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Reauthorization of Educator
Preparation Programs
The Department of Higher Education (DHE) and Colorado Department of Education (CDE) shall review each educator preparation program offered by an institution of higher education not more frequently than once every five years for reauthorization. An institution of higher education that chooses to offer a new educator preparation program or significantly modify an existing program shall submit the new or modified program to DHE and CDE for review [§23-1-121(4) Colorado Revised Statute].
The Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE) approves educator preparation programs at Colorado institutions of higher education. The State Board of Education approves the content to ensure it is designed and implemented in a manner that will enable a candidate to meet the requirements for licensure [§23-1-121 Colorado Revised Statute].
Reauthorization
Reauthorization Process (updated 11/20/2012) -
Follow these steps to prepare for reauthorization.
- Expectations and Protocol for Reauthorization Site Visit (updated 11/20/2012)
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Follow these steps to prepare for the on-site visit.
Institutional Report Template (updated 7/2/2010) -
Use this template to write your Institutional Report.
- Content Review Information (Colorado Department of Education)
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Use these matrices and cover sheets for the CDE content review.
- Schedule of Reauthorization Site Visits(Updated 5/1/2013)
New and Modified Program Approval
- New and Modified Program Approval Process(updated 11/20/2012)
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Follow these steps to prepare a new or modified program proposal.
- Submit New and Modified Program Proposals
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Click here to submit your proposal to DHE.
- Check Status of Proposals Submitted to DHE
Colorado Council of Deans of Education (CCODE)
- Approved Educator Preparation Programs in Colorado(Updated 4/8/2013)
- Notes from October 24, 2012 meeting with Representative Murray
- CCHE approves ability to offer bachelor's degrees in all education fields
- View Reports on Educator Preparation in Colorado
- Educator Preparation Glossary
Reauthorization Committee Meeting Minutes - Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP)
- NCATE Alliance for Clinical Teacher Preparation
- Historical Documents about Educator Preparation in Colorado
- 1986 Report to the Colorado General Assembly on Education Degree Programs by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education
- 1995 Teacher Education Strategic Planning Panel Report
- 2001 Colorado Survey of 1st and 3rd Year Teachers and their Administrators
- 2008 Discontinuance of Requirement to Pass PLACE/Praxis prior to Student Teaching
- May 2011 MEMO to continue using old ELED and ECE agreements
- 2011 Educator ID System graphic
- 2011 New Requirements of S.B. 11-245
- 2011 Preparation for Teaching Online and Virtual Field-Based Experience
- 2012 CCHE approves ability to offer bachelor’s degrees in Early Childhood Education and Elementary Education
- Improving Teacher Quality Grants
- CCODE Fall 2011 Retreat
CAP4K Update: New Colorado Academic and English Language Proficiency Standards 
Standards Implementation Toolkit main page- Curriculum design tools page
- Reaching the Goal (application of the Common Core State Standards to entry level college courses)
- Draft Crosswalk of Principal Standards
- Draft Crosswalk of Teacher Standards
- Evaluating Dispositions_AACTE Presentation 2011 (All the handouts from this presentation can be requested from ian.macgillivray@dhe.state.co.us
- Notes from Educator Effectiveness Discussion
- Pictures
- CCODE Spring 2012 Retreat
- CCODE Fall 2012 Retreat
