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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
Goal #1 Explore possibility of modifying the Master of Arts in Teaching curriculum to make room for more electives in the program
Goal #2 Continue to explore the possibility of discontinuing the under-enrolled Moderate Disabilities program and recruiting more students into our general education/Moderate dual licensure program
Goal #3 Use feedback from Supervising Practitioners to guide modifications to our clinical programs

Annual Goals - 2014
Goal #1 Streamline general education course offerings to reflect reduced number of students so that fewer courses are subject to cancellation
Goal #2 Explore possibility of integrating the moderate special needs and general education programs to reflect the needs of the K-12 population
Goal #3 Use annual alumni survey results to drive curriculum reform

Progress Toward Goals - 2014
Goal #1 We have been successful in tracking the progress of our students more closely so that we are scheduling an appropriate number of courses for our students' needs each semester.
Goal #2 Discussion of integration of the two programs is still ongoing; the department is exploring the impact it will have on faculty workload
Goal #3 Individual program faculty have met to discuss how the curriculum can be modified while still meeting the state requirements.

Annual Goals - 2013
Goal #1 Develop and offer professional certificate programs in specific areas (e.g., transition, ESL, etc.).
Goal #2 Implement the new state-mandated SEI course throughout our educator preparation program.
Goal #3 Improve integration of SPED, ESL into general education programs.

Progress Toward Goals - 2013
Goal #1 Development of certificate programs is ongoing. We expect approval of the transition certificate program from DESE in time to recruit a cohort for fall 2014
Goal #2 SEI course has been successfully implemented in all of our licensure programs
Goal #3 Integration of ESL content into the general education program has been achieved with the SEI course; effort to integrate more SPED content is ongoing