Standard 1 Candidate Knowledge, Skills, and Professional Dispositions

Candidates preparing to work in schools as teachers or other school professionals know and demonstrate the content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge and skills, pedagogical and professional knowledge and skills, and professional dispositions necessary to help all students learn. Assessments indicate that candidates meet professional, state, and institutional standards.

Narrative Report

1.1	What do candidate assessment data tell the unit about candidates’ meeting professional, state, and institutional standards and their impact on P-12 student learning? For programs not nationally/state reviewed, summarize data from key assessments and discuss these results.
1.2	Moving Toward Target or Continuous Improvement
1.3	Areas for Improvement Cited in the Action Report from the Previous Accreditation Review

Exhibits

Standard	Exhibit
1.4.a	State program review documents and state findings cross listed with AIMS – cross-list with 2.3.g.1
1.4.b	Title II reports submitted to the state for the previous three years
1.4.c	Key assessments and scoring guides used for assessing candidate learning against professional and state standards as well as proficiencies identified in the unit’s conceptual framework AIMS. (cross-link to 2.3.g.1)
1.4.d	Aggregate data on key assessments, including proficiencies identified in the unit’s conceptual framework
1.4.e	Key assessments and scoring guides used for assessing professional dispositions, including fairness and the belief that all students can learn
1.4.f	Aggregate data on key assessments of candidates’ professional dispositions
1.4.g	Examples of candidates’ assessment and analysis of P-12 student learning
1.4.h	Samples of candidates’ work (e.g., portfolios at different proficiency levels) from programs across the unit
1.4.i	Aggregate data on follow-up studies of graduates
1.4.j	Aggregate data on employer feedback on graduates
1.4.k	Data collected by state and/or national agencies on performance of educator preparation programs and the effectiveness of their graduates in classrooms and schools, including student achievement data, when available
1.4.l	Additional Exhibits to Support Standard 1