AAQEP Accreditation 2022
Standard 3 Aspect B
Preparation programs ensure that candidates, upon completion, are ready to engage in professional practice, to adapt to a variety of professional settings, and to grow throughout their careers. Effective program practices include: consistent offering of coherent curricula; high-quality quality, diverse clinical experiences; dynamic, mutually beneficial partnerships with stakeholders; and comprehensive and transparent quality assurance processes informed by trustworthy evidence. Each aspect of the program is appropriate to its context and to the credential or degree sought.
Description of rationale for partnerships:
The new BAP coordinator began her position in Fall 2020. In the past year, she has
nurtured strong partnerships with three (3) districts--Fresno, Madera, and Sanger
Unified--which had BAP teacher candidates during the 2020-2021 academic year. These
district partners have worked with Fresno State for several years and have their own
respective teacher residency programs. Specifically, in the last two years, Madera
and Fresno Unified have explicitly focused on the recruitment of bilingual teachers
and thus the close partnership with the BAP. For example, the partnership between
Madera Unified and Fresno State has resulted in two cohorts of Spanish bilingual teachers.
The first cohort graduated in Spring 2021 and the current cohort is scheduled to graduate
in Spring 2022. These candidates are all placed in a bilingual/dual immersion classroom
where they receive mentorship, professional development, and ongoing support from
their mentor teachers, district staff, Fresno State faculty, and their clinical practice
coaches.
Description of clinical experiences in which candidates participate:
Currently, the state of California as acknowledged by the California Department of
Education is challenged by the inability to provide clinical bilingual/dual immersion
classroom placements for all bilingual authorization teacher candidates. State guidelines
for credential and bilingual authorization programs strongly encourage the placement
of bilingual candidates in bilingual/dual immersion classrooms, but do not require
it. The coordinator of Fresno State BAP is working diligently with the Office of
Clinical Practice (OCP) on two (2) goals: 1) to increase the number of bilingual/dual
immersion classroom placements for BAP students, and 2) to hire more bilingual coaches.
The BAP coordinator and the OCP staff meet regularly to discuss progress with relationship
building and new partnerships to increase potential classroom placements as well as
the advertising and recruitment of bilingual coaches.
Partnerships Table:
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| Fresno Unified School District (FUSD) |
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| Madera Unified School District (MUSD) |
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| Sanger Unified School District (SUSD) |
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