NC Education Code · Regulation
Title 16 — root / Chapter 06 — 16 NCAC 06C .0390
Plain English summary
This regulation establishes the structural and operational requirements for School Administrator Preparation Programs seeking to recommend candidates for licensure in North Carolina. Programs must be jointly established through formal partnerships between educational institutions or entities and local education agencies, with responsibilities documented in a memorandum of understanding reviewed every three years. Programs must also provide supervised internships, field experiences, and candidate evaluations using the North Carolina School Executive Evaluation Rubric.
Key requirements
- The program shall be jointly established by one or more institutions of higher education, not-for-profit entities, or for-profit entities, and a local education agency or nonpublic school.
- The responsibilities and roles of each partner in the design, implementation and administration of the program shall be set forth in a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by each partner.
- The partners must review the MOU every three years.
- Each School Administrator Preparation Program shall comply with the requirements of Rules .0386, .0387, .0388, and .0389 of this Section.
- Each School Administrator Preparation Program shall provide multiple opportunities for school leader candidates to be observed and coached by program faculty and staff.
- facilitate the evaluation of school leader candidates during and at the end of the internship based on the North Carolina School Executive Evaluation Rubric.
- provide expectations for and firm commitment from school leaders and faculty members who will oversee the internship of candidates.
- provide faculty supervisors to work in collaboration with site mentors to complete the assessment of the candidate's performance during the internship.
- A portion of the required coursework shall include 'field experiences', i.e., multiple experiences that are embedded in a school setting and relate directly to the core subject matter of the course.
Affected parties
- School Administrator Preparation Programs
- Institutions of higher education
- Not-for-profit entities
- For-profit entities
- Local education agencies
- Nonpublic schools
- School administrator candidates
- Program faculty and staff
- Site mentors
- Faculty supervisors