that the voices of the profession may have been heard, as the new rule includes some adjustments that reflect concerns raised during the public comment periods. While the main oversight structure remains in place as described in the initial notice of proposed rule making, the final rule gives states more leeway in determining some aspects of the accountability system. Therefore, as it is with the implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act, the advocacy of AACTE members at the state level remains critical. (http://aacte.org/news-room/press-releases-statements/517-aacte-urges-scrutiny-of-final-version-of-federal-regulations-for-teacher-preparation-programs)

Message from TSPC
There has not been an official communication from TSPC about these regulations. I expect that the executive director, Dr. Monica Beane, will be sending out a newsletter in the coming week.

Message from CAEP
CAEP has released a statement about how their accreditation process aligns well with the federal regulations http://caepnet.org/about/news-room/new-regulations . Although this is true, the CAEP requirements around program impact (Standard 4) do not demonstrate similar state flexibility as the federal regulations. This might be an area of negotiation for TSPC as they review the state partnership agreement with CAEP.

Best,
Julie


Julie D. Wren
Director of Institutional Assessment
College of Education | HEDCO 230H
1215 University of Oregon | Eugene, OR 97403
jdwren at uoregon.edu<mailto:jdwren at uoregon.edu>
(p) 541.346.8249 | (f) 541.346.5818

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