Standard VI--Element A:
Unit Leadership and Authority
The unit has the leadership and authority to plan, deliver,
and operate coherent programs of study. The unit effectively manages or
coordinates all programs so that their candidates are prepared to meet
standards. The unit’s recruiting and admission practices are described clearly
and consistently in publications and catalogs. Academic calendars, catalogs,
publications, grading policies, and advertising are accurate and current. The
unit ensures that candidates have access to student services such as advising
and counseling. Faculty involved in the preparation of educators, P–12
practitioners, and other members of the professional community participate in
program design, implementation, and evaluation of the unit and its programs.
The unit provides a mechanism and facilitates collaboration between unit
faculty and faculty in other units of the institution involved in the
preparation of professional educators.
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VI--Element B:
Unit Budget
The unit receives sufficient budgetary allocations at least
proportional to other units on campus or similar units at other campuses to
provide programs that prepare candidates to meet standards. The budget
adequately supports on-campus and clinical work essential for preparation of
professional educators.
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VI--Element C:
Personnel
Workload
policies, including on-line course delivery, allow faculty members to be
effectively engaged in teaching, scholarship, assessment, advisement,
collaborative work in P–12 schools, and service. Faculty loads for teaching on
campus and on line generally do not exceed 12 hours for undergraduate teaching
and 9 hours for graduate teaching. Supervision of clinical practice does not
generally exceed 18 candidates for each full-time equivalent faculty member.
The unit makes appropriate use of full-time, part-time, and clinical faculty
as well as graduate assistants so that program coherence and integrity are
assured. The unit provides an adequate number of support personnel so that
programs can prepare candidates to meet standards. The unit provides
adequate resources and opportunities for professional development of faculty,
including training in the use of technology.
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VI--Element D:
Unit Facilities
The unit has adequate campus and school facilities to
support candidates in meeting standards. The facilities support faculty and
candidate’s use of information technology in instruction.
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VI--Element E:
Unit Resources including Technology
The unit allocates resources across programs to prepare
candidates to meet standards for their fields. It provides adequate resources
to develop and implement the unit’s assessment plan. The unit has adequate
information technology resources to support faculty and candidates.
Faculty and candidates have access both to sufficient and current library and
curricular resources and electronic information.
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