Institutional Infrastructure to Support Educator Preparation
Common Standard 1
Common Standard 1 – Institutional Infrastructure to Support Educator Preparation
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.
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Vision
The College of Education produces effective professionals, new knowledge, and partnerships with the field of practice that make a difference in the lives of the clients we serve.
Mission
The College of Education prepares effective professionals for a variety of societal service delivery and leadership roles across a range of settings including schools, post secondary institutions, social service agencies, and vocational rehabilitation organizations. The College contributes to the knowledge base in both educational theory and practice through professional inquiry and scholarship. The College engages in strategic partnerships with the field of practice to improve client outcomes, to increase institutional effectiveness, and to promote social justice.
Central Tenets
This vision and mission rest upon eight central tenets we believe are essential to the College of Education’s relevance in the 21st century:
- A belief that access to a quality public education for all individuals is an essential and necessary condition of a democratic society and is critical in promoting social and economic justice for individuals, families, communities, and our nation;
- A fundamental respect for the uniqueness of all individuals and confidence in their ability to learn and grow, whether they are the professionals we prepare or the clients they serve;
- A belief in the central role that excellence in teaching plays in the mission of the college—an excellence reflected in the quality of our graduates that is measured against the highest professional standards;
- A belief that the diversity of the San Diego/Imperial County region—including its multicultural and multilingual character—provides a rich venue for scholarship and reflective practice from which findings of state and national, if not international importance can be developed;
- The belief that thoughtful scholarship is an efficient method for identifying effective practice which can be implemented to improve the quality of life in our community;
- The belief in the capacity of technology as a tool to improve the quality of the learning environments we provide as well as increasing the access our students have to it;
- A belief that the field of practice can be improved through the development and application of knowledge and use of strategic partnerships to facilitate positive change; and
- The belief that the College is a community of learners encompassing not only the students we serve and their clients but also our faculty, staff, and administrators.
College of Health and Human Services Vision
The College of Health and Human Services at San Diego State University offers students a balanced education of academic study, field placement, clinical experiences, and research opportunities. Thus, faculty and students share an understanding of the relationship between California’s diverse populations and life styles.
The common goal of each of the college’s professional program is to assist students in developing competence in professional practice and research methods that develop their expertise to gather information,plan and evaluate professional actions. This commitment to students produces alumni who will continue to work effectively with our professional schools to preserve and promote the well-being of individuals, groups, and communities.
The institution actively involves faculty, instructional personnel, and relevant stakeholders in the organization, coordination, and decision making for all educator preparation programs.
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Table denoting activities in which constituents are involved in organization, coordination and decision making and the constituents (name/role and affiliation) that are in regular attendance.
SDSU Teacher Preparation Advisory - Committee includes faculty from all colleges at SDSU as well as school district personnel
Program Level Advisory Boards - Advisory Boards for Specific Programs
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.
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Published policy documents
Cross-Departmental Partnerships - Governance meetings with faculty across departments in the College of Education and school disctrict partners. Regular meetings with local school districts to share data and improvement strategies.
COE External Advisory Board - Board includes members of the San Diego Region Education Partners
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.
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No additional information is required during the Common Standards submission. Information is available through Program Review submission.
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.
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No additional information is required during the Common Standards submission. Information is available through Program Review submission
Recruitment and faculty development efforts support hiring and retention of faculty who represent and support diversity and excellence.
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Documentation (most recent 2 years) pertaining to recruitment and faculty development activities including strategies that assist faculty in supporting diversity.
Equity Minded Recruitment - SDSU Inclusive Recruitment information
Faculty Advancement and Support - SDSU support for all instructional faculty
Examples of College Specific Professional Development
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:
- current knowledge of the content;
- knowledge of the current context of public schooling including the California adopted P-12 content standards, frameworks, and accountability systems;
- knowledge of diversity in society, including diverse abilities, culture, language, ethnicity, and gender orientation; and
- demonstration of effective professional practices in teaching and learning, scholarship, and service.
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Copy of instructor, professional development, and field-based supervisor blank evaluation forms.
Faculty evaluation documents
Faculty Advancement and Support
job descriptions
The education unit monitors a credential recommendation process that ensures that candidates recommended for a credential have met all requirements.
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The process to ensure that only qualified candidates are recommended for the credential begins at admissions. The Graduate Admissions Coordinators review the applications of program applicants to verify that all CTC, CSU and program sponsor admission requirements are met. The candidate’s admission and credential information is documented in a shared spreadsheet that is sent to the appropriate department.
Throughout the program, program advisers and the credential analysts are responsible for confirming that the information is valid, and all updates or additions to the candidate’s file are noted. Final program requirements are verified and documented on individual exit checklist before recommending the candidate to the CTC for licensure.
For advanced credential programs, analysts also receive the signed program clearance form from the Department’s Advisor verifying that the candidate has completed all credential program requirements.
