Sam Houston State University | SACSCOC Fifth Year Interim Report

Assessment : 2013 - 2014 : Educational Programs :
International Literacy MED

3 Goals 6 Objectives 6 Indicators 6 Criteria 6 Findings 6 Actions

GOAL: Language And Culture - TESOL Standards

Objective

Language As A System

Candidates know, understand and use theoretical knowledge related to the structure and acquisition of language.

Indicator

ELL Oral Language Analysis Paper

Candidates will demonstrate proficiency in TESOL standards related to language and acquisition by analyzing samples of the speech of English language learners. Program faculty developed the rubric based on TESOL Standards in Domain 1. The assignment is completed in a required course, BESL 5301. All students will be measured and the averaged into the total.

Criterion

Candidate Scores - Analysis Paper

Candidates must achieve a score of 85 percent as measured by the rubric for the analysis paper. Program faculty determined that 85 percent represented our operational definition of success at learning.

Finding

Language As A System

All 2013-2014 M.Ed. in International Literacy students enrolled in the required course, BESL 5301, were included in the findings. Thirty-two candidates scored an overall average of 85 percent on the ELL speech analysis paper rubric. The M.Ed. in International Literacy is a new program. This is the first year of data collection. The faculty has decided to maintain the criterion as is for another year of data.

Actions for Objective:

Action

Maintenance Of Goal 1 - Objective 1

GOAL: Language And Culture - TESOL Standards

Objective

Language And Culture

Candidates will analyze sociocultural, psychological and political variables that afford or constrain the process of learning a second language.

Indicator

Reflective Academic Paper

Candidates will demonstrate proficiency in TESOL standards related to culture by wiritng a reflective academic paper. Program faculty developed the rubric based on TESOL Standards in Domain 2. The assignment is completed in a required course, BESL 5302. All students were measured and the averaged into the total.

Criterion

Candidate Scores - Paper

Candidates must achieve a score of 85 percent as measured by the rubric for the reflective academic paper.

Finding

Language And Culture

All 2013-2014 M.Ed. in International Literacy students enrolled in the required course, BESL 5302, were included in the findings. Thirty-two candidates scored an overall average of 82 percent on the reflective academic paper rubric. The M.Ed. in International Literacy is a new program. This is the first year of data collection. The faculty has decided to maintain the criterion as is for another year of data.

Actions for Objective:

Action

Maintenance Of Goal 1 - Objective 2

The M.Ed. in International Literacy is a new program. The first students completed the program in spring 2013. This is the first year of data collection. The faculty has decided to maintain the criterion as is for another year of data. Since students did not meet the goal, the program faculty revised readings and discussions for the course. However, the faculty believed that significant changes should not be made at this point since this is the first year of data collection and number of students is low.

GOAL: ESL/