La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § XLV-403

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XLV-403 - Teacher Preparation Quality Rating System Participation and Performance Profile Implementation Timeline

A. In accordance with LAC 28:XLV.101, beginning December 2017, the process for ongoing approval of teacher preparation programs will be replaced with a uniform process that applies equally to university and non-university providers.

B. Prior to fall 2018, the LDE will review this Chapter and recommend revisions to BESE as necessary and as based on findings from the design phase, and in consultation with the BOR and K-12 and higher education experts.

C. The 2017-2018 academic year will be a research phase for the teacher preparation quality rating system. Performance measures and processes will be piloted and studied. Evaluation tools, including a framework for on-site review, will be developed and reviewed by experts to ensure suitability for use in the teacher preparation quality ratings system. If produced, individual provider performance profiles will not be published.

D. Beginning with the 2018-2019 academic year, a provider that does not participate in the quality rating system or any component thereof will have approval terminated.

E. The 2018-2019 and the 2019-2020 academic years will be a learning phase for all BESE-approved teacher preparation providers. There will be no consequences for teacher preparation providers as a result of performance profiles or quality rating during the learning phase. Performance profiles for the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 learning phase will be publicly available in 2020-2021 and will clearly indicate that the performance profile is informational and assigned during a learning phase.

F. The 2020-2021 academic year will be the first year of the initial two-year renewal cycle.

G. For providers that achieve initial approval after September 1, 2018, the renewal cycle will begin on September 1 of the year directly following BESE approval.

H. Beginning winter 2020-2021, the LDE will annually produce and make publicly available on its website a performance profile for each approved preparation provider. LDE will biennially produce and make publicly available on its website a quality rating for each approved preparation provider. The quality rating will not be used to make judgments about renewal of preparation program approval until winter 2024-2025.

I. Beginning with ratings assigned in winter 2022-2023, Louisiana teacher preparation quality rating system results will serve as the basis for preparation program renewal. The renewal cycle will be two years, and the accountability cycle will be four years for each pathway.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § XLV-403

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 432488 (12/1/2017), Amended LR 451061 (8/1/2019), Amended LR 481756 (7/1/2022).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6(10), R.S. 17:7(6), and R.S. 17:7.2.