Higher Education EPP Accreditation Standards

Regulation 91-1-70a Accreditation adopts by reference the CAEP accreditation standards, version August 2013.  The standards as adopted are here.

Higher Education Educator Preparation Program Standards

The licensure program standards for all content areas are being revised during 2015 through 2017.  These will be posted as each set is adopted by the Kansas State Board of Education.  The higher education institutions have agreed to a 3-year adoption window for each set of revised standards.  Please contact Catherine Chmidling (785-291-3573; cchmidling@ksde.org) with any questions on the program template or licensure standards revisions.

 NEW Preparation Program Standards adopted by the Kansas State Board of Education

Adopted January 13, 2015: (must be used for program reviews beginning in Spring 2018)

Professional Education Standards (revised April 29, 2016 to include ESOL and virtual learning)

     Professional Ed crosswalk to previous standards

Agricultural Education educator preparation program standards

     Agricultural Ed crosswalk to previous standards

School Counselor educator preparation program standards

     School Counselor crosswalk to previous standards

Adopted May 12, 2015: (must be used for program reviews beginning in Fall 2018)

Early Childhood Unified, Birth to Kindergarten educator preparation program standards 

     ECU B-K crosswalk to previous standards

Early Childhood Unified, Birth to Grade 3 educator preparation program standards 

     ECU B-Gr3 crosswalk to previous standards

High Incidence Special Education educator preparation program standards 

     High Incidence crosswalk to previous standards

Low Incidence Special Education educator preparation program standards 

     Low Incidence crosswalk to previous standards

Building Leadership educator preparation program standards 

     Building Leadership crosswalk to previous standards

District Leadership educator preparation program standards 

     District Leadership  crosswalk to previous standards 

Adopted September 08, 2015: (must be used for program reviews beginning in Fall 2018)

Library Media Specialist educator preparation program standards

     Library Media Specialist  crosswalk to previous standards

Mathematics 5-8 educator preparation program standards (standards 3 & 7 clarified 03/03/2017)

     Mathematics 5-8 crosswalk to previous standards

Mathematics 6-12 educator preparation program standards (standards 3 & 7 clarified 03/03/2017)

     Mathematics 6-12 crosswalk to previous standards

Adopted December 08, 2015: (must be used for program reviews beginning in Spring 2019)

English Language Arts 5-8 educator preparation program standards

     English 5-8 crosswalk to previous standards

English Language Arts 6-12 educator preparation program standards

     English 6-12 crosswalk to previous standards

Reading Specialist PreK-12 educator preparation program standards

      Reading Specialist PreK-12 crosswalk to previous standards

Technology Education 6-12 educator preparation program standards

      Technology Education 6-12 crosswalk to previous standards

Adopted April 19, 2016: (must be used for program reviews beginning in Fall 2019)

Art PreK-12 educator preparation program standards

     Art PreK-12 crosswalk to previous standards

Gifted K-6, 5-8, 6-12, PreK-12 educator preparation program standards

     Gifted K-6, 5-8, 6-12, PreK-12 crosswalk to previous standards

Music PreK-12 educator preparation program standards

     Music PreK-12 crosswalk to previous standards

Instrumental Music PreK-12 educator preparation program standards

     Instrumental Music PreK-12 crosswalk to previous standards

Vocal Music PreK-12 educator preparation program standards

     Vocal Music PreK-12 crosswalk to previous standards

Adopted November 09, 2016: (must be used for program reviews beginning in Spring 2020)

Biology 6-12 educator preparation program standards

     Biology 6-12 crosswalk to previous standards

Earth and Space Science 6-12 educator preparation program standards

     Earth and Space Science 6-12 crosswalk to previous standards

Science 5-8 educator preparation program standards

     Science 5-8 crosswalk to previous standards

Adopted February 14, 2017: 

Elementary Education Unified K-6 educator preparation program standards

     (new endorsement; no crosswalk)

Adopted March 14, 2017: (must be used for program reviews beginning in Fall 2020)

Chemistry 6-12 educator preparation program standards

     Chemistry 6-12 crosswalk to previous standards

Foreign Language PreK-12 educator preparation program standards

     Foreign Language PreK-12 crosswalk to previous standards

Physics 6-12 educator preparation program standards

     Physics 6-12 crosswalk to previous standards

Adopted May 09, 2017: (must be used for program reviews beginning in Fall 2020)

English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) K-6, 5-8, 6-12, PreK-12 educator preparation program standards

     ESOL crosswalk to previous standards

Adopted July 11, 2017: (must be used for program reviews beginning in Fall 2020)

Elementary Education K-6 educator preparation program standards

     Elementary crosswalk to previous standards

Adopted December 12, 2017: 

Secondary Education Unified 6-12 educator preparation program standards

     (new endorsement; no crosswalk)

Adopted February 13, 2018:

Family and Consumer Science 6-12 educator preparation program standards

     FCS crosswalk to previous standards

These Standards will be added to the Regulations and Standards for Kansas Educators