Instructor Qualifications for EPSY 3264

The qualifications listed below reflect the minimum qualifications a high school instructor must meet before applying to teach the UMN course EPSY 3264: Basic and Applied Statistics.

Licensure

CIS instructors must have a valid Minnesota teaching license or an approved alternative.

Experience and proficiencies (all required)

• Three years of experience teaching a course in which the primary content is statistics (e.g., AP Statistics, probability and statistics).
• Proficiency in creating a student-centered classroom (e.g., using cooperative-learning to engage students in the learning process)
• Proficiency in engaging students in classroom discussion
• Proficiency in guiding (rather than directing) students through the learning process.
• Experience developing curricula that engages students' in the process of learning statistics.

Demonstration of advanced, relevant content knowledge (select one)

1. Graduate degree in the field(s) of statistics, statistics education, or comparable field (e.g., data science, quantitative methods in education, operations research), as determined by the UMN department or designee;
2. Graduate degree in any field plus 18 graduate credit hours in the field(s) of statistics, statistics education, or comparable field (e.g., data science, quantitative methods in education, operations research), as determined by the UMN department or designee
3. Graduate degree in any field plus six equivalent experience options from A through K, below.
4. Undergraduate degree in statistics, statistics education, mathematics, or mathematics education, with significant coursework in statistics, plus seven equivalent experience options from A through K, below.

Description of Equivalent Experience Options (only required if #3 or #4 is selected above)

A: Graduate credits

Specifically in the fields of statistics, statistics education, or comparable field as determined by the UMN department or designee (e.g., data science, quantitative methods in education, operations research). These need not have been taken as part of a graduate degree program.

• Three semester-length credits are considered one experience
• Can be applied up to seven times

If including this option in your Description of Professional Experience, include a list of relevant graduate coursework. For each course include the title, where taken, and number of credits earned. Faculty will evaluate the courses you list for relevancy to the topics taught in the UMN course or to advanced topics in the same field. If the applicability isn’t obvious from the course title, please describe the relevance.

B: Discipline-specific professional development

Specifically in data analysis, statistics, or statistics education. Appropriate activities include CIS workshops, discipline-specific Advanced Placement training, International Baccalaureate workshops, CAUSE workshops, Beyond the AP Statistics Course workshops, completing an approved MOOC, or other relevant workshops, trainings, conferences, or seminars.

• 30 hours of professional development is considered one experience
• Can be applied up to seven times

If including this option in your Description of Professional Experience, include a list of each professional development workshop, the sponsoring group or organization, and total hours. Refer to Faculty Guiding Questions #1: Discipline-specific professional development.

C: Published textbook, journal article, textbook chapter, or essay

Must be in the field of statistics or statistics education. May include similar scholarly or creative work.

• Each publication is considered one experience
• Can be applied up to three times

If including this option in your Description of Professional Experience, describe the significance of the work, particularly as it applies to the topics covered in the UMN course or to advanced topics in the same field. Include a link to the publication or provide, with your application, an abstract or copy that lists your authorship.

D: Experience requiring regular use of statistics/data analysis

Specifically in the performance of professional responsibilities. As an example, this might occur as part of the responsibilities for a school/district assessment coordinator. May include paid employment or volunteer work.

• Each project is considered one experience
• Can be applied up to three times

If including this option in your Description of Professional Experience, respond to Faculty Guiding Questions, #9: Experience requiring regular use of skills or content knowledge related to the field.

E: Fellowships or awards for recognition of high school or undergraduate teaching

This includes recognition from school, district, state, regional, national, or international organizations in statistics or statistics education.

• Each fellowship or award is considered one experience
• Can be applied up to three times

If including this option in your Description of Professional Experience, describe your awards using tips from Faculty Guiding Questions, #8: Receiving an award or other recognition.

F: Participation in a nationally normed assessment activity

Must be related to statistics or statistics education, such as Advanced Placement test grading.

• Each year of participation is considered one experience
• Can be applied up to three times

If including this option in your Description of Professional Experience, respond to Faculty Guiding Questions, #10: Participation in a nationally normed assessment activity related to the field.

G: Successful and effective teaching experience in a course leading to undergraduate credit in statistics

Including dual credit, Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or teaching undergraduates on a college or university campus.

• Two years is considered one experience
• Can be applied up to seven times

If including this option in your Description of Professional Experience, describe your teaching experience using tips from Faculty Guiding Questions, #3: Teaching of a course leading to undergraduate credit for students.

H: Discipline-specific leadership role in a secondary or postsecondary institution

Qualifying positions include department chair, or in a professional organization such as the American Statistical Association or CAUSE.

• Each year of service is considered one experience
• Can be applied up to three times

If including this option in your Description of Professional Experience, describe your leadership experience using tips from Faculty Guiding Questions, #4: Discipline-specific leadership role.

I: Presentations at conferences related to statistics or statistics education

These may include local, state, regional, or national workshops or conferences such as the Minnesota Council of Teaching Mathematics, or the National Council of Teaching Mathematics.

• Each presentation is considered one experience
• Can be applied up to three times

If including this option in your Description of Professional Experience, list and describe presentations using tips from Faculty Guiding Questions, #5: Presentations.

J: Content or pedagogy trainer or coach; student teacher supervisor

• Each person supervised/coached is considered one experience
• Can be applied up to three times

If including this option in your Description of Professional Experience, respond to Faculty Guiding Questions, #9: Experience requiring regular use of skills or content knowledge related to the field or to #7: Student teacher supervisor.

K: Field test or review curriculum

This may include working for a publisher or serving on a textbook review and selection committee for a postsecondary or secondary institution.

• Each book or year of service is considered one experience
• Can be applied up to three times

If including this option in your Description of Professional Experience, list and describe roles and responsibility using tips from Faculty Guiding Questions, #12: Field test, review or edit curriculum for publisher or #13: Serve on textbook selection committee for secondary or postsecondary institution.