Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 5 - DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Division 20 - Division of Learning Services › Chapter 400 - Office of Educator Quality › Section 5 CSR 20-400.450 - Missouri Advisory Board for Educator Preparation (MABEP)

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: There is hereby established within the Department of
				  Elementary and Secondary Education (department) the "Missouri Advisory Board
				  for Educator Preparation" (MABEP). MABEP shall advise the State Board of
				  Education and the Coordinating Board for Higher Education as provided in this
				  section and foster meaningful and substantial collaboration and transparency
				  among all stake holders in the interest of improving the quality of teacher
				  preparation in Missouri.
(1) The
				Missouri Advisory Board for Educator Preparation (MABEP) shall be comprised of
				fourteen (14) members, who shall be appointed as follows: five (5) members to
				be appointed by the State Board of Education (board) upon the recommendation of
				the commissioner of elementary and secondary education, two (2) members
				selected by the commissioner of elementary and secondary education, five (5)
				members to be selected by the Coordinating Board of Higher Education
				(coordinating board) upon the recommendation of the commissioner of higher
				education, and two (2) members to be selected by the commissioner of higher
				education. The commissioners of elementary and secondary education and higher
				education shall serve as ex officio members and thus shall not vote on matters
				before MABEP.
(A) The composition of MABEP
				shall consist of the following:
1. One (1)
				practicing certificated public school teacher who has served as a cooperating
				teacher, selected by the board upon the recommendation of the commissioner of
				elementary and secondary education;
2. One (1) practicing certificated public
				school administrator with direct responsibility for the evaluation of
				educators, selected by the board upon the recommendation of the commissioner of
				elementary and secondary education;
3. One (1) practicing human resource director
				for a public school district with direct responsibility for hiring, selected by
				the board upon the recommendation of the commissioner of elementary and
				secondary education;
4. One (1)
				practicing certificated public school teacher who has served as a teacher
				mentor, selected by the board upon the recommendation of the commissioner of
				elementary and secondary education;
5. One (1) practicing certificated
				superintendent of a public school, selected by the board upon the
				recommendation of the commissioner of elementary and secondary education;
6. One (1) representative of the
				public, to be appointed by the commissioner of elementary and secondary
				education. This representative shall not currently be a member of a local
				school board of education or educator preparation governing board, nor ever
				have been employed as a public school educator, or in a professional position
				at any post-secondary education program;
7. One (1) employee of the Department of
				Elementary and Secondary Education (department) whose responsibilities include
				educator preparation and/or certification, selected by the commissioner of
				elementary and secondary education;
8. One (1) faculty member within an approved
				educator preparation program, selected by the coordinating board upon the
				recommendation of the commissioner of higher education;
9. One (1) dean or director of a college or
				program of educator preparation for a public four- (4-) year university,
				selected by the coordinating board upon the recommendation of the commissioner
				of higher education;
10. One (1)
				director of an educator preparation program of a public community college,
				selected by the coordinating board upon the recommendation of the commissioner
				of higher education;
11. One (1)
				dean of a college of education or director of an educator preparation program
				of an independent college or university, selected by the coordinating board
				upon the recommendation of the commissioner of higher education;
12. One (1) representative at-large from
				higher education, selected by the coordinating board of higher education upon
				the recommendation of the commissioner of higher education;
13. One (1) student enrolled in an approved
				program of educator preparation of public or independent university, selected
				by the commissioner of higher education; and
14. One (1) employee of the Department of
				Higher Education with responsibility for the approval of degree programs,
				selected by the commissioner of higher education.