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Anna Maria College

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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
Goal #1 Create a 20-25 hour pre-practicum experience in sophomore year for all Ed Prep Candidates. It will align with their Intro to Teaching course.
Goal #2 Revise the lesson plan format to include evidence of teaching and learning to document effective instruction. Universal Design for Learning Guidelines will be used by candidates as reflective practice.
Goal #3 Work with all full time and part time faculty to support the Candidate Evaluation Process by having learning outcomes and assignments align to the Six Essential Elements to better prepare students for the field.

Annual Goals - 2015
Goal #1 Develop an action plan for aligning teacher preparation programs with Professional Standards for Teachers (PSTs)
Goal #2 Work with Arts and Sciences faculty to identify specific assignments for each course as related to Subject Matter Requirements.
Goal #3 Work with teacher preparation and Arts and Sciences faculty to identify specific assignments for each course as related to PSTs.

Progress Toward Goals - 2015
Goal #1 Ongoing progress-we have aligned the Ed Prep Program to the Six Essential Elements of the CAP. Anna Maria has provided training and resources to our Program Supervisors, Supervising Practitioners, and adjunct faculty.
Goal #2 Ongoing progress-the Ed Prep Program meets regularly with arts and science faculty and Program Directors to review the subject matter knowledge requirements for teacher candidates. We have provided resources and continue to monitor course assignments.
Goal #3 Teacher Preparation Program Supervisors, Supervising Practitioners, and arts/science faculty have been trained and given resources in the Six Essential Elements and their alignment to the Professional Standards for Teachers. The faculty continue to align assignments to these outcomes.

Annual Goals - 2014
Goal #1 Work with Arts and Sciences faculty to align subject matter requirements for teacher licensure programs with AMC's new General Education requirements.
Goal #2 Provide Universal Design for Learning (UDL) training for teacher preparation faculty to provide consistency across teacher preparation programs.
Goal #3 Collect and analyze data for Communication and Literacy MTEL tutoring provided by AMC's Student Success Center (now a requirement for EDU 200 Intro. to Teaching).

Progress Toward Goals - 2014
Goal #1 Met
Goal #2 Partially met and ongoing.
Goal #3 Partially met and ongoing. Data has been collected - now needs to be analyzed. Continue with this goal.