Structured Guidance & Supports

The Structured Guidance & Supports (SG&S) process is one path for completing the Competency Review. The Competency Review is the mechanism for determining whether a candidate has met the subject matter knowledge requirements for a license in a field for which there is no subject matter knowledge test. The SG&S process is a performance-based assessment for a teacher licensure candidate that includes:

1. High-quality professional support growth opportunities that are sustained, intensive, and classroom-focused in order to have a positive impact on classroom instruction;
2. Intensive supervision that consists of structured guidance and regular ongoing support;
3. An assessment of the candidate's knowledge and skills against a performance rubric, aligned to and fulfilling the subject matter knowledge requirements of that license.

The SG&S process and assessment takes place over a 150-hour field-based experience.

• Teacher candidates seeking to add an Initial or Professional license may document the SG&S process as evidence of the 150-hour internship required
• Teacher candidates seeking to earn a Provisional level license must secure a 150-hour field-based experience in order to complete the SG&S process.

These SG&S Guidelines provide a description of the required process, including information about the performance rubrics, sources of evidence, and the portfolio that must be compiled as documentation of the process.

• Competency Review

• Structured Guidance & Support Guidelines

Appendices:

• Teacher of Students with Moderate Disabilities

• Teacher of Students with Severe Disabilities

• Teacher of the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing: Aural/Oral

• Teacher of the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing: American Sign Language/Total Communication

• Teacher of the Visually Impaired

• Structured Guidance & Support Portfolio Resources

Last Updated: February 8, 2023