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UNR presents competency‑based approach for educator preparation emphasizing high‑leverage practices
Summary
University of Nevada, Reno officials described how competency‑based learning, high‑leverage practices and a "portrait of a learner" are being integrated into educator preparation programs and how those changes might inform commission regulations.
Representatives from the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) presented the college's work to integrate competency‑based learning into educator preparation, outlining multiple pathways to recruitment, data from accreditation, and curricular changes that emphasize practice and measurable proficiency.
Shannon Taylor, professor of special education and interim department chair of educator preparation at UNR, and Richard (Winship) Barner, data and assessment coordinator, briefed the commission on program structure and planned changes. They described recruitment pathways that begin as early as junior high through the Dean's Future Scholars program and include agreements to ease transfer from community colleges (TMCC, WNC, GBC, CSN). Taylor said UNR offers a mix of undergraduate and graduate teacher preparation programs, including an integrated elementary teaching program that typically confers a…
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