alabama education accountability teacher preparation report card december 18, 2003
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Alabama Education Accountability
Teacher Preparation Report CardDecember 18, 2003
In Alabama’s SchoolsA = Accountability
Stanford 10 and other assessments measure student performance
Graduation Exam gives diploma credibility
State, LEA system and school report cards
Teacher Preparation Report Card
Alabama Schools Are Focused On Success
Teachers must be properly prepared Accountability Standards
Alabama is the first state to hold preparation programs accountable
Teacher preparation programs must “guarantee” graduates Report Card helps hold those programs accountable
Institutions With Teacher Training Programs
Public Private
Alabama A & M University Birmingham-Southern College
Alabama State University Concordia CollegeAthens State University Faulkner UniversityAuburn University Huntingdon CollegeAuburn University Montgomery Judson CollegeJacksonville State University Miles CollegeTroy State University Oakwood CollegeTroy State University Dothan Samford UniversityTroy State University Montgomery Spring Hill CollegeUniversity of Alabama Stillman CollegeUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham Talladega CollegeUniversity of Alabama in Huntsville Tuskegee UniversityUniversity of Montevallo University of MobileUniversity of North AlabamaUniversity of South Alabama University of West Alabama
Teacher Preparation Program Report
Measures Performance
Using PEPE Using surveys
Superintendents Principals New graduates
Teacher Preparation Program Report
Assesses Program Entrance requirements Subject matter Field/Clinical
Experience Supervision Faculty Institution’s resource
commitment
The PEPE Scale
Four – Demonstrates Excellence Indicates the teacher does an outstanding job.
Three – Area of Strength Indicates teacher consistently meets
expectations. Two – Needs Improvement
Teacher sometimes meets expectations but improvement is needed.
One – Unsatisfactory Teacher’s performance is not acceptable,
immediate improvement is needed.
PEPE Already at Work
Each institution gets detailed information on each new teacher
This is the fourth year of report cards for teacher preparation programs.
Determining Program Status
ClearClear- 90% of new teachers rate satisfactory No action
CautionCaution- 80% to less than 90% rate satisfactory Notify students Improvement Plan Achieve Clear status within three years
AlertAlert- Less than 80% rate satisfactory Team is sent in to make improvements Notify students Improvement Plan Achieve Clear status within three years
Summary Results
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Number ofProgramsNumber of OfficialStatusNumber ofUnofficial StatusNumber NotEvaluated
394 215 59 120
Official Results
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ClearCautionAlert
204 5 6
Programs On Caution Alabama State University: Early
Childhood Education (2nd year) Spring Hill College: Elementary
Education University of Alabama in Huntsville:
Elementary Education (2nd year) University of North Alabama: Biology University of West Alabama: Physical
Education
Programs On Alert Alabama State University: Instrumental
Music and Vocal/Choral Music (on Caution last year)
Athens State University: General Science Auburn University: History Auburn University Montgomery: General
Science Miles College: General Social Science (2nd
year)
Number Responding to Survey
Teachers Principals
Superintendents
574
326
69
The Report Card
Overall, 97% of responding principals were satisfied or very satisfied with the overall preparation of new teachers.
Overall, 100% of responding superintendents were satisfied or very satisfied with the overall preparation of new instructional support personnel.
The Report Card Overall, 96% of responding recent
graduates expressed they were satisfied or very satisfied with their preparation for teaching.
Average cost per student of teacher preparation programs is $3,053.
The Report CardNew Teachers Surveyed While 96% were satisfied with their
overall preparation: 16% were unsatisfied or very unsatisfied
with their preparation to improve reading comprehension.
21% were unsatisfied or very unsatisfied with their preparation to recognize exceptional/special needs students.
25% were unsatisfied or very unsatisfied with their preparation to work with exceptional/special needs students
The Report Card
Local Principals Surveyed While 97% were satisfied with the
overall preparation of new teachers: 8% were unsatisfied or very unsatisfied
with new teachers’ preparation to improve reading comprehension.
7% were unsatisfied or very unsatisfied with teachers use of technology to improve instruction.
Changes Coming In 2004 The report card issued in 2004 will
include information about programs preparing other professional education personnel. For Example:
School Counselor School Psychologist School Psychometrist Special Education II (Teachers of Severe and
Profoundly Handicapped Students) Assistant Principal Library/Media Specialist Speech/Language Pathologist Central Office Staff
Teacher Prep Is Critical
Today’s elementary students will reach their most productive years in 2022-2042.