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

Entity	Name	Description	Usage Classification	EDFacts Mapping	Commonly Used	Commonly State-Defined
Candidate	AcademicSubject	The description of the content or subject area of a degree.	Local	Yes	Yes
EducatorPreparationProgram	AccreditationStatus	The current accreditation status of the educator preparation program.	Standard
Candidate	AddressType	The type of address listed for an individual or organization. For example: (Physical Address, Mailing Address, Home Address, etc.)	Orthodox	Yes	Yes	Yes
Candidate	BackgroundCheckStatus	The status of the background check.
Candidate	BackgroundCheckType	The type of background check.
Candidate	CandidateCharacteristic	The characteristic designated for the candidate.
CandidateIdentificationCode	CandidateIdentificationSystem	A coding scheme that is used for identification and record-keeping.
Candidate	CitizenshipStatus	An indicator of whether or not the person is a U.S. citizen.	Orthodox
CandidateEducatorPreparationProgramAssociation	CohortYearType	The type of cohort year (9th grade, graduation).	Local
Candidate	Country	The country in which an individual is born. It is strongly recommended that entries use only ISO 3166 2-letter country codes.	Standard
Candidate	Disability	A disability category that describes a individual's impairment.	Orthodox	Yes	Yes
Candidate	DisabilityDesignation	Whether the disability is IDEA, Section 504, or other disability designation.	Orthodox		Yes
Candidate	DisabilityDeterminationSourceType	The source that provided the disability determination.	Orthodox		Yes
Candidate	ElectronicMailType	The type of email listed for an individual or organization. (For example: Home/Personal, Work, etc.)	Standard
Candidate	EnglishLanguageExam	Indicates that an individual passed, failed, or did not take an English Language assessment.	Standard
Candidate	EPPDegreeType	A code for describing the degree type that a candidate accomplishes.
CandidateEducatorPreparationProgramAssociation	EPPProgramPathway	The program pathway the candidate is following.	Standard
FieldworkExperience	FieldworkType	The type of fieldwork being executed by a staff.
EducatorPreparationProgram	GradeLevel	The grade levels served at the educator preparation program.	Orthodox	Yes	Yes
Candidate	Language	A specification of which written or spoken communication is being used.	Orthodox	Yes	Yes	Yes
Candidate	LanguageUse	A description of how the language is used (e.g. Home Language, Native Language, Spoken Language).	Orthodox
Candidate	LimitedEnglishProficiency	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
Candidate	Locale	A general geographic indicator that categorizes U.S. territory (e.g., City, Suburban).	Standard
Candidate	OtherNameType	The types of alternate names for an individual.	Orthodox
Candidate	PreviousCareer	The career previous for an individual.
EducatorPreparationProgram	ProgramType	The type of program.	Flexible	Yes	Yes	Yes
Candidate	Race	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
CandidateEducatorPreparationProgramAssociation	ReasonExited	The reason exited for the association.
Candidate	Sex	The sex of the person.	Standard
CandidateRelationshipToStaffAssociation	StaffToCandidateRelationship	Defines the staff relationship to the candidate.
Candidate	StateAbbreviation	The abbreviation for the name of the state (within the United States) or extra-state jurisdiction in which an individual was born.	Standard		Yes
Candidate	TelephoneNumberType	The type of communication number listed for an individual or organization.	Standard
CandidateEducatorPreparationProgramAssociation	Term	The term associated with the cohort year; for example, the intended term of graduation.
Candidate	Visa	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.