SACS Reaffirmation
| Objective | Candidate Preparedness | |
| Assure candidate preparedness for the field through benchmark assessments at entry, clinical experience and at exit. Associated Goals: Academic Programs |
| Indicator | Admission To Educator Preparation Candidates meeting criteria for admission to the educator preparation program should meet or exceed the mean scores of the rising junior population of the University on overall GPA. |
| Criteria | GPA Overall Upon initial application for program entry, overall GPA will exceed that of the rising junior population of the University. |
| Finding | GPA of EP against SHSU juniors non EP The GPA of EP candidates against the GPA of the rising junior population of the University (excluding EP) is not yet available |
| Indicator | Pass Rates On Certification Exams TExES Pass Rates for all demographic groups, by test |
| Criteria | Final Pass Rates Final pass rates on ALL Tests will exceed 80%. Final pass rates are calculated on Dec. 31 of the year following the last graduation date. Final pass rates for the 2007-2008 cohort will be calculated on Dec. 31, 2009. |
| Finding | TExES Pass RAtes Preliminary review of results for all TExES tests administered between Sept. 1, 2007 and June, 2008 indicates an overall pass rate of 89.7. |
| Criteria | Initial Pass Rates Inital pass rates on ALL Tests TExES Exams will exceed 80%. Initial pass rates are calculated for each completer cohort on Dec 31 of the year in which the last graduation date occurs. For 2007-2008, initial pass rates are calculated on Dec. 31, 2008. |
| Finding | TExES Pass Rates Preliminary indication of initial pass rates for all TExES exams administered between Sept. 1, 2007 and June 2008 provides an overall pass rate of 89.6. Initial pass rates are calculated each year by SBEC in December following the last graduation date for that year. |
| Indicator | Teacher Work Sample Performance Candidate performance on the Teacher Work Sample, a capstone assessment |
| Criteria | Teacher Work Sample Scores 85 % of candidates in the 2007-2008 cohort will achieve a score of 3 on the Teacher Work Sample. |
| Finding | TWS Perfromance The % of candidates achieving a score of 3 was 74.8 for the cohort in 2007-2008 |
| Action | GPA of EP Candidates against Rising Juniors Ed Prep Leadership Team will review undergraduate recruiting plan and improve communication regarding program admission requirements. This is intended to increase diversity of candidates at entry and to assure that candidate who apply are prepared to progress toward completion successfully. |
| Action | TExES Pass Rates Continued monitoring of candidate mastery of domains and competencies within programs. Faculty will review practice exam results in the Content Methods Block for all elementary and secondary candidates |
| Action | Teacher Work Sample Performance Review of coursework alignment with Teacher Work Sample standards should include new activities and formative assessment to promote additional success among candidates |
| Objective | Candidate Satisfaction | |
| Improve candidate satisfaction with educator preparation services Associated Goals: Constituency Satisfaction |
| Indicator | Satisfaction With Ed Prep Services Student satisfaction with three services provided for undergraduates: advising services, certification and testing services and field experience services as indicated by annual survey responses. |
| Criteria | Ed. Prep. Services Satisfaction Survey Upon completion of student teaching, candidate satisfaction ratings for six areas of Ed. Prep. Services will exceed 2.5 on a five point Likert scale. |
| Finding | Satisfaction with Ed Prep Services Candidate satisfaction ratings for six areas of Ed Prep service was 3. 65 on a 5 point scale |
| Action | Candidate Satisfaction with Ed Prep Services While satisfaction scores for each area exceeded target, each service area will develop additional evaluation instruments to provide additional and more specific information regarding candidate and family requirements. |
| Objective | Faculty Excellence | |
| Increase faculty productivity through contributions to the field in publications, presentations, service and professional development. Associated Goals: Faculty Excellence |
| Indicator | Faculty Production Annual professor to publication ratio and professor to presentation ratio for COE compared to University. |
| Criteria | Faculty Presentations Ratio of COE faculty to presentations will exceed SHSU faculty to presentations ratio |
| Criteria | Faculty Publications COE Professor to publication ratio will exceed the SHSU ratio |
| Finding | Faculty Production: Presentations Ratio of COE Faculty presentations to SHSU FAculty presentations is not yet available |
| Finding | Faculty Productivity: Publications Ratio of COE faculty publications to SHSU faculty is not yet available |
| Action | Faculty Productivity System for reporting faculty presentations and publications for merit awards will be developed within the TK20 data management system to permit reporting on demand for various University and College needs. |
| Objective | Productivity Of The College | |
| Increase semester credit hour production in undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs. Associated Goals: Operational Excellence |
| Indicator | SCH Production Semester Credit Hour production for undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs. |
| Criteria | Doctoral SCH Production Growth in Doctoral level SCH Production should meet or exceed 2% |
| Finding | Growth in Doctoral SCH Production Growth in Doctoral SCH Production for the college is not yet available |
| Criteria | Master''s Level SCH Production Master''s level growth in SCH production should meet or exceed 2% |
| Finding | SCH Production in COE Masters' Programs SCH Credit Hour production compared to 2006-2007 is not yet available |
| Criteria | Undergraduate SCH Production Growth in Undergraduate SCH Production should meet or exceed 2% |
| Finding | UG Credit Hour Production % Growth in UG Credit Hour production for the academic year is not yet available |
| Action | Alignment of Strategic Goals, Objectives, Criteria The leadership team, upon reviewing the strategic plan for the college, determined that objectives and criteria would be assigned to one specific goal in order to improve focus and accountability for continuous improvement efforts. Dr. Smith will review objectives for each department and provide an alignment matrix to be used by each department for goal setting in the coming year. |
| Action | SCH Production System for monitoring SCH production within the college should be developed and or disseminated to provide for added agility and responsiveness |
| Objective | New Program Development | |
| Develop new graduate programs in Special Education and Sports Management Associated Goals: Visibility and Impact |
| Indicator | New Doctoral Program In Special Education Progress toward implementation of new doctoral program |
| Criteria | Progress for PHD in SPED Timely completion to permit Fall 2008 submission to the University Curriculum Committee |
| Finding | Progress on Ph. D .in SPED Proposal complete and ready for submission to Univeristy Curriculum Committee in Fall, 2008 |
| Indicator | New Master's Program In Sports Managment Progress toward implementation of new master's program in Sports Management |
| Criteria | Progress toward Master's in Sports Management Progress toward implementation of a master''s degree in Sports Management |
| Finding | Progress toward Masters in Sports Management Masters program in Sports Management approved at all levels of the University and by the Board of Regents for implementation in Fall, 2008 |
| Action | Implementation of Masters' Program in Sports Manag Implementation of recruiting plan and new courses will commence with the Fall 2008 semester. |
| Action | PH. D in SPED College of Education review of new proposal is scheduled for August 8. |