College of Education Strategic Action Plan

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1 College of Education Strategic Action Plan o Continuous Improvement of Instruction Use TWS Feedback for Program Improvement Common Course Assessments for Core Classes Improve Field Experience Joint Professional Development Program with LEA and/or MCC Reciprocity in teaching assignments with MCC faculty o Marketing and Recruitment Recruit Undergraduates (with emphasis on minority and non-traditional students) Recruit Graduate Students Develop and Market Online Programs o Relationship Building and Fund Raising Develop a Business Support Network Secure Funding for Kansas City Initiative

2 Use TWS feedback for Program Improvement Goal: Continuous Improvement of Instruction PEF will align and integrate TWS components into Course Syllabi will reflect all components of TWS. Joyce Downing oversees all PEF faculty coursework leading to initial certification (include with designated components on the TWS MAT and LIS initial certification programs). course crosswalk. Late Spring/Summer, PEF committee will convene again to review and revise TWS Complete revised form, professional development plan and integration plan Joyce Downing, Nicole Nickens, TWS Committee made up of PEF members Summer 2011 Common Course Assessments for Core Classes Improve Field Experience Determine procedure for using TWS results to inform program and course reviews Changes will be made to respective programs as appropriate based on TWS data annually. Secondary and K-12 Professional Education Block courses will be revised, including competencies, syllabi, and common assessments Present revised Professional Education Block to PEF faculty. Place early field experience students in urban schools. Develop and maintain data management system for collecting information on all field experience sites and placements. Increase collaboration between PEF and U-sups. See unit assessment calendar Joyce Downing Changes reflected in Program Area minutes; Program Advisory Committee minutes; and syllabus revisions. Revised crosswalk, syllabi (including course outcomes), and copies of common assessments. Committee will provide detailed explanation of course content and assessments to PEF. 100% of students have an extended field experience in an urban school. 100% of instructors with course-embedded field experiences will require students to complete Credit for Field Experience form and submit to Clinical Services 100% of students, by the end of student teaching semester, will have documented field experiences in 10 different data-collection categories Offer U-sups opportunities to attend faculty meetings and teach courses (as appropriate) Program Coordinators; Dept. Chairs Annually Matt Thomas Spring 2012 Matt Thomas Clinical Services Fall 2012 Professional Education Faculty with course-embedded field experiences; Program Coordinators will monitor; Clinical Services will record, analyze, and share data Dept. Chairs, in coordination with Clinical Services Fall 2012 PEF meeting Beginning ; Each semester by first day of finals Rich Cole will review individually prior to student teaching placement Expand involvement with urban schools, including charter schools. Offer common professional development to PEF and U-sups regarding the unit assessment system. Develop structured activity for required early field experience in specific urban sites Joyce Downing Carl Grigsby Develop video presentation on charter schools that instructors can use in classes. Vici Hughes / Doug Thomas Fall 2012

3 Goal: Continuous Improvement of Instruction (continued) Develop training for D-sups. Review and update handbook and PowerPoint Rich Cole; Certification Office develops annually. curriculum in collaboration with faculty Offer training as a limited-cost course to D-Sups for elementary and secondary. Offer ECEL 5350: Supervising Student Teachers, in Summer Joint Professional Development Program with LEA and/or MCC Develop a relationship with MCC and the Professional Development Network (PD cooperative of KC school districts) leading to common PD activities. Include D-sups on PEF mailings, s, newsletters, meetings, etc. (including electronic distribution for those not able to attend in person). Professional development opportunities held for all stakeholders. Participate in the PDN Julie Blaine; Dean Wright; Carl Grigsby Fall 2012 University faculty attend professional development sessions (PLC, RTI, DI, Assessment, etc.) with public school educators. Host Professional Development event and invite MCC faculty and public school personnel to participate. Revise annual Faculty Profile report to include public school participation. Revise Promotion and Tenure Guidelines to reflect public school participation, as appropriate. Host PD sessions at Summit Center. Significant number of faculty from each department participating in district PD, as noted in Faculty Annual Reports. Number of attendees from both public schools and MCC. Dept. Chairs Ongoing Julie Blaine; Dean Wright Fall 2012 Faculty Profile revised. Joyce Downing; Promotion and Tenure documents revised and approved by faculty. Promotion and Tenure Committee Reciprocity in teaching assignments with MCC faculty Collaboration between MCC and UCM faculty on alignment of course content. Professor exchange UCM faculty members teach at MCC, and MCC faculty teach UCM course. Instructional planning meetings are held, and courses revised if necessary. MCC Foundations course taught by UCM faculty, and UCM Foundations course taught by MCC faculty. Dean Wright, Dean MCC, Carl Grigsby. Dean MCC, Dean Wright, Carl Grigsby.

