SACS Reaffirmation
| Objective | Program Alignment | |
| Implement aligned course structure objectives with Standards for ELCC and Texas Certification Associated Goals: Academic Program Alignment |
| Indicator | Program Alignment Aligned superintendent certification program with the ELCC and Texas standards. |
| Criteria | Progam Alignment Advisory Board approves recommended alignment and proposed courses. |
| Finding | Administrator Employer Survey No employer survey had been distributed for a four year period. |
| Finding | Course Revisions No substantative course revision has been attempted for over eight years. |
| Criteria | Program Alignment New courses reflecting alignment to Texas and ELCC standards. |
| Criteria | Program alignment 100% of superintendent certification program aligned to Texas Competencies and the ELCC standards. |
| Finding | Assessments Assessments for current courses reflect traditional test strategies rather than authentic assessments of content knowledge and skills. |
| Finding | Course Analysis Of the current four courses required for superintendent certification, only 35% of the content correlate with the Texas Competencies for Superintendents. |
| Finding | Course Analysis Of the four courses in the current superintendent certification program, only 42% correlate with the ELCC standards. |
| Finding | Instruction Instruction was delivered by individuals with no experience at the superintendent level. |
| Finding | Practicum Requirements for the practicum are 50% of the requirements for ELCC standards. |
| Finding | Student Participation Student participation in the superintendency program reduced to classes with less than five people in a section for more than a three year period. |
| Action | Assessment Development All coures assessments will be analyzed for alignment with standards and to determine the extent of authentic assessment status. |
| Action | Content Analysis Content from the course alignment will be analyzed for deficiencies and overlap. |
| Action | Formative Evaluation IDEA results by professor Conduct Informal student evaluation Review TExES results |
| Action | Standards Analysis A team of former superintendents and current professors with superintendent experience will analys the Texas and ELCC standards to determine extent of alignment problems. |
| Objective | Customer Satisfaction | |
| Measure customer satisfaction in the superintendency program Associated Goals: Customer Satisfaction |
| Indicator | Customer Satisfacation Customer satisfaction will be expressed by increased student enrollment and increased participation in participant surveys. |
| Criteria | Customer Satisfaction 90% of certified completers express satisfaction with the superintendent certification program. |
| Finding | Completer Survey Administration No survey of program completers has been attempted for over four years. |
| Finding | Satisfaction Survey No satisfaction survey had been distributed for the superintendent level for at least four years. |
| Action | Completer Survey Administration Pending survey development |
| Action | Course Review and Revision Pending analysis of data courses will be revised accordingly |
| Action | Data Analysis Pending survey administration |
| Action | Employer Surveys Pending development of employer survey |
| Action | Survey Development Preliminary discussion of survey content |
| Objective | Increase Pass Rate For Superintendent Certification Exam | |
| 80% of the students will pass the superintendent certification examination. Associated Goals: Develop A Quality Superintendent Certification Program |
| Indicator | TExES Scores Pass rate on the TExES superintendents certification examination will increase to 80%. |
| Criteria | Student Pass Rate 100% of course content aligned with TExES competencies for superintendent certification. |
| Finding | Pass Rates The findings showed the pass rate is less than 80%. |
| Action | Pass Rate for Certification Exam Continue to monitor course content to prepare students for the superintendent certification exam. |