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NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
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The Office of Higher Education (OHE) newsletter describes the current and upcoming activities related to higher education, with a particular focus on the preparation of educators. This newsletter, past newsletters, and a subscription link are available online on the OHE website.
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BOARD OF REGENTS OCTOBER ITEMS
Student Data Privacy and Security. Education Law Section 2-d outlines certain requirements for educational agencies and their third-party contractors to ensure the security and privacy of personally identifiable information (PII) of students. The Department proposed regulatory amendments to add Part 121 to the Commissioner’s Regulations to implement this law. Provisions in the proposal include clarifying the data privacy and security obligations of educational agencies and third-party contractors as well as directing educational agencies to ensure that all employees who handle PII receive annual data security and privacy training. The proposal went out for public comment twice. In response to the most recent comment period, the Department presented changes to the proposal to the Board of Regents. The proposed regulatory amendments have moved to another 45-day public comment period that ends on December 9, 2019.
ASSESSMENT VOUCHERS Education Deans/Directors are currently providing the Office of Teaching Initiatives with the data needed to distribute assessment fee vouchers for the Content Specialty Tests (CSTs), Educating All Students (EAS) test, and edTPA. The vouchers will be distributed this fall after the data are collected from the institutions of higher education. |
NYSATE/NYACTE CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
The 2019 New York State Association of Teacher Educators (NYSATE)/New York Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (NYACTE) |
DRAFT NYS K-12 COMPUTER SCIENCE AND DIGITAL FLUENCY LEARNING STANDARDS The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has released a draft of the NYS K-12 Computer Science and Digital Fluency Learning Standards for stakeholder feedback. The draft standards were developed and reviewed by committees consisting of NYS educators, parents, curriculum specialists, school administrators, and institution of higher education faculty. NYSED is accepting feedback on the draft standards through November 15, 2019. Visit the NYS K-12 Computer Science and Digital Fluency Learning Standards Review to review the standards and submit feedback. For more information, contact the Office of Educational Design and Technology at (518) 474-5461 or edtech@nysed.gov. REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL LABORATORY WORKSHOP SERIES ON CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING The Office of Higher Education participates in the Regional Educational Laboratory-Northeast & Islands (REL-NEI) Teacher Preparation Research Alliance
NEW YORK STATE TEACHER CERTIFICATION EXAMINATIONS (NYSTCE) TEST DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES Candidate Field Testing Opportunities. Juniors, seniors, or graduate students currently or recently enrolled in an approved educational preparation program preparing them for New York State Initial certification can participate in a field test NEW YORK STATE TEACHER CERTIFICATION EXAMINATIONS (NYSTCE) TEST DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES Candidate Field Testing Opportunities. Juniors, seniors, or graduate students currently or recently enrolled in an approved educational preparation program preparing them for New York State Initial certification can participate in a field test Recruiting Educators for Test Development Committees. The Department is seeking educators to participate in the following committees that will meet in early 2020. Certified P-12 educators and higher education professionals, including both higher education teacher preparation faculty and higher education faculty who have content expertise, are encouraged to apply for the committees by visiting the Educator Involvement Opportunities webpage and completing the online application
Revised Science Content Specialty Tests (CSTs). It is anticipated that the revised CSTs in Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, and Physics will become operational on November 11, 2019. The Board of Regents adopted regulatory amendments to create safety nets for the CSTs in Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, and Physics so that candidates may take either the revised CST or the predecessor CST for one year after the revised CSTs in each science subject area becomes operational. The test frameworks are available on the NYSTCE website EDTPA PASSING SCORE INCREASING In June 2017, the edTPA Standard Setting Panel recommended new passing scores for the edTPA and a four-year phase-in period for the new passing scores. The phase-in period began on January 1, 2018. According to the schedule, the edTPA passing scores will increase by one point on January 1, 2020. ? Candidates who submit their edTPA after December 5, 2019 will receive their score after January 1, 2020 |
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