4 Goal: Marketing & Recruitment Imbed recruiter/advisor on MCC campuses. Person employed and housed on-site Carl Grigsby Fall 2010 Recruit Undergraduates (with emphasis on minority and nontraditional students) Recruit Graduate Students Contact current students in AAT (Foundations classes) who attend MCC and encourage them to enroll at UCM. UCM Faculty visit classes; Educate MCC faculty & staff about programs at UCM; Promote benefits of collaboration. Provide a MCC/UCM articulated 4 year program of study for MCC freshman. Expand undergraduate offerings at the Summit Center. Improve UCM & COE web sites to make scholarships easier to find. Present Charter School Students a complete picture from beginning to end, freshman to senior year where their first 2 years are at MCC and second 2 years are at Summit Center. Market MCC/UCM 2+2 program through the KC Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and other civic groups. Provide recruitment packages to KC area school counselors. Develop a package of information to be placed in the teacher s lounge as faculty supervise practica, internships, and student teaching candidates. Visits by graduate program faculty to schools; Plan a COE Graduate Program day at schools. Contact undergraduate students as they complete undergraduate degree (one comprehensive communication letting students know about all of our degrees and who they could contact. Number of students contacted; percent who enroll at UCM. Number of visits to MCC classes; Increase enrollment of MCC students Carl Grigsby Spring 2011 Carl Grigsby, CoE faculty, and CoE Advisors. Implemented Fall 2010, each semester thereafter Number of students presented plans. Carl Grigsby Spring 2011 Complete UCM CoE degrees available at Summit Department chairs Center and online combination. Revised college website Ruth Burkett, Carl Grigsby Number of applications received; number of students who enroll in AAT program. Documented numbers of minority teacher candidates recruited. Visits by recruiters and faculty who supervise student teachers. Package developed; number of packages delivered to schools. Number of graduate faculty visits to schools; Increase in enrollment in graduate programs. Number of UCM undergraduates enrolled in UCM graduate programs. Vici Hughes / Doug Thomas; Carl Grigsby Carl Grigsby Spring, 2012 UCM Admissions office; COE Faculty Continuous & U-sups visiting student teachers Dept. Chairs Spring 2011 Dept. Chairs Spring 2011 Dept. Chairs.

5 Goal: Marketing & Recruitment (continued) Query graduates through the TEAC survey with Database of UCM graduates enrolled in Graduate Yuankun Yao Spring 2012 questions about whether they are enrolled in a graduate program where and why they chose that program? Programs. Offer Educational Leader degree with urban Number of students enrolled. Doug Thomas, Dean Wright Spring 2011 education focus. Implement Apprentice (Fellows) program as MSE Degree developed and approved by CBHE. Nicole Nickens Fall 2012 Option for first-year teachers. Contract with districts/schools who are sponsoring Interns. Create new cohort and deliver classes on-site in New cohort established. Dept. Chairs Develop and Market Online Programs district in addition to the Summit Center. Offer entire graduate programs in online format. Number of online programs established. Dept. Chairs Spring 2012 Ensure the highest quality in online instruction: Require everyone teaching a hybrid or online course to participate in Quality Matters training. Number of faculty going through Quality Matters training. Dept. Chairs Spring 2012

6 Goal: Relationship Building and Fund Raising Develop a Business Support Network KC Coordinator join Chambers of Commerce in specific communities. Membership: Lee s Summit, Kansas City, Kansas City Hispanic Chamber, Coalition of Hispanic Organizations, Black Chamber of Commerce of Carl Grigsby Secure Funding for Kansas City Initiative Host open house at the Summit Center for CoE donors, business people, community leaders & local alumni. Hold reception and informational meeting for key KC businesses arranged through JE Dunn. Greater Kansas City. Host event twice yearly. MaryLee Guthrie Alumni Association representative Hold meeting at JE Dunn office, downtown. Dean Wright, Carl Grigsby, MaryLee Guthrie, Develop marketing materials Package developed for solicitations. Dean Wright, Emily Merchant, MaryLee Guthrie, University Relations Continue to explore grants/gifts Number of meetings with key foundations; MaryLee Guthrie, Carl Grigsby, Dean Contributions received. Wright Fall, 2010 Continuous