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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/ 3
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 4
RECEPTION 5-6PM RATHSKELLER ROOM Closing/Reception and Fireside Chat with AAQEP Staff 5
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Welcome to Kentucky Rob Akers Associate Commissioner Office of Educator Licensure and Effectiveness Kentucky Department of Education 7
Please Thank Our Sponsors! 8
Working Group Members Thank you to our Working Group Members The AAQEP Guide: PP. 55-56 APPENDIX C “WHO’S WHO” 9
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 10
Dr. Mark LaCelle-Peterson AAQEP CEO/President 11
Association Vision and Mission MISSION VISION To promote and recognize Excellent, effective, innovative quality educator educator preparation that is preparation that strengthens committed to evidence-based the education system’s improvement, engages with the P-20 system, and holds high ability to serve all students, schools, and communities. public confidence. 14
Accreditation as a profession’s conversation with internal and external stakeholders on key questions about quality QUALITY 15
Our Association: 67 members (so far) In 14 states, Guam, & Ontario. Members include: •Traditional •Alternative •Online •Large •Small ( & medium! ) •Public •Independent •Initial •Advanced •Community Colleges 16
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 17
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) 18
Next steps (we’re far from finished!) 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 19
Accreditation: (re)current tensions Peer review and engagement vs regulatory regime Respecting mission/context vs standardization/convergence Independent professional judgment vs government mandate 20
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? 21
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 22
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) 23
Metric Fixation Holds that… Replacing judgment with standardized ‘metrics’ improves accuracy and impact Transparency with metrics equals accountability Attaching rewards to metrics motivates people 24
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) 25
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) 26
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? 27
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 28
Yesina Ramos, 5 th grade teacher, Visalia, California 29
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 30
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