Standards

Special Education Outline

1. NCATE 2000 Accreditation Standards - http://www.ncate.org *
2. Three NCATE Program Standards to be addressed

   2.1. Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) - http://www.cec.sped.org *

   2.1.1. Initial and advanced special education guidelines
   2.1.2. Eight areas of specialization identified by CEC
   2.1.3. Practicum and fieldwork identified by CEC
   2.1.4. Seven areas of specialization identified by SPED (us)
   2.1.5. Matrices identified by CEC must include: course citation by number, syllabi citations by section, additional experiences, documentation and descriptions as needed
   2.1.6. Faculty responsibilities, rank, tenure status (no vitae)

   2.2. National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) - http://www.naeyc.org *

   2.2.1. Initial and advanced special education guidelines
   2.2.2. Eight areas of specialization identified by NAEYC
   2.2.3. Practicum and fieldwork identified by NAEYC
   2.2.4. Four areas of specialization identified by SPED (us)
   2.2.5. Matrices identified by NAEYC must include: course citation by number, additional experiences, documentation and descriptions as needed
   2.2.6. Faculty responsibilities, rank, tenure status (no vitae)
   

   2.3. National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) - http://www.nasp.org *

   2.3.1. Initial and advanced special education guidelines
   2.3.2. Eight areas of specialization identified by NASP
   2.3.3. Internships and fieldwork identified by NASP
   2.3.4. Three areas of specialization identified by SPED (us)
   2.3.5. Matrices identified by NASP must include: evidence of meeting the program standards through policy and practice
   2.3.6. Faculty responsibilities, rank, tenure status (no vitae)
   

3. Review of previous NCATE documents for crossover information (i.e., program description; program structure; program relationship to COE; admission, retention, completion requirements)
4. Review of Northwest Accreditation Documents for crossover information (i.e., program description; program structure; program relationship to COE; admission, retention, completion requirements)
5. Review of Department Self-Study and Review Documents for crossover (i.e., program description; program structure; program relationship to COE,; admission, retention, completion requirements)
6. Review of CEC, NAEYC, and NASP accredited programs that have recently undergone NCATE Review (i.e., documentation, syllabi, etc.)

   6.1. Saint Cloud State University *
   6.2. University of Georgia *
   6.3. University of Kentucky *
   

7. Department of Special Education NCATE 2000 - steps in the process

   7.1. Faculty review of CEC, NAEYC, and NASP matrices and identification of related courses by number
   7.2. Coordinator review of matrices and identified courses - development of master matrices for CEC, NAEYC, and NASP
   7.3. Faculty development and implementation of new syllabi (beginning summer and fall 2001)
   

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