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 |
Continue to refine assessment plan |
| Goal #2 |
Enhance student advising procedures |
| Goal #3 |
Refine committee and communication structures |
| Annual Goals - 2014 |
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Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year |
| Goal #1 |
Map and align licensure courses to InTasc Standards. Identify areas to refine within the curriculum. |
| Goal #2 |
Refine assessment plan. |
| Goal #3 |
Refine conceptual framework. |
| Progress Toward Goals - 2014 |
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Progress made toward prior program year goals |
| Goal #1 |
Complete. Created two new courses to provide additional coverage of key concepts. |
| Goal #2 |
Ongoing. |
| Goal #3 |
Ongoing. |
| Annual Goals - 2013 |
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Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year |
| Goal #1 |
Fully implement Taskstream electronic portfolio system throughout the program. |
| Goal #2 |
Analyze common assessment data to inform curricular revisions. |
| Goal #3 |
Institute a practicum seminar that includes training and discussion around the use of the Teacher Performance Assessment (TPA), which requires them to collect, analyze and manage evidence of their emerging teacher practice. |
| Progress Toward Goals - 2013 |
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Progress made toward prior program year goals |
| Goal #1 |
We did implement the electronic portfolio system in every initial licensure course across the curriculum in an effort to collect and archive candidate work in a systematic way. |
| Goal #2 |
We have begun to analyze assessment data to ensure that we are appropriately evidencing professional standards and collecting data that best demonstrates curricular objectives |
| Goal #3 |
The practicum seminar has been instituted for all teacher licensure candidates with success. The weekly meetings with candidates allowed for assistance with the edTPA and overall support of the practicum experience. Surveys and feedback from candidates were regularly elicited to inform program improvement. |
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