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Annual Goals

This report lists the annual improvement goals reported to ESE in the educator preparation program provider’s state annual report. Providers may report up to three goals for the upcoming year and are asked to report on progress made toward the prior year’s goals. Annual goals are reported in May of the academic year listed.

Annual Goals - 2014
Goal #1 Increase passage rates for Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL) content tests.
Goal #2 Continue to develop student, faculty and constituent knowledge of effective instruction of English language learners.
Goal #3 Deepen the involvement of key Extended Campus partners in Unit data collection and analysis.

Annual Goals - 2013
Goal #1 Increase passage rates for Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure content tests.
Goal #2 Identify at-risk candidates and provide a retention program that includes MTEL preparation.
Goal #3 Include Extended Campus more extensively in Unit data collection and analysis.

Progress Toward Goals - 2013
Goal #1 MTEL workshops for Foundations of Reading, General Curriculum subtests, and Early Childhood Test offered free of charge to matriculated students both fall and spring semesters. Passage deadlines established to encourage early preparation. Several courses aligned objectives to MTEL objectives.
Goal #2 Faculty advisors receive data that identifies at-risk students at the beginning and mid-point of the semester to coincide with the advising period. A letter was mailed to each student letting them know a deficient grade has been reported, along with instructions on how to access their mid-semester grades online. Resident students receive a letter on-campus with a copy to their home address.
Goal #3 Key Extended Campus partners invited to attend all Unit meetings which included data review and analysis. Individual program chairs consulted with Extended Campus partners to evaluate strengths and challenges of the programs.