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Smith College
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2017
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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 Use the partner stakeholder survey results to inform and guide our continuous improvement efforts as well as future discussions with our partners.
Goal #2 In response to partner feedback about their needs, we plan to develop offerings leading to the SEI endorsement for inservice teachers.
Goal #3 Explore the feasibility and develop a program (a series of courses and fieldwork) which will allow our candidates to earn an add-on license in moderate disabilities.

Annual Goals - 2016
Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year
Goal #1 Continue and increase training for supervising practitioners and systematize training for program supervisors.
Goal #2 Establish and implement a more intentional system of evaluating partnerships on an ongoing basis-- one which involves partner stakeholders.
Goal #3 Implement the Candidate Assessment of Performance with all candidates beginning in the fall of 2016. Make improvements to CAP process at our institution based on candidate, supervisor, and supervising practitioner feedback from the 2015- 2016 CAP pilot.

Progress Toward Goals - 2016
Progress made toward prior program year goals
Goal #1 We continued regular meetings with our program supervisors and added a more extensive series of online check-ins with supervising practitioners. In addition, we provided a face-to-face training for any supervising practitioner new to the CAP process.
Goal #2 We developed a survey where partner stakeholders will provide feedback about the core elements of our preparation programs. We plan to use survey results in our continuous improvement efforts. The survey will be distributed at the end of the practicum semester.
Goal #3 Smith successfully implemented the Candidate Assessment of Performance (CAP) with all candidates. Before the practicum semesters, we met with Program Supervisors and practicum seminar faculty to design our CAP process including scheduling, document maintenance, and communication with all stakeholders. We also worked to improve issues from the 2015-16 CAP pilot. We met several more times throughout the practicum semesters to access the CAP process and identify any areas for improvement.

Annual Goals - 2015
Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year
Goal #1 Provide additional opportunities to engage supervising practitioners in training and support for effective supervision of student teachers.
Goal #2 Align our licensure programs with the new Professional Standards for Teachers by participating in PST alignment working groups and collaborating with department faculty and our public school partners.
Goal #3 Revise and refine how our programs prepare general education teachers to participate as a member of individualized education program teams.

Progress Toward Goals - 2015
Progress made toward prior program year goals
Goal #1 We successfully piloted a mentor teacher training seminar for our supervising practitioners. We held six seminar sessions during the 2015-2016 academic year, and twelve supervising practitioners from three of our partner schools attended the training sessions.
Goal #2 Our department chair, coordinator of teacher education, and one of our public school partners attended all three PST alignment working groups. In collaboration with department faculty, we created and submitted our PST implementation plan, which we are now implementing.
Goal #3 We asked our Supervising Practitioners to include our student teaching candidates in their preparation for IEP meetings and in the Team meetings when appropriate. We also assigned all of our student teachers to read all IEP and 504 plans for their class of pupils at the beginning of the semester. We asked student teachers to note all accommodations that their pupils needed, and to discuss these accommodations with their mentor teacher.