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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
Goal #1 Becker College's faculty will continue to seek exemplary placements for practicum and pre-practicum placements for our students.
Goal #2 To require the inclusion of more technological options for instruction and assessment of children..
Goal #3 To continue to work toward increasing the pass rate for MTEL general curriculum and math sub-test to 100%.

Annual Goals - 2016
Goal #1 To implement the CAP in supervision of all practicum and pre-practicum placements.
Goal #2 Formalize a partnership with Becker's Global Citizenship Center to provide our student teachers with an opportunity to engage directly with parents of ELL students.
Goal #3 To continue to work toward increasing the pass rate for MTEL general curriculum math sub-test for program completers up to 80%

Progress Toward Goals - 2016
Goal #1 We fully implemented the CAP evaluation system, including CAP criteria of performance and use of all required forms. However, we have not adopted the electronic format.
Goal #2 We invited education students to volunteer as tutors at Becker's Global Citizenship Center.
Goal #3 We continue to refer students for workshops and academic support for the math MTEL at our learning center to address this on-going issue.

Annual Goals - 2015
Goal #1 To increase the pass rate for general curriculum math sub-test for program completers to 80%
Goal #2 To increase the pass rate for Foundations of Literacy for students completing non-clinical courses to 80%
Goal #3 To have all students pass all sections of the MTEL before graduation.

Progress Toward Goals - 2015
Goal #1 The program completers are still struggling to pass the general curriculum math sub-test. Our goal was 80%. However, only 4 of 9 students (45%) have passed the MTEL general curriculum math subtest.
Goal #2 This goal has been met. Out of 25 students, 20 have met the criteria giving Becker a pass rate of 80% on the Foundations of Literacy MTEL.
Goal #3 The goal has not been met. Students continue to take all required MTELs prior to graduation with the exception of the General Curriculum MTEL.