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Educator Preparation Information

General Information

Missouri Educator Preparation State Information - General information about Educator Preparation in Missouri
Educator Preparation 2023-24 Calendar - Important Dates, particularly related to APR and Title II
Educator Preparation ListServ - The Educator Preparation ListServ is used to provide updates, changes, and important information to educator preparation programs
Memos - Announcements of changes to DESE policies and procedures related to Educator Preparation
Newsletters - Archived copies of bi-monthly (1st & 3rd Thursdays) newsletters
Webinars - Archived copies of and (4th Thursday) webinars
EPP Contact Change Form - Use this form whenever the primary contact person in each of these areas changes: Assessment, Certification, Field and Clinical, MoSIS, EPP Leader
Guidelines for Reviewing and Revising Educator Certification Requirements
The Path Forward Spring Literacy Conference
Proposed Rules - DESE has submitted these proposed rules to the Secretary of State for Publication in the Missouri Register

2023 Missouri DEWEY Awards - These awards provide an opportunity for 2-year institutions and certification-recommending institutions to receive financial support for innovative initiatives to recruit and retain teacher candidates. You can view a list of the 2023 winners here.
2023 Missouri Teacher Recruitment Scholarships - Scholarship program to encourage teacher candidates to consider teaching in high-needs districts. EPPs apply to distribute funds to candidates.
Missouri Teacher Recruitment Scholarship Allocation Spreadsheet

Annual Performance Report and Fall Data Collection - Comprehensive Guides, submission templates, and data Resources
Title II - Title II Homepage, Timeline, Instruction Manual, and Sample Data Collection Worksheet
National Accreditation - Information related to Missouri's relationship with national accreditors, the Council for the Accreditation for Educator Preparation (CAEP) and the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP)

State Assessment Transition. Information related to the transition from Pearson to ETS as the vendor for state educator preparation assessments. The new tests will be available on July 1, 2024, and the last date to take a Pearson test will be June 30, 2024.
First-Year Educator Surveys. Surveys completed by first-year educators (teachers, administrators, counselors, etc.) and their supervisors
Missouri Educator Gateway Assessments (MEGA) Assessment Information
Missouri Performance Assessments--rubric and resources related to performance assessments for Teachers, School Counselors, School Librarians, and Building-Level Administrators

Missouri Advisory Board for Educator Preparation (MABEP)
- The Missouri Advisory Board for Educator Preparation (MABEP) advises the State Board of Education and the Coordinating Board for Higher Education and foster meaningful and substantial collaboration and transparency among all stakeholders in the interest of improving the quality of teacher preparation in Missouri.
Missouri Advisory Council of Certification for Educators (MACCE)
- The Missouri Advisory Council of Certification for Educators is composed of 25 members to be appointed by the State Board of Education upon recommendation of the commissioner of education. Of the 25 members, at least 15 must be active public school classroom teachers.