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This presentation on 6/10/2014 focuses on programs, challenges, updates, and future plans of the School of Education. Topics include enrollment, resources, new faculty, ongoing projects, and upcoming initiatives.
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SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Presentation to Alumni Advisory Board 6/10/2014
Focus of this Presentation • Where We Are • Challenges • What’s New? • Ongoing Projects • On the Horizon • What’s Next?
Where We Are • Programs • BSED Elementary Education (With SPED and ECED Variants) • BSED Childhood Studies** • BSED Physical Education • BSED Sport Studies • MSED Adolescence Education • MSED/MS Counselor Education Community Mental Health • MSED Counselor Education School • MSED Rehabilitation Counseling • MSED Educational Leadership School District Leader • MSED Educational Leadership School Building Leader • MSED Differentiated Instruction • MSED Differentiated Instruction with Students with Disabilities Cert. • MSED Adolescent Literacy • MSED Childhood Literacy • Minor in Secondary Education* *new **significant revision
Where We Are • Enrollments • Student pass rates on exams • Employment
Challenges • Enrollment (down in both undergraduate and graduate) Approximately ½ of enrollments in 2008. • Resources/New Hires • Engaging Alumni • Competition • Increasing Diverse Experiences for Students • Accountability • Maximizing use of faculty resources
What’s New? • Minor in Secondary Education • New Faculty Members, Ann Hayslip, in Elementary Education, and Autumn Dodge, in Literacy • New Graduate Assistants • New exams started this past year (ALST, EAS, edTPA) • DASA Workshops Starting this fall • Health and Human Performance Laboratory • Alumni Advisory Committee
Ongoing Projects • Ed. D. in Leadership and Administration • Wrote the self study • Advisory Committee had 2 meetings • Had visiting team • Charter Change and Master Plan Amendment approved by Board • Submitted full proposal with the self-study, the visiting team’s report, responses to it and a variety of other data. • Next there may be a full team visit and the State canvass about the program before full approval. • Currently stalled in NYSED.
Ongoing Projects • NCATE 2015 • SPA Update • Moving to CAEP • Self-Study Preparation • Middle States 2014 • Self-Study Year • Committees Formed • Self-Study will be drafted Spring 2014 • Team visit Fall 2014 • Revising Faculty Evaluation Rubrics • School of Education “magazine” • St. Michael’s Indian School Diverse Placements (2 students took jobs there for this coming year)
Ongoing Projects • Online Task Force • P-16 Task Force • Enrollment Events • cIcu Partnership • Maintaining PDS and other partnerships
On the Horizon • Increased Accountability • Diversity • Employability • Student Learning • Institutional Assessment • New Testing Requirements • Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA) • ALST • EAS • CSTs • We expect job prospects to pick up some this year • Continued Enrollment Challenges, especially grad
What’s Next? • New projects that we need to explore or are exploring: • Middle level education • Creating professional development courses • Moving toward online portions to all programs • Online master’s degree in advanced teaching (?) • Revising literacy program with B-12 option • Condensing curriculum to produce efficiencies • More diverse experiences for our students