SACS Reaffirmation
| Objective | Increase Program Visibility | |
| Increase the overall visibility of the Instructional Leadership program through written publications, verbal presentations and electronic media.
Associated Goals: Customer Satisfaction |
| Indicator | Increase Program Visibility Number of presentations made and publications distritubted regarding the Instructional Leadership program will increase. |
| Criteria | Increased Information Access Increase the number of "hits" on the website by 25%. In addtion, increase the number of Instructional Leadership promotional materials developed and distributed by 25%. |
| Finding | Visibility Since no 2006 data on website hits were available, the findings indicate that there is a need to track this data, along with continual updating of the website. In addition, newly designed brochures for specific Instructional Leadership program areas (i.e. Instructional Technology, Bilingual Leadership, academic advisement, higher education, gifted education). In 2006, only 2 different program publications were available: MA 30 hrs and M.Ed 36 hrs. The number of districts in which promotional materials were distributed increased from 2006-Spring 2007. Informal interviews with faculty members indicated that the number of conferences at which promotional materials were shared increased by three. |
| Action | Visibility Beginning Spring 2007, major efforts to add linkages, redesign format and update information on the website have taken place. One faculty member has been assigned to monitor the website. A computer science student assistant is now assigned to work with the faculty member to make changes. We began to monitor the usage of the website by collecting hit number information. A committee has been formed to monitor and increase the visibility of the Instructional Leadership program. |
| Objective | Student Enrollment | |
| Increase student enrollment and program completion. Associated Goals: Customer Satisfaction |
| Indicator | Increased Student Enrollment Enrollment will increase at a rate equal to or greater than the University goal for growth. |
| Criteria | Increased Enrollment Enrollment will increase at least 3% each year. |
| Finding | Enrollment numbers Enrollment numbers for fall 2005 are compared to enrollment numbers for 2006-2007. |
| Action | Increase Student Enrollement Continue to advertise and recruit candidates at conferences, school districts, and print media. |
| Objective | Align Embedded Activities | |
| Embedded internship activities for each core course will be aligned to ELCC Standards Associated Goals: Reframe/Restructuring |
| Indicator | Alignment Of Embedded Activities Embedded internship activities of leadership courses will be aligned with content and skills specific to teacher leadership as indicated in the ELCC Standards. |
| Criteria | Embedded Activity Analysis One hundred percent of the core leadership syllabi will include the ELCC aligned internship embedded activities. |
| Finding | Embedded Activities Embedded internship activities for each course Master Syllabi (See Syllabi Alignment are correlated with ELCC Standards and are included in the leadership portfolio as outlined in the Instrucrtional Leadership Practicum Handbook (Capstone Course). |
| Action | Monitor Embedded Activity Evaluate embedded activities presented in the leadership portfolio to ensure alignment to ELCC Standards. |
| Objective | Program Satisfaction | |
| Increase students' satisfaction of the instructional leadership program. Associated Goals: Reframe/Restructuring |
| Indicator | Expressed Satisfaction A survey will be constructed to assess student satisfaction with the program. |
| Criteria | Satisfaction Criteria Once a survey is created, 90% of students express satisfaction with the program and acquired skills related to school leadership. |
| Finding | Satisfaction Student satisfaction survey still under construction. |
| Action | Satisfaction Upon completion of an alumni survey, we will continue to monitor and evaluate student satisfaction. |
| Objective | Syllabi Alignment | |
| Align Instructional Leadership core course syllabi to ELCC Standards. Associated Goals: Reframe/Restructuring |
| Indicator | Alignment Of Syllabi Syllabi of leadership courses will be aligned with content and skills specific to teacher leadership as indicated in the ELCC Standards. |
| Criteria | Syllabi Analysis Every syllabi for core leadership courses contains a list of ELCC standards that are aligned to the course content. |
| Finding | Syllabi Assessment Finding #1 100 percent (6 out of 6) of the six core leadership courses from Spring 2006 to Fall 2006 had a representative syllabus fully aligned with the ELCC Standards. In addition, twenty different syllabi for six courses were analyzed for alignment with the ELCC Standards. Of these 35% (7 out of 20) were fully aligned to the ELCC Standards. |
| Action | Monitoring Syllabi A committee will identify the fully aligned to ELCC Standards "Master" Syllabus for each core leadership course. The Master Syllabus will be made available to all Instructional Leadership facutly. Periodically, each Master Syllabi will be monitored for content alignment. |