Alabama Education Accountability

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Alabama Education Accountability
Teacher Preparation Report Card
December 18, 2003
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In Alabamas 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

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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

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Institutions With Teacher Training Programs

•   Public Private
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• Alabama A M University Birmingham-Southern
  College
• Alabama State University Concordia College
• Athens State University Faulkner University
• Auburn University Huntingdon College
• Auburn University Montgomery Judson College
• Jacksonville State University Miles College
• Troy State University Oakwood College
• Troy State University Dothan Samford University
• Troy State University Montgomery Spring Hill
  College
• University of Alabama Stillman College
• University of Alabama at Birmingham Talladega
  College
• University of Alabama in Huntsville Tuskegee
  University
• University of Montevallo University of Mobile
• University of North Alabama
• University of South Alabama
• University of West Alabama

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Teacher Preparation Program Report

• Measures Performance
• Using PEPE
• Using surveys
• Superintendents
• Principals
• New graduates

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Teacher Preparation Program Report

• Assesses Program
• Entrance requirements
• Subject matter
• Field/Clinical Experience
• Supervision
• Faculty
• Institutions resource commitment

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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
• Teachers performance is not acceptable,
  immediate improvement is needed.

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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.

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Determining Program Status

• Clear- 90 of new teachers rate satisfactory
• No action
• Caution- 80 to less than 90 rate satisfactory
• Notify students
• Improvement Plan
• Achieve Clear status within three years
• Alert- Less than 80 rate satisfactory
• Team is sent in to make improvements
• Notify students
• Improvement Plan
• Achieve Clear status within three years

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Summary Results
394 215 59 120
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Official Results
204 5 6
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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

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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)

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Number Responding to Survey

• Teachers
• Principals
• Superintendents

574
326
69
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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.

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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.

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The Report Card

• New 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

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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.

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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

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Teacher Prep Is Critical

• Todays elementary students will reach their
  most productive years in 2022-2042.