Educator Services
Preparing Educators

Program Review and Approval

Program approval is the process through which a program or sponsoring organization may receive state approval. The Commissioner of Education has the statutory authority to approve programs that prepare candidates for educator licensure in Massachusetts. Such programs may be offered by public and private higher education institutions, whether or not they also lead to degrees, and other sponsoring organizations.

The fundamental purpose of state approval of educator preparation programs is to assure the public that teachers and other educators who complete these programs in Massachusetts are prepared to educate our PreK-12 students according to the learning standards in the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. To accomplish this, programs must prepare their candidates to meet the standards for licensure that are specified in the new Regulations for Educator Licensure and Preparation Program Approval (603 CMR 7.00). These regulations were most recently adopted by the Board of Education in April 24, 2007

• Educator Preparation Program Approval (603 CMR 7.03)

• Directory of Approved Programs
  • Higher Education Institutions
  • District Based Programs
  • MINT Programs
  • Higher Education Institutions
  • Performance Review Program for Initial Licensure
  
  

• List of State Program Approval Coordinator Assignments

• Program Reviewers for Educator Preparation Program Approval