Educator Preparation Program - Entities, References, and Descriptors

Educator Preparation Program Domain Entities

Name	Description
Candidate	A candidate is both a person enrolled in a educator preparation program and a candidate to become an educator.
CandidateEducatorPreparationProgramAssociation	Information about the association between the educator candidate and the educator preparation program.
CandidateRelationshipToStaffAssociation	Describes the relationship between a current candidate and a staff person, typically at a K12 partnering district in the role of a mentor teacher, coordinating teacher, supervising principal, etc. It could also describe the relationship between a current candidate and a university staff member. This is a relationship between two different people
CandidateIdentificationCode	This entity holds different identity codes for a candidate.
EducatorPreparationProgram	The educator preparation program designed to prepare students to become licensed educators.
FieldworkExperience	The information regarding a post-secondary instructional course in a particular field of study that typically involves a prescribed number, instruction periods, or meetings for enrolled students.
FieldworkExperienceSectionAssociation	Associates field work experience with a section.
StaffEducatorPreparationProgramAssociation	This association indicates the educator preparation program associated with a staff.

Extended References

Name	Description
EducationOrganization	This entity represents any public or private institution, organization, or agency that provides instructional or support services to students or staff at any level.
Person	This entity represents a human being.
Section	This entity represents a setting in which organized instruction of course content is provided, in-person or otherwise, to one or more students for a given period of time. A course offering may be offered to more than one section.
Staff	This entity represents an individual who performs specified activities for any public or private education institution or agency that provides instructional and/or support services to students or staff at the early childhood level through high school completion.

Educator Preparation Program Domain Descriptors

Name	Entity	Description	Usage Classification	EDFacts Mapping	Commonly Used	Commonly State-Defined
AcademicSubject	Candidate	The description of the content or subject area of a degree.	Local	Yes	Yes
AccreditationStatus	EducatorPreparationProgram	The current accreditation status of the educator preparation program.	Standard
AddressCharacteristic	Candidate	The address characteristic mainly to reflect if Primary and type of communication to be received, e.g.: Primary, Validated, Gets Copy of Report, Discipline Correspondence.
AddressType	Candidate	The type of address listed for an individual or organization. For example: (Physical Address, Mailing Address, Home Address, etc.)	Orthodox	Yes	Yes	Yes
BackgroundCheckStatus	Candidate	The status of the background check.
BackgroundCheckType	Candidate	The type of background check.
CandidateCharacteristic	Candidate	The characteristic designated for the candidate.
CandidateIdentificationSystem	CandidateIdentificationCode	A coding scheme that is used for identification and record-keeping.
CitizenshipStatus	Candidate	An indicator of whether or not the person is a U.S. citizen.	Orthodox
CohortYearType	CandidateEducatorPreparationProgramAssociation	The type of cohort year (9th grade, graduation).	Local
Country	Candidate	The country in which an individual is born. It is strongly recommended that entries use only ISO 3166 2-letter country codes.	Standard
Disability	Candidate	A disability category that describes a individual's impairment.	Orthodox	Yes	Yes
DisabilityDesignation	Candidate	Whether the disability is IDEA, Section 504, or other disability designation.	Orthodox		Yes
DisabilityDeterminationSourceType	Candidate	The source that provided the disability determination.	Orthodox		Yes
EconomicDisadvantage	Candidate	An indication of inadequate financial condition of an individual's family, as determined by family income, number of family members/dependents, participation in public assistance programs, and/or other characteristics considered relevant by federal, state, and local policy.	Orthodox
ElectronicMailType	Candidate	The type of email listed for an individual or organization. (For example: Home/Personal, Work, etc.)	Standard
EnglishLanguageExam	Candidate	Indicates that an individual passed, failed, or did not take an English Language assessment.	Standard
EPPDegreeType	Candidate	A code for describing the degree type that a candidate accomplishes.
EPPProgramPathway	CandidateEducatorPreparationProgramAssociation	The program pathway the candidate is following.	Standard
FieldworkType	FieldworkExperience	The type of fieldwork being executed by a staff.
GradeLevel	EducatorPreparationProgram	The grade levels served at the educator preparation program.	Orthodox	Yes	Yes
IdentificationDocumentUse	Candidate	The primary function of the document used for establishing identity.	Orthodox
Language	Candidate	A specification of which written or spoken communication is being used.	Orthodox	Yes	Yes	Yes
LanguageUse	Candidate	A description of how the language is used (e.g. Home Language, Native Language, Spoken Language).	Orthodox
LimitedEnglishProficiency	Candidate	Indicates whether the individual has been identified as limited English proficient (LEP) by the Language Proficiency Assessment Committee (LPAC), or is English proficient.	Standard	Yes	Yes	Yes
Locale	Candidate	A general geographic indicator that categorizes U.S. territory (e.g., City, Suburban).	Standard
OtherNameType	Candidate	The types of alternate names for an individual.	Orthodox
PersonalInformationVerification	Candidate	The category of the document relative to its purpose.	Orthodox
PreviousCareer	Candidate	The career previous for an individual.
ProgramType	EducatorPreparationProgram	The type of program.	Flexible	Yes	Yes	Yes
Race	Candidate	The general racial category which most clearly reflects the individual's recognition of his or her community or with which the individual most identifies. The data model allows for multiple entries so that each individual can specify all appropriate races.	Standard
ReasonExited	CandidateEducatorPreparationProgramAssociation	The reason exited for the association.
Sex	Candidate	The sex of the person.	Standard
StaffToCandidateRelationship	CandidateRelationshipToStaffAssociation	Defines the staff relationship to the candidate.
StateAbbreviation	Candidate	The abbreviation for the name of the state (within the United States) or extra-state jurisdiction in which an individual was born.	Standard		Yes
TelephoneNumberType	Candidate	The type of communication number listed for an individual or organization.	Standard
Term	CandidateEducatorPreparationProgramAssociation	The term associated with the cohort year; for example, the intended term of graduation.
Visa	Candidate	An indicator of a non-US citizen's Visa type.	Standard

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See Non-normative Descriptor Classifications for more information on Usage Classification.