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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
Educator preparation program improvement goals for the upcoming program year
Annual Goals - 2015
Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year
Goal #1
Further development of partnerships in order to define, formalize and systematize relationships with school districts and collaboratives.
Goal #2
Utilize new Massachusetts SMK and PST standards to ensure curricular alignment, candidate development and create opportunities for program development.
Goal #3
Continue to build on more internal and external data collection systems to enhance program analysis, candidate readiness and district/institutional partnerships.
Progress Toward Goals - 2015
Progress made toward prior program year goals
Goal #1
We consider the districts and schools that our candidates (UG, GRAD and PSL) complete field experiences in to be partner districts. Continued efforts are being made develop relationships and experiences that benefit candidates, as well as districts/collaboratives.
Goal #2
We have made curricular changes at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in order to align with new PSTs and SMKs as indicate. Intended learning outcomes for some courses have been revised to reflect the changes.
Goal #3
We continue to develop internal methods of data collection systems to inform continuous improvement and programmatic changes. Efforts over the past year have focused on developing surveys for input and feedback from our partners in the field in order to inform coursework and field experiences.
Annual Goals - 2014
Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year
Goal #1
Make changes to undergraduate SPED curriculum to increase knowledge, currency and skills of undergraduate SPED candidates. These changes will be based on faculty member's sabbatical findings
Goal #2
Investigate the use of hybrid and or blended learning model for use in the MED program.
Goal #3
Continue to build more internal data collection systems to enhance analysis of program effectiveness, student satisfaction and academic trends.
Progress Toward Goals - 2014
Progress made toward prior program year goals
Goal #1
Results of UG faculty sabbatical prompted additions to foundational courses and development of credit bearing institutes to further enhance candidate knowledge and skills in area of assessment, AT, AUG.Tech. FT faculty member just hired with expertise in SPED.
Goal #2
MED program implemented hybrid delivery in F14 after training faculty on using technology to enhance learning outcomes and course design. Evaluation of hybrid method will be conducted periodically to determine effectiveness.
Goal #3
Developed data collection systems in UG program application and MED Field Placement. Piloting the use of Qualtrics surveys to collect data from candidates, program supervisors, principals and supervising practitioners.All approaches being implemented to further data collection and analysis to influence programmatic effectiveness.
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