DESE website for Program Approval
- FINALIZED TIMELINE for Formal Program Approval (May 2024)
- Timeline for Program Approval – UMA – 2025/2026
- DESE Documents/Toolkits to be used during Program Approval Process
- FINAL DESE PROGRAM APPROVAL GUIDELINES – released Sept 2023
- September 2023 Memo about these guidelines and timelines
- September 2023 Needs Assessment Advisory (to prep for Program Approval)
- Please note that the links below reflect the various sessions that were held – as a FYI only.
- DESE Informational Sessions on each DOMAIN
- Link to the webinars for all the domains
- Organization Domain Informational slides
- Organization Domain FAQ
- Continuous Improvement Domain slides
- Continuous Improvement Domain FAQ
- Partnership Domain Informational slides
- Partnership Domain FAQ
- Instructional Domain slides
- Candidiate Domain slides
- Candidate Domain FAQ
- Field Based Experiences Domain slides
- Field Based Experiences FAQ
Revisions to Program Approval Updates Nov 22
Program Approval Update (Review 3.0) – Dec 2021
Program Approval Revised Timeline Update – June 2021
Guidelines for Administrative Leaders (2021)
Program Approval Announcement of New Focus – Feb 2020
Professional Standards for Teachers (2015)
MA Educator Evaluation Framework (DESE is updating the Model Rubrics for School Level Administrators and Classroom Teachers to integrate and strengthen culturally responsive and relevant practices within the Standards and Indicators of Effective Teaching and Administrative Leadership. Please visit Model Rubric Updates to access the draft rubrics and learn more about the 2022-23 pilot of the School Level Administrator Rubric.)