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Lesley University
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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 - 2015
Educator preparation program improvement goals for the upcoming program year
Goal #1 Establish EDWIN Report protocols within Lesley for routine reports and analysis. Review parallel data with Deans, Division Directors, Program Directors and Program Advisors, Faculty, Enrollment Management, Career Resource Center and Assessment Team.
Goal #2 Align simultaneously educator initial and professional license program options with new MA ESE Professional Standards for Teachers and assess evidence of learning within a different e-portfolio system. Lesley's Unified Assessment System aggregates data for candidate, program, standard, and license levels.
Goal #3 Exploring a leadership partnership with another university with different strengths from Lesley to jointly inform additional strategies to both measure and strengthen program effectiveness.

Annual Goals - 2014
Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year
Goal #1 Enter enrolled, all done except practicum and completers in the required DESE Early ID System. DESE's goal is to simplify this task for greater efficiency.
Goal #2 Educator license completers across all 3 schools (CLAS, GSASS, and GSOE) with key assignments and evidence in the database will identify both strengths and needs for each program option. Add entry GPA for applicants to University database.
Goal #3 Consider how to standardize lesson and unit planning formats to scaffold the SEI requirements throughout the program of study.

Progress Toward Goals - 2014
Progress made toward prior program year goals
Goal #1 The labor intensive Early ID System continues as high-stakes data entry. The initial upload of educator licensure candidates with reported MEPIDs was completed; ongoing upload activity will continue as MEPIDs are submitted. MA ESE effort to make this operation less cumbersome and time consuming would benefit all sponsoring organizations required to use it.
Goal #2 Evidence of learning from key assignments demonstrated that Lesley?s candidates and completers met both MA ESE standards and TEAC requirements. Lesley?s educator/counselor preparation program approval was renewed through 2021 by MA ESE and accredited by TEAC (now CAEP) through 2021.
Goal #3 This is a work in progress informed by our candidates this past year who would benefit from an earlier program introduction for instructional strategies to meet the needs of English language learners.

Annual Goals - 2013
Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year
Goal #1 Use MTEL data in the University's database to analyze candidates' MTEL performance for Foundations of Reading, General Curriculum-Multi Subject and General Curriculum-Mathematics in elementary, moderate and severe initial license programs at the baccalaureate and post baccalaureate levels. This research will define further candidate academic profiles for targeted advising and timely support.
Goal #2 Baccalaureate educator license and the graduate school guidance and school adjustment counselor candidates will submit key assignments as additional evidence of learning into Lesley's e-portfolio system. The Graduate School of Education is able to examine both individual and aggregated performance over time, against particular standards and for individual program options. Auditing of programs happened two years ago and 2011-12 was the final face validity check of the key assignments and rubrics leading to 2013 when data began to be analyzed.
Goal #3 At baccalaureate and post baccalaureate levels, implement the MA ESE approved Sheltered English Instruction (PreK-6, 5-12) 4 credit course in all initial teacher and reading specialist license program options and for all professional license program options.

Progress Toward Goals - 2013
Progress made toward prior program year goals
Goal #1 Based upon analysis of Foundations of Reading MTEL performance, have initiated a 10 hour small group tutorial. Hired a graduate research assistant to evaluate MTEL GC Math performance, report due June 2014.
Goal #2 Both baccalaureate teacher candidates and post baccalaureate counseling candidates are posting evidence of learning via key assignments within the Lesley Frameworks using Chalk and Wire.
Goal #3 4 Credit SEI courses are required for all Initial License programs at Lesley. Confusion regarding professional license SEI requirement has meant a suspension of the SEI requirement until DESE clarifies the options.