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Welcome!

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Quality in Context: Tackling the Tough Questions

Housekeeping

Emergency Exits Restrooms Room locations: Medallion Ballroom, Mezzanine A&B,

Rathskeller

Agenda – Printed program

Supporting materials: https://aaqep.org/qas-files/

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AGENDA

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Opening Plenary Welcome, Introductions, State of the Association 10:10 – 11:00 a.m. Block 1 – Concurrent Sessions 11:10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Block 2 – Concurrent Sessions 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch and Meet-Ups 1:45 – 2:35 p.m. Block 3 – Concurrent Sessions 3:00 – 3:50 p.m. Block 4 – Concurrent Sessions 4:00 – 4:50 p.m. Block 5 – Concurrent Sessions

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RECEPTION

5-6PM RATHSKELLER ROOM Closing/Reception and Fireside Chat with AAQEP Staff

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Want to Continue the Conversation?

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TONIGHT @ 5

Visit us in Booth 102

Welcome to Kentucky

Rob Akers

Associate Commissioner Office of Educator Licensure and Effectiveness Kentucky Department of Education

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Please Thank Our Sponsors!

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Working Group Members

Thank you to our Working Group Members The AAQEP Guide: PP. 55-56 APPENDIX C “WHO’S WHO”

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AAQEP Staff

Christine DeGregory: Director of Professional Learning Sara Hiller, Accreditation Coordinator Jennifer Hsu: Event Planner Sungti Hsu: Chief Relationship Officer Kristin McCabe: Director of Communications and Marketing Jerry Wirth: Chief Finance Officer

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• Dr. Mark LaCelle-Peterson

AAQEP CEO/President

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Association Vision and Mission

VISION

Excellent, effective, innovative educator preparation that is committed to evidence-based improvement, engages with the P-20 system, and holds high public confidence.

MISSION

To promote and recognize quality educator preparation that strengthens the education system’s ability to serve all students, schools, and communities.

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Accreditation as a profession’s conversation with internal and external stakeholders on key questions about quality

QUALITY

Our Association: 67 members (so far)

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In 14 states, Guam, & Ontario. Members include:

• Traditional
• Alternative
• Online
• Large
• Small (& medium!)
• Public
• Independent
• Initial
• Advanced
• Community

Colleges

Association’s Operating Principles

Promote provider collaboration Focus on improvement and innovation Partner with providers and their state authorities Recognize the value and importance of context Serve all providers and all programs equitably Seek efficiencies everywhere Share ideas and innovations broadly

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Association Services, 2018-19 (so far)

15 workshops across 6 states 10+ state-level presentations 5 standing cohort calls (monthly) Whole-day campus/provider consultations Webinars/conference calls/phone consultation Website re-design (more goodies coming!) 9 site visits in Spring 2019 (1 completed)

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Three additional Working Groups

Individual Membership—exploring possibilities Annual Report—what dashboard do you want to share? Focused Formative Support—help when/where needed

Be in touch regarding your interests w Sungti s.hsu@aaqep.org

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Next steps (we’re far from finished!)

Accreditation: (re)current tensions

Peer review and engagement vs regulatory regime Respecting mission/context vs standardization/convergence Independent professional judgment vs government mandate

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State of Accreditation

Peer review and engagement vs regulatory regime Re-asserting primacy of peer review in quality assurance Positive state responses: complementary roles Respect for mission and context vs standardization CHEA’s new standards insist on respect for mission Independent judgment vs government mandate Federal negotiated rulemaking is a wild card New HEA?

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State of Assessment and Evidence

Gains: Stronger assessments of performance at completion

 Evidence rules give priority to direct measures of performance  More tools and systems to support us (with paired challenges)  ‘Low impact’ tech supports, like survey apps

Challenges: Follow-up surveys yielding low response rates

 Employers: Local focus groups as an option?  Completers: Longitudinal ‘panel’ studies and focus groups?  Quality of data; utility for improvement/innovation as criteria

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Professional judgment and evidence

There are things that can be measured. There are things that are worth measuring. But what can be measured is not always what is worth measuring: what gets measured may have no relationship to what we really want to know. … And measurement [alone] may provide us with distorted knowledge—knowledge that seems solid but is actually deceptive. (Muller, 2018, p 3)

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Metric Fixation

Holds that…

Replacing judgment with standardized ‘metrics’

improves accuracy and impact

Transparency with metrics equals accountability Attaching rewards to metrics motivates people

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Metric fixation is the seemingly irresistible pressure to measure performance, to publicize it, and to reward it, often in the face of evidence that this just doesn’t work very well.(Muller, 2018, p 4)

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If what is actually measured is a reasonable proxy for what is intended to be measured, and if it is combined with judgment, then measurement can help practitioners to assess their own performance, both for individuals and for organizations. (Muller, 2018, p7)

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Admissions, support, monitoring

 Part of Standard 3: program practices that ensure outcomes  Empirical process required but measures, criteria not mandated  Selection, monitoring, support, outcome cycle documented  Analysis to close the loop and refine selection and support  Appendix A contains this ‘case study’ of program practice  What might we all learn together as we share practices?

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The State of Play: Hopeful

Opportunity in a growing association Flexibility and respect for context in accreditation More and better options in assessment ‘Metrics’ juggernaut moderating in accountability

News from the front lines is increasingly positive

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Yesina Ramos, 5th grade teacher, Visalia, California

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THANK YOU!

Visit www.aaqep.org for updates and opportunities. Upcoming Events:

 March 8: Level I Workshop @ California State, Fullerton  April 11: Level I Workshop @ Mount St. Mary’s University,

Frederick, MD

 August 2: Level II Workshop@ Mount St. Mary’s University,

Frederick, MD

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Want to Continue the Conversation?

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TONIGHT @ 5

Visit us in Booth 102