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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 - 2016 |
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Educator preparation program improvement goals for the upcoming program year |
| Goal #1 |
To work with Boston University to create and implement a system of formal meetings and frequent communication that ensures CoaH's contribution to BU's continuous improvement, and vice versa. |
| Goal #2 |
To continue to improve the professional development program in place for Supervising Practitioners to ensure maximum support for the Fellows throughout their pre-practicum and the practicum/CAP. |
| Goal #3 |
To work with Boston University to create a course program for Spanish Fellows that meets all M.Ed. and initial licensure requirements and aligns with the other Fellows' program of study. |
| Annual Goals - 2015 |
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Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year |
| Goal #1 |
To work with the leadership at Simmons (our MAT coursework partner) to improve connections between the courses in our program. |
| Goal #2 |
To work with the leadership at Simmons to evaluate and potentially redesign the course sequence of our program. |
| Goal #3 |
To create and implement a bi-annual survey of our Fellowship alumni to better track and communicate with our graduates. |
| Progress Toward Goals - 2015 |
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Progress made toward prior program year goals |
| Goal #1 |
"To work with the leadership at Simmons (our MAT coursework partner) to improve connections between the courses in our program." –This year, Simmons held monthly faculty meetings where all faculty (including adjuncts) discussed PST alignment changes and made sure their courses/assignments connected and didn't overlap. -This year, Simmons held CAP training sessions for all faculty members working with teacher candidates. -This year, the Director of Certification added a mid-semester feedback survey for the Fellows that asked specific questions about Simmons courses/professors, including how connected the courses felt. Their feedback was immediately shared with Simmons leadership. -This year, we added two additional meetings (pre-fall and pre-spring) with Simmons wherein action items were created/assigned based on candidate feedback. -This year, the Director of Certification's participated in several of Simmons's Education Department's faculty meetings, including their end-of-year retreat. |
| Goal #2 |
"To work with the leadership at Simmons to evaluate and potentially redesign the course sequence of our program." -This year, we moved the Methods course from the end of the program to the beginning, as one of the first courses taken. This change was universally praised by the Fellows. -This year, we added a Race & Identity course to the program. -This year, we stopped using Simmons Program Supervisors for the Practicum course (in response to overwhelmingly negative feedback) and instead had the Director of Certification take on that role, a move that has allowed for maximum consistency and support for the Fellows, who universally approve of the change. |
| Goal #3 |
"To create and implement a bi-annual survey of our Fellowship alumni to better track and communicate with our graduates." -This year, we have redesigned the annual completer survey to ask (1) their current teaching position, (2) whether they feel the Fellowship prepared them to meet performance expectations in (a) Curriculum, Planning, and Assessment, (b) Teaching All Students, (c) Family and Community Engagement, and (d) Professional Culture, (3) whether they feel the Fellowship prepared them to be an effective educator, (4) whether they would recommend the Fellowship to others, (5) a TBD question (that will change every year) regarding a specific area of inquiry/growth that came up in the last year, and (6) any feedback they have to offer. -We have decided not to implement the completer survey bi-annually and instead focus on increasing the frequency of Fellow/mentor surveys and district/university partner official check-in meetings. |
| Annual Goals - 2014 |
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Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year |
| Goal #1 |
Spend more time comparing/contrasting our practicum experiences with other schools in Boston. |
| Goal #2 |
Formalize the process by which mentors learn to become more effective mentors. |
| Goal #3 |
Return to the seminar text list and revise it again. |
| Progress Toward Goals - 2014 |
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Progress made toward prior program year goals |
| Goal #1 |
The new Director of Certification has visited Match Teacher Residency and has had conversations with various colleagues in other educator preparation programs about how they run their practicums. |
| Goal #2 |
The new Director of Certification implemented a new, year-long professional development program for the mentor teachers, who report it being extremely useful. |
| Goal #3 |
The new Director of Certification revised the entire Seminar scope and sequence, making several changes to the reading list. |
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