Information for Colleges and Universities

o become authorized to offer the NP endorsement, Michigan higher education institutions must develop a formal application for review and approval by the Michigan Department of Education. In January 2005, MDE held a workshop co-sponsored by COATT and the Michigan Department of Education to help institutions plan their applications and understand the relationship of this program to national standards and undergraduate teacher preparation. Links to resources from MDE and the workshop are found below.

Graduate programs that are approved for the endorsement are required to include a planned program of 18-credit hours of classes that show their endorsement candidates will be proficient in achieving the standards. Areas covered include technology operations and concepts, planning and designing learning environments and experiences, assessment and evaluation, productivity and professional practice, social, ethical, legal, and human issues, research and theory, software and hardware evaluation and management, instructional design and product development, teaching methodology, and field experiences that take teachers beyond their own classroom walls.

The NP endorsement program is based on a set of national standards for advanced programs from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), the same professional organization that developed the National Education Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T) and for Students (NETS). A panel of educators from higher education and K-12 examined these standards four years ago, then added a Michigan twist to them to create the basis for the endorsement program. These standards were passed by the State Board of Education and are the foundation for all approved programs.

State application form including Standards Matrix for the NP endorsement (Word doc)

Presentations from the 2005 workshop (pdfs)

Presentation by Sue Wittick, MDE

Presentation by Ellen Hoffman, Eastern Michigan University

MDE list of courses that can be taught with the NP endorsement

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