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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 January 16, 2025.
| Annual Goals - 2024 |
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Educator preparation program improvement goals for the upcoming program year |
| Goal #1 |
Strengthen community partnerships to increase enrollment in the teacher licensure pathway by establishing a 2+2 program with an area community college. Through this partnership, we will revise our Step Up Para program to support more paraprofessionals with a pathway to earning their bachelor's, master's degree, and teacher licensure at a reduced rate. Year 1 goal is to establish the partnership and align coursework between the associates of ed at the community college and the bachelor's in Early Childhood Education. Long-term goal is the have the participants enter the graduate licensure program directly from the ECE bachelor's or have a 1 year extension to earn licensure. |
| Goal #2 |
Continue to develop and implement Culturally Responsive Teaching/Anti-Racist Practices (CRT) throughout the course of study for each program. Use results from the Multicultural awareness survey sent to PK-12 students to inform specific action steps. |
| Goal #3 |
Improve TC Field-Based Experiences by ensuring 100% of PS and SPs have access to high-quality training and technical support throughout the year. For SPs, provide at least 1 asynchronous training per semester and monthly optional support sessions focused on strong feedback for students, the Essential Elements, and CAP technical support. Provide all PS with 2 mandatory PD sessions (at the beginning of each semester) focused on CAP guideline updates and revisions to Springfield College's requirements. Engage the PS in a book study using the book "The Identity Conscious Educator" (aligned to our CRT work) |
| Annual Goals - 2023 |
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Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year |
| Annual Goals - 2022 |
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Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year |
| Goal #1 |
Develop and implement a plan for embedding Culturally Responsive Teaching/Anti-Racist Practices throughout the course of study for each program. |
| Goal #2 |
Include the continuous improvement cycle in the Educator Preparation Handbook, each department will. "Conduct an annual evaluation, identify areas for improvement, set annual goals, develop an action plan, execute action plan, collect data - make improvements as needed" [Taken from DESE Guidelines for Program Approval]. At the end of each academic year departments will submit to the appropriate Dean, an annual report that follows the continuous improvement cycle detailed above. This is part of the regular Springfield College internal program review and outcomes assessment process. |
| Goal #3 |
Finalize a new system for training supervising practitioners (SPs) and pilot this in 2022-2023. The goal is for over 50% of the SPs to earn a certification of completion. |
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