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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 - 2022 |
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Educator preparation program improvement goals for the upcoming program year |
| Goal #1 |
The Brandeis Teacher Education Program is always exploring ways to make courses more integrated and aligned. In 2021-22, we implemented a number of curricular changes described in our previous years goals. During 2022-23 we will be looking at data to assess the impact and efficacy of those changes in order to determine future directions. |
| Goal #2 |
In preparing teachers at Brandeis, we also strive to serve our k-12 partners' needs and further their goals. In 2021-22 we piloted a new field-based experience in response to a need in one of our partner district: One of our partner districts requested assistance in their summer program, particularly working with English Learners. In 2022-23 we will build upon those efforts more systematically, continuing to integrate that field-based experience with coursework. In addition, the program will be deepening its connection to new centers and initiatives focused on community engagement and engaged scholarship. |
| Goal #3 |
The Brandeis Education Program as a whole, including undergraduate Education Studies, undergraduate and graduate Teacher Education, will continue the visioning process begun in spring, 2022 with an aim to create more integration among the strands of the program. Ultimately, we hope leverage graduate courses and those for licensure in service of Education Studies. Conversely, Education Studies courses will become more deeply enmeshed in the Teacher Education Program. This should result in shared resources and increased capacity: financial, intellectual, and human capital. As noted above, the program will be deepening its connection to new centers and initiatives focused on community engagement and engaged scholarship. |
| Annual Goals - 2021 |
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Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year |
| Goal #1 |
The Brandeis Teacher Education Program is always exploring ways to make courses more integrated and aligned. This year we will continue to implement and evaluate the efficacy of revised course structures and sequences that have been proposed over the past two years. |
| Goal #2 |
We have a number of goals related to recruitment and the application process: Following a year of limited opportunities for in-person recruitment, we look forward to returning to this work in 2021-22. At the same time we will also be using digital formats and video to enhance our recruitment. We will be working with the admissions office to examine our application structures and essay questions as well. We hope these efforts will continue to increase the diversity of our applicant pool. In conjunction with other departments, we also exploring the possibility of recruiting Masters and PhD students at Brandeis to add an initial teaching license to their degree. |
| Goal #3 |
At Brandeis, we believe that all teachers should have a strong grounding in the broader contexts of education, for example education history, sociology, philosophy, policy. We also believe that those who hope to change policy or study history or sociology need to have concrete grounding in classroom practice. To this end, we are working to further integrate the Education Studies Program and the Teacher Education Program and help students more clearly see the links between these areas. We are also continuing to make connections with departments and strategic-planning university-wide. |
| Annual Goals - 2020 |
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Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year |
| Goal #1 |
With the shift to online and hybrid learning in so many higher education and k-12 settings, the Brandeis Teacher Education Program has embraced this opportunity to engage our students not only in the use of education technology but in becoming critical consumers of this technology. We have already begun this work informally and plan to integrate it into our coursework more deeply. To that end, our goal is to engage teacher candidates in analysis, evaluation, and use of education technology tools. |
| Goal #2 |
In our continuous improvement efforts, we are continuing course sequence and design revisions toward further integration of our coursework and practica. We have begun phase one of our course sequence revision. In phase two, we will continue to: • revise our course sequence to create further opportunities for candidates' cross-disciplinary and cross-grade level collaboration. • respond to the increased enrollment in the undergraduate/graduate dual-degree program by streamlining that degree path. • consolidate content across courses to help students manage the intensive course/credit load. • further align Teacher Education and Education Studies course offerings. • further combine supervision and instruction roles for part time faculty. |
| Goal #3 |
This year, Brandeis had the highest percentage of applicants who were first generation and teachers of color. We secured a commitment from the Graduate school to increase scholarship funding for many of those applicants. Despite the economic downturn, we are seeking to further incentivize and encourage matriculation of these applicants. |
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