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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 The College of Education and Allied Studies will continue to work with P-12 Partners and SCOPE institutions to develop a plan to increase the diversity of teacher candidate pipeline.
Goal #2 The College of Education and Allied Studies will continue to lead in extending the scope and reach of college operations to the broader community through identifying course need, developing and offering continuing education/coursework for professional development purposes in the broader community.
Goal #3 The College of Education and Allied Studies will continue to lead in exposing increasing numbers of students to learning experiences focused on improving social justice.

Annual Goals - 2016
Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year
Goal #1 The College of Education and Allied Studies will work with P-12 Partners and SCOPE institutions to develop a plan to increase the diversity of teacher candidates (continued from 2015).
Goal #2 The College of Education and Allied Studies will lead in extending the scope and reach of college operations to the broader community through identifying course need, developing and offering continuing education/coursework for professional development purposes in the broader community.
Goal #3 The College of Education and Allied Studies will lead in exposing increasing numbers of students to learning experiences focused on improving social justice.

Progress Toward Goals - 2016
Progress made toward prior program year goals
Goal #1 Ongoing. The Dean, faculty and other administrators in the College of Education and Allied Studies have been actively involved in many statewide diversity initiatives including "100 males to College", the "Grow your Own" project and the Community College pipeline initiative. The community college initiative creates a dual admission support and coaching program for potential students of color, in particular those who are interested in teaching. Diversity has been added as a regular agenda item for the PDSAC. A faculty member has been provided with an APR to assist the college in its diverse candidate recruitment efforts.
Goal #2 The BSU president and administrators from the College of Education and Allied Studies have met several times with the superintendent and staff of the Fall River Public schools to develop a partnership agreement which includes establishing an educational leadership cohort and other initiatives including a leadership academy for 50 high school students in Fall River. Each department within the College of Education and Allied Studies has been tasked with the development of a certificate program based on the needs of the P-12 community. These certificate programs will include existing and newly developed courses. Faculty and staff from the College of Education and Allied Studies meet monthly with teachers and administrators in ten different professional development schools in Brockton, East Bridgewater, New Bedford, and Taunton to discuss and resolve professional development needs and other requests from PDS partners. The Bridgewater-Raynham public schools and BSU collaborated on the development of BR University, a professional development institute designed specifically to meet teacher identified PD needs. The institute is now open to educators in the BR district, East Bridgewater and Brockton. BSU is also approved by ESE to offer stand-alone SEI courses to schools and school districts who have identified SEI need. We are currently meeting this need for 3 school districts and many individual inservice educators.
Goal #3 Faculty in the College of Education and Allied Studies regularly lead study tours and service trips to countries in need around the world. The University host students and provides scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students from Belize to build educational capacity in that country. These initiatives are one aspect of the BSU GLOBE program (Global Learning Opportunities for BSU Educators). The GLOBE program was recently honored by American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) receiving the 2017 Global and International Perspectives Award. The College of Education and Allied Studies also serves students through the Bridge (middle school) and Footbridge (5th grade) summer programs which provide educational opportunities to inner-city, Brockton, MA youth by engaging them in an academic curriculum on the BSU campus during a two-week segment of the summer school vacation period. The BSU Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment (ICE) program provides public high school students with severe disabilities, ages 18-22, who have not passed MCAS the opportunity to participate in inclusive college courses (credit or non-credit) to increase their school and work success. 2016-17 is the first year that the ICE program was expanded to offer a college residential experience for these students. November 18, 2016 marked the first annual celebration of the United Nations Universal Children's Day Celebration at Bridgewater State University. Faculty and students from the College of Education provided presentations and workshops centered on the UN's 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. BSU hosted 300 third grade students from an inner city elementary school in Brockton at this event.

Annual Goals - 2015
Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year
Goal #1 In alignment with CEAS strategic goal #5: ""Lead in extending the scope and reach of college operations to the broader community"" The College of Education and Allied Studies will continue to work with the PDS Advisory Council to develop specific mission statements and partnership goals for all of the PDS in the BSU PDS network.
Goal #2 In alignment with CEAS strategic goal # 4:Embrace an environment of diversity, integrity, and transparency"" The College of Education and Allied Studies will work with P-12 Partnership schools and PDSs to develop a plan to increase the diversity of teacher candidates and education faculty.
Goal #3 In alignment with CEAS strategic goal # 2. ""Provide a premier education and transformative experience that prepares students to excel in a global society"" The College of Education and Allied Studies administration will work with faculty from the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education to create rigorous admission standards and an application process for students interested in entering the BSU early education and care major.

Progress Toward Goals - 2015
Progress made toward prior program year goals
Goal #1 "The College of Education and Allied Studies will continue to work with the PDS Advisory Council to develop specific mission statements and partnership goals for all of the PDSsin the BSU PDS network." Status: Ongoing. The PDSAC has "accepted" 5 mission statements from PDSs during the 2015-16 academic year and is currently reviewing a draft of an overall PDS Network mission statement for the university and its p-12 partners.
Goal #2 Goal: "The College of Education and Allied Studies will work with P-12 Partnership schools and PDSs to develop a plan to increase the diversity of teacher candidates." Status: Ongoing. Diversity has been added as a regular agenda item for the PDSAC. A faculty member has been provided with an APR to assist the college in its recruitment efforts. The College is also working with the SCOPE institutions on a statewide diversity recruitment initiative.
Goal #3 Goal: The College of Education and Allied Studies administration will work with faculty from the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education to create rigorous admission standards and an application process for students entering the BSU early education and care major." Goal Status: Complete. in collaboration with EEC faculty, admissions standards and an admissions process have been developed for EEC candidates.