Program Assessment Form (At least one of these forms should be completed for each educational support service unit)

Educational Support Service Unit: School of Education __________ Planning Cycle 2002-2003 Year _____ Page _1_ of _3_

Educational Support Service Objectives * 3-5 major ones for each educational support unit recommended

Measures to be Used/Criteria for Success How will you measure the outcome? Multiple measures may be used. To what degree, do you expect these outcomes to be present?

Actual Results Obtained When you measured, (observed, surveyed, etc.) what did you find?

Uses of Results for What impact did this have on the unit? How will you use this for improvements? This should lead Directly to next year’s plan.

1. To ensure that the professional education curriculum prepares teacher candidates to teach all students in the PK-12 school	1a. Analysis of Praxis II specialty area assessments. Programs will analyze data and make program changes based on data analysis. Teacher candidate pass rate will be 98 percent on the first attempt. 1b. Analysis of Praxis II Principles of Learning and Teaching pedagogical assessment. Program change will be made based upon data analysis. Teacher candidate pass rate will be 98 percent on the first attempt. 1c. Analysis of Exit Portfolio summative data. Program changes will be made upon data analysis. Ninety eight (98) percent of teacher candidates will score a minimum of 2.0 on the first scoring. 1d. Analysis of survey data to graduates who are first year teachers employed in Arkansas and to their employing principals. Program changes will be made based upon data analysis 1e. Analysis of Praxis III data supplied by the Arkansas Department of Education. Ninety eight (98) percent will receive a passing score on the first assessment. (Begin in 2003)
2. To ensure that department heads and faculty members in the School of Education receive information relative to their assignments and teaching duties in a timely fashion.	2a. Email pertinent information and reminders to faculty within 24 hours after it becomes available. Dean and/or dean’s secretary will keep a log of information sent and date sent. 2b. A log of incidents resulting from information/communication problems will be kept and analyzed. Procedures will be revised as data indicates. The success measure will be no more than zero incidents per month. 2c. The School Leadership Team will meet every two weeks as documented by agendas and meeting minutes. 2d. Email agenda teams/proceedings of Deans Council to Leadership Team biweekly as indicated by email log. 2e. Send a representative to Deans Council when dean is unable to attend.
3. To prepare the unit for the NCATE accreditation visit in Spring 2005	3a. Schedule faculty meetings biweekly to work on accreditation issues. 3b. Reach consensus on the update of the conceptual framework. September 15, 2002. 3c. Design electronic “exhibits room” and determine documents list be October 1, 2002 3d. Begin process of uploading documents by November 1, 2002.
4. To improve communication with departments housing secondary education programs	4a. Establish Secondary Education Council by September 1, 2002. 4b. Hold monthly meetings on accreditation issues. 4c. Set up listserv for Council members by September 15, 2002.

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