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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.
Data last updated October, 04 2023.

Annual Goals - 2019
Goal #1 We are providing professional development for mentor teachers around a set of mentoring activities for making practice explicit. This set of activities includes modeling practice and providing meaningful feedback during the moments of teaching so the resident can quickly think through the feedback and respond by revising their teaching moves in the moment
Goal #2 We are working to design school -wide structures to support the skills and habits of residents to use multiple sources of data to improve student engagement and learning. E.g. Child study, Common Planning times, Strategic Planning for Academic Achievement (SPA) Days
Goal #3 We continue to implement structures and approaches to make the best use of multiple adults in a classroom (mentor and novice teacher) in the service of student learning.

Annual Goals - 2018
Goal #1 We are providing professional development for mentor teachers around explicit mentoring activities for making practice explicit, modeling practice and providing meaningful feedback during moments of teaching- real time feedback to try in the moment.
Goal #2 We have examined our expected outcomes for graduation strategically identified core practices for residency year. Residents are assessed on these core practices.
Goal #3 We are experimenting with transferrable structures and approaches to make the best use of multiple adults in a classroom (mentor and novice teacher) in the service of student learning.

Annual Goals - 2017
Goal #1 100% of Cohort 14 residents who graduate from BTR will demonstrate the competencies, skills and dispositions required for success in leaching in a BPS classroom as measured by: a. Meeting all expectations on fall and summer performance assessments (rubrics) b. Meeting all expectations for managing an effective classroom c. Meeting all expectations for professionalism
Goal #2 100 % of cohort 14 residents will demonstrate the ability to advance student engagement and learning as measured by, a. BOY, MOY, EOY engagement survey of students in classroom/lead block Student learning data collected by trackers for spring units (presented in post assessment conference)
Goal #3 In our teaching academies, residency staff will align the resident learning trajectory with learning goals for 1st-12th grade students and create effective teaching teams (residents, collaborating teachers) in service of student learning. Specific focus on building capacity of Collaborating Teachers as Teacher Educators