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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 - 2020 |
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Educator preparation program improvement goals for the upcoming program year |
| Goal #1 |
The Covid-19 situation presents an unprecedented threat to higher education, and our first goal is to, as safely as possible, restart our on-campus undergraduate and graduate programs, allowing for flexibility for hybrid and remote learning, so all of our incoming and continuing students, will be able to take advantage of a Boston University education. We will be doing this work with fewer faculty and staff, but BU has already made a significant investment in upgrading and expanding technologies in classroom space to facilitate what we expect to be a hybrid learning fall term. |
| Goal #2 |
We will need to work in particular close partnership with our schools to ensure candidates are safe in their field experience this coming year, and more importantly, that they feel safe. We are also working with our partners to be responsive to their needs and enable our candidates to take advantage of all opportunities at field sites this fall, even if they - or we - have to be remote again. Our candidates are well positioned to be a value added to their field sites this year and we want to make sure this happens. |
| Goal #3 |
We completely unveiled a new, education-wide completer survey last year, and this year we plant to develop and pilot a site evaluation and supervisor survey to continue to inform whether our field experiences are highly effective and continue to position our candidates to be successful teachers. |
| Annual Goals - 2019 |
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Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year |
| Goal #1 |
The new Wheelock College of Education & Human Development at BU is engaged in a comprehensive review of all programs and strategic initiatives, with a focus on strengthening our community partnerships, including Boston. This review involves developing strategic indicators that takes into account Wheelock's vision, market feasibility, community and/or student need, academic outcomes and faculty capacity. |
| Goal #2 |
The new Office of Professional Preparation and key faculty are leading a working group to develop common field policies that will seek to strengthen field experiences and partnerships, and develop clear guidelines, policies and procedures that ensures all field experiences are highly effective and advance Wheelock's vision. |
| Goal #3 |
Together with program faculty, we are reviewing the new SMK and pre-practicum changes and guiding implementation of the new requirements across all programs. This review will ensure that programs are consistent in implementing changes, and engaged in continuous improvement. This coming year will be finalizing our plan for implementation and navigating internal approvals, with full implementation in advance of academic year 2020-2021. |
| Annual Goals - 2018 |
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Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year |
| Goal #1 |
Given the Wheelock College/Boston University merger it is important for us to assess the status of the current SED partnerships and current Wheelock College partnerships and develop a model for fostering and promoting fully reciprocal partnerships with schools, particularly with Boston Public Schools, with a specific goal of preparing teacher candidates to effectively teach in urban schools. |
| Goal #2 |
Given the BU -Wheelock merger there are opportunities to improve process and procedures for practicum placement, and increase effectiveness of the practicum experience on teacher candidate performance through leveraging the CAP to serve as an effective tool for evaluating candidate performance. BU has the goal of increasing the regularity of training and professional development with program supervisors and supervising practitioners across educator preparation programs. |
| Goal #3 |
Assess the status of the current SED pipeline approaches and those of the current Wheelock College to clarify educator licensure pathways for teacher candidates and increase pipeline of candidates entering programs and pursuing teaching careers in high need areas, including Special Education, ESL and STEM |
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