A set of draft standards was taken to membership and through a vetting process by leadership groups, focus groups with board members and superintendents, along with a statewide survey of board members and superintendents,
extensive feedback from the field was used to finalize the standards.
Ann Schulte, associate professor at California State University, Chico, says that preparation programs should be focused on working with and assessing teacher candidates in the
field, so they receive frequent observations and
feedback during their student teaching experiences
from someone with
extensive knowledge of their abilities and classrooms.