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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 |
Revise undergraduate program courses to make them more relevant to the 21st Century classroom (regarding today's teachers, students and their needs). |
| Goal #2 |
Completely restructure the MAT Teaching program so that it is stands separate from the Special Education program and truly reflect teaching at the masters level; particularly address the needs of career changers and current teachers who want to enhance their areas of expertise. |
| Goal #3 |
Develop MTEL tutorial preparation programs, free of charge for the students; in order to better service our students' needs regarding passing the required licensure exams. |
| Annual Goals - 2015 |
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Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year |
| Goal #1 |
Transition to new chairperson |
| Goal #2 |
Use data, both quantitative and qualitative, to assess effectiveness and recommend adjustments |
| Goal #3 |
Review programs and course offerings to update |
| Progress Toward Goals - 2015 |
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Progress made toward prior program year goals |
| Goal #1 |
A new department chairperson was hired and started in the position fall of 2016. |
| Goal #2 |
We continue to work on institution wide discussion on how to better collect qualitative and quantitative data to asses program effectiveness and make appropriate adjustments. We will continue to work on this goal throughout the upcoming year in addition to new goals. |
| Goal #3 |
Programs have been reviewed, updates/revisions have been proposed. Some will begin summer of 2015. We will continue to work on putting other improvements into place for the fall of 2017. |
| Annual Goals - 2014 |
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Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year |
| Goal #1 |
Continuation of data analysis at end of semester for continuous improvement of courses and programs |
| Goal #2 |
Continue transitional staffing process to ensure continuity of quality in programs |
| Goal #3 |
Re-assess course offerings in all programs |
| Progress Toward Goals - 2014 |
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Progress made toward prior program year goals |
| Goal #1 |
Held assessment days at end of each smelter to review feedback from practice and pre-practica |
| Goal #2 |
Hired a new chairperson and entered discussions for further staff changes |
| Goal #3 |
Discussed course components to address new PST requirements |
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