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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 |
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Educator preparation program improvement goals for the upcoming program year |
| Goal #1 |
The School of Education will continue to identify new partnership opportunities and meet regularly with existing partners, in order to deepen our understanding of district and school needs pertaining to retention, performance, and training. The School of Education will also expand its advisory board in order to increase and strengthen partnership opportunities. |
| Goal #2 |
The School of Education will evaluate and refine its current advising practices in order to effectively identify and report interactions and issues with students, as well as track solutions and outcomes. The School of Education will also ensure that all relevant faculty and staff are sufficiently trained on new systems/practices to ensure consistently high quality advising and support for candidates. |
| Goal #3 |
The School of Education will work with the Admissions Office to develop and implement an outreach plan to increase the number of qualified admissions for the educator preparation programs. |
| Annual Goals - 2018 |
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Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year |
| Goal #1 |
The School of Education will develop college and district specific 'lookfors' as they relate to Candidate Assessment of Performance elements and practicum outcomes to support faculty and supervisors to provide effective and calibrated feedback to candidates across programs. |
| Goal #2 |
Staff and faculty will use program data to determine professional development needs and prioritize training supports with the goal of engaging in professional development to support high quality instruction across programs. A School of Education retreat will provide the opportunity for in depth professional development to support instruction across all programs. |
| Goal #3 |
The School of Education will develop an advisory board comprised of partners, who represent the districts that our teacher candidates are placed in for field-based experiences and where our program completers are employed. Formalized MOUs will be developed in collaboration with the advisory board to support effective partnerships across partnering districts. |
| Annual Goals - 2017 |
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Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year |
| Goal #1 |
Greater intentionality in the recruitment, hiring, and assignment of faculty who are current licensed scholar/practitioners and involvement of P-12 partners in the curricular review, development, and design of courses. Achievement of this goal will help ensure the relevancy and currency of programs supportive of the field, and improve the quality of assessment practices along with the quality of feedback and supervision of candidates. |
| Goal #2 |
Improve the quality of instruction via ongoing, careful analysis of faculty pedagogical practices, supervision of pre-practicum/practicum placements, professional development needs, and program/curricular review to ensure the currency, relevance, and depth/breadth of courses offered. |
| Goal #3 |
Increase the documentation and immediacy of candidate feedback and quality of field-based experiences in all educator preparation programs aligned to the CAP and MA PAL. |
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