SACSCOC Fifth Year Interim Report
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Assessment : 2011 - 2012 : Educational Programs :
Superintendent Certification
Superintendent Certification
2 Goals 2 Objectives 2 Indicators 3 Criteria 2 Findings 2 Actions
| GOAL: Knowledge And Skills Mastery Of Educational Leadership Constituent Consortium (ELCC) Standards |
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| Superintendent candidates will demonstrate knowledge and skills aligned with Educational Leadership Constituent Consortium (ELCC) Standards by completing performance development activities during Internship |
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Upon completion of the internship, supervision candidates will submit a portfolio that contains all of the performance development activities with a reflection on how the activities have helped them develop the required skills. The rubric for the portfolio consists of all of the performance development activities based on competencies that are aligned with the ELCC standards. We have worked to tighten the alignment to core courses and the TExES exam so that we can track the student performance in the course to their performance on the TExES exam. We can accurately predict the course content that needs to be modified and strengthened as well as directly to the professor who was responsible for making sure that the competencies were not only met, but understood. |
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| 90% percent of the candidates for Superintendent Certification will receive a passing score on their portfolios. |
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100% of the candidates passed their portfolio assignment. Even though all passed, the weakest area that was noted was in the areas that are aligned with the District Business Management course and as a result, we are in the process of modifying and strenthening those activities that will better prepare them for success on the exam and ultimately in the field. |
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| Each candidate will be involved with a district improvement project that addresses competencies included in the ELCC standards and addressed on the TExES exam 195. These projects will be ongoing during the certification preparation period and culminate in the internship phase. |
| GOAL: Knowledge And Skills Mastery Associated With The Texas State Board Of Educator Certification (SBEC) Standards |
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| Candidates will demonstrate knowledge and skills associated with being an effective superintendent as conceptualized in the Texas Administrative Code and SBEC. |
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As required by the Texas Education Code, 21.048, successful performance on educator certification examinations is required for the issuance of a Texas educator certificate. The TExES Principal test is criterion referenced. It is designed to measure the knowledge and skills delineated in the Principal test framework, which is based on the 9 Principal standards that are listed in the Texas Administrative Code Title 19, Part VII, Chapter 241. |
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80% of candidates will pass the TExES??Superintendent test within one year of their completion of the superintendent preparation program |
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| All students who complete the certification core cores will pass the TExES exam during the first 12 months of course completion. |
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Twenty students took the TExES Superintendent Exam. All but two passed. With the two failures, we had 90% pass rate among the students. Overall, the domain with the lowest average was Administrative Leadership (avg.=75.45). We averaged highest in the Leadership of the Educational Community (avg.=81.95). |
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Our weaker area was in administrative leadership which includes areas such as budget, personnel, meeting state and federal requirements, physical plant, and support systems for safe and effective learning environment. Unfortanately results are not broken down into competencies. Thus, we will need to review our strategies and determine what additional strategies need to be developed to ensure the administrative leadership domain improves. Review sessions for the TExES exam 195 will be conducted two times each semester to afford all candidates to attend at least one review session. Additionally, our advisory committee has set a goal to increase enrollment in the program by 10% each academic year and also raise our overall passing scores on the TExES exam by 10% in each domain. |
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The Superintendent State Exam was changed from TExES 064 to TExES 195 and 90 % of candidates successfully passed the state exam required for certification. Still, an area identified for improvement is the administrative leadership domain. We will need to examine our strategies and make some changes in how compentencies for this domain are achieved and assessed. A goal has also been set to recruit more students into the program and to raise our overall passing scores on the exam by 10% in each domain.
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