New Mexico Licensure Links
Project Proposal Presentation
Lindsey Kidd
OILS 533
May 14, 2014
Justification of Project
Need/Rationale
 New Mexico Licensure Links will provide New Mexico
educators with a support and study system in order to
efficiently pass the NMTA course exams to become
licensed and endorsed in the state of New Mexico.
 Currently, all of the material is put on the learner with
no human interaction to help in the testing process.
 Many teachers are choosing to leave the profession.
New Mexico Licensure Links will aid in the ability to
become and stay licensed for those looking into and
already in education in New Mexico.
Goals/Objectives
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Goal: This system will create alignment between the universities, school districts, and the PED,
which, in turn, will ensure a support system for future and current educators in gaining and
maintaining licensure.
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Provide all necessary course work for all endorsement opportunities.
Allow for self-paced courses.
Provide consistent information from all sources.
Goal: The educators will learn to better function and gain resources, which will help them not only
pass the required assessments for licensure but also function within the school district and access
information from the PED.
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Provide all necessary course work for all licensure opportunities.
Allow for self-paced courses.
Provide consistent information from all sources.
Goal: This system will provide teachers with a flexible and efficient source to become
certified/endorsed in different subjects and/or grade levels in the state of New Mexico.
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Provide consistent information from all parties involved.
Goal: This system will provide teachers with a flexible and efficient source to become licensed in the
state of New Mexico.
The teachers will be given all necessary information as well as the opportunity to connect with other teachers and
professionals in order to become more knowledgeable and successful.
Goal: Future and current teachers will feel more enabled and motivated to become licensed and/or
endorsed because of the accessibility and streamlined nature of the LMS.
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Educators will be given access to all information that they need in a manor in which is made easy and informative.
Timeline
Operational Stage
Time Line
Description
Approval for Budget Entry from
Governor and Secretary of
Education
Approval before next fiscal year (July 2014)
The Governor and Secretary of State must approve NM
Licensure Links under the proposed budget for the
licensure bureau.
Appoint Director
July 2014
In order for the program to begin developmentally, a
director must be appointed.
Hire Instructors & Personnel
August-October 2014-Ongoing
In order for the design process to begin, instructors, along
with their curriculum must be approved.
Skeletal Site and Course Construction
August 2014-November 2014
This is the initial phase of design. This must be completed
for each individual course and the overall site.
Design Implementation
November 2014-February 2014
Instructional designers, tech support, and instructors work
together to design courses.
Instructor Training
December 2014-March 2014
All parties involved must be trained on the site
Pilot Run
March 2014-April 2014
A pilot run will be completed with students from UNM as
the learner.
Implementation
May 2014-Ongoing
Assuming the pilot runs well, the courses will be
implemented as to accommodate learners signed
up for exams in June 2014.
Course Reporting
Monthly, starting with the Pilot Study
Surveys will be completed for each course completion in
order to make the program more effective.
Annual Reporting
May 2015, yearly after
Surveys and analyses reports will be completed at the end
of each fiscal year.
Budget and Worth Analysis
July 2014-Ongoing
From the beginning of the program approval, the budget
will be monitored, maintained, and analyzed in
order to show effectiveness and worth in keeping
the program for educators.
Organizational
Capabilities/Placement/Linkages
 New Mexico Licensure Links will be housed
in the Licensure Bureau of the New Mexico
Public Education Department (NMPED). All
personnel will be trained within the
capabilities of NM Licensure Links.
 This program will be heavily connected to
the NM public school districts as well as
universities around the state.
 Instructional, curriculum, and web
designers will be of crucial importance.
Management/Staffing Plan
Staff Title:
Managed by:
Relation to the operation:
Start-Up Training:
Operational Training:
Director
Hannah Skandera
The director oversees this
entire operation and
is appointed by the
licensure bureau
and Skandera
Be aware of all licensure and
endorsement
requirements for
licensure in NM.
Be aware of all updates and
mandates related to
licensure in NM.
Curriculum Experts/ Instructors
Director and licensure
experts
Makes sure that all necessary
information is
covered in courses.
Work with instructional
design team,
training on how the
site operates.
Site updates and curriculum
updates.
Dossier Instructors/ Guides
Director and licensure
experts
Makes sure that all necessary
information is
covered in courses.
Work with instructional
design team,
training on how the
site operates.
Site updates and curriculum
updates.
Tech Support
Director
Everything runs smoothly
and helps with the
technology side of
this operation in all
regards.
Training on how the site
operates, work with
instructors to see
what they need.
Site and system updates.
Licensure/ Certification and Testing
Coordinators
Director
Final say on granting licenses
and endorsements.
Oversees all testing
is completed and
follows state
mandates.
Work with instructors on
mandated
information,
training on how the
site operates,
licensure
accommodations.
Licensure and testing updates
from the state.
Site Management/
Administrators
Director
The site manager oversees
the effectiveness
and smoothness of
the program and
course website.
Thorough site training,
accessibility
training, work with
all parties involved.
Technology, site, and system
updates,
communication with
instructors.
Instructional Design Team
Director and Curriculum
Experts
Helps in the design and
maintenance of
each course.
Training on how the site
works and operates,
meet with
instructors and
Updates with instructors and
site management,
technology updates.
Technology and Teaching/Learning
Approach Selection
 WebCT will be the main hosting system
because of its wide capabilities of
instructional deliveries.
 Instructors can use methods such as
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Web conferencing
Discussion forums
Journaling
Video
Audio
Text
Uploaded files
Etc.
System Design and Rationale
 The majority of the courses will be one month
long with the exception of dossier courses, which
will last one semester.
 This is to increase popularity and likelihood of
course completion.
 Learners can sign up for more than one course at
a time.
 The NMPED already works with the NMTA, which
will work in their advantage when it comes to
ease of course materials.
 Courses do not follow each other so learners can
sign up for whichever ones they need.
Class Offerings
Basic Licensure
Core Endorsements
Elective Endorsements
Dossier
Basic Skills (K-8)
Math
Health
Level I to Level II
Basic Skills (7-12)
Science
Art
Level II to Level III
Competency (K-8)
English Language Arts
Physical Education
Competency (7-12)
Social Studies
Instructional Approaches Used
 The instructors, instructional
designers, and curriculum experts will
be encouraged to use all necessary
resources in order to effectively teach
the courses provided under NM
Licensure Links. Some tools may
include practice exams/problems,
video, text, diagrams/descriptions,
discussion tools, web conferencing,
and file exchange.
Instructional Support Mechanisms
 Curriculum experts will need to be
available.
 NMTA professionals will need to be
available in order to hold the curriculum
and instruction up to the standards that the
testing requires.
 Other support systems will include web
support, technology support, instructional
design, and curriculum design.
Faculty/Staff
Participation/Training/Rewards
 Whole group, small group, and individual
trainings will be provided depending on
curriculum and level of ability.
 Trainings will consist of curriculum help and
technology help.
 In this case, incentives for instructors may
include awards and recognition from the
state in regards to helping increase the
number of certified teachers in New Mexico.
Legal Issues
 The TEACH Act will come into play for this
program and will allow the use of
educational materials being that NM
Licensure Links will be under government
supervision. Copyright laws will be
important to be weary of in order to keep in
compliance of this regulation, which will
also be part of The TEACH Act. The Dossier
is comprised of information created from
the NMPED. The NMPED already owns the
rights to this information. HHS 508:
requires that all websites be accessible to
those with disabilities.
Policies and Procedures
 All of the policies and procedures set
forth by the NMPED and the Licensure
Bureau will be followed within NM
Licensure Links. Being that this is a
government agency, all government
policies and procedures will be upheld
as well. In the next section, the
policies and procedures identified by
the NMPED and NMTA are described
in more detail.
Quality Control
 The quality of the instruction will be
determined by the learners. It will be
aligned to the NMTA standards.
 The quality will be partially controlled
and monitored by the statistical
analysis of the number of passing
scores to the total number of
enrollees.
Criteria for Success
 The main level of success will be
determined by an increase in licensed
educators in the state of New Mexico in
relation to New Mexico Licensure Links.
 New Mexico Licensure Links will also be
looking at an increase in the test scores
themselves.
 Through surveys that will be given to the
learners, New Mexico Licensure Links will
also be able to determine the quality of
each course and the program as a whole.
Formative and Summative
Evaluation Model and Approach
 Formative Evaluation
 Surveys will be delivered and collected throughout
the life of each course.
 These surveys will be used to determine the ease of
use and efficiency of the course sites as well as to
track the effectiveness of the instructors from the
learners’ perspectives.
 Summative Evaluation
 Quantitative Data and Qualitative Data will be
collected.
 Quantitative data will be related to that of the test
scores at the end of each course, which determines
licensure status.
 Qualitative data will refer to the quality of each
course as well as the program as a whole.