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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 - 2017
Educator preparation program improvement goals for the upcoming program year
Goal #1 In the coming year, we are looking forward to a more diverse set of practicum placements within the MATCH schools. We will be striving to preserve coherence for the candidate experience while appropriately differentiating to meet the needs of trainees with different types of student teaching placements.
Goal #2 In the coming year, we hope to double the number of partner schools from where we get our candidates. We will be striving to preserve coherence for the candidate experience while appropriately differentiating to meet the needs of trainees with different schools.
Goal #3 In the coming year we'll be striving to enhance the recruitment and retention of candidates who self identify as people of color.

Annual Goals - 2016
Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year
Goal #1 In the upcoming year, we will increase the number of licensure candidates who come from partner schools outside of the Match Charter Public Schools.
Goal #2 As our teacher prep organization is currently in the process of applying for accreditation, our goal for this upcoming year is to successfully be through the eligibility phase.
Goal #3 In the coming year, we will increase retention of candidates of color through mentorship programs and specialized "residents of color" events.

Progress Toward Goals - 2016
Progress made toward prior program year goals
Goal #1 The number of licensure candidates coming from partner schools has remained essentially constant, but we are proud of the advances we've made preserving program coherence while more appropriately differentiating our training to meet the needs of candidates from outside MATCH.
Goal #2 Initial feedback from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges has indicated that receiving accreditation will be an approximately 7-10 year process; the eligibility application phase is projected to be a 1-2 year process.
Goal #3 We have significantly enhanced the structure and responsiveness of our mentoring programs for candidates of color.

Annual Goals - 2015
Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year
Goal #1 Increase by 25% the average number of practicum hours for Match Teacher Residents. We hope to do this by restructuring the resident's schedules and assigning them to a classroom earlier in the year.
Goal #2 We want to double the amount of time that Match Teacher Residents spend observing master teachers. We will do this by creating an hour a day of observation time in the resident's schedule as early as September.
Goal #3 Launch a pilot study of the efficacy of our teacher prep curriculum in partnership with Harvard's Center for Education Policy research. We are in the process of getting this off the ground for it's first year this summer.

Progress Toward Goals - 2015
Progress made toward prior program year goals
Goal #1 We have met our goal #1 -- starting in the very beginning of the year, candidates were able to observe master teachers every single day, and eventually take over their classrooms for a chunk of the day for practicum.
Goal #2 We have succeeded in doubling the amount of time that candidates spend observing master teachers -- we instituted a "Golden Hour" in candidates' daily schedules, when they can spend an hour a day inside a master teacher's classroom starting from the very first day of school.
Goal #3 We successfully launched a pilot study of the efficacy of our teacher prep curriculum during the summer of 2015. 30 new first and second year teachers underwent an extensive 4-week training program prior to the start of their new teaching job.