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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 |
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Educator preparation program improvement goals for the upcoming program year |
| 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 |
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Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year |
| 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 |
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Progress made toward prior program year goals |
| 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 |
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Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year |
| 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 |
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Progress made toward prior program year goals |
| 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 |
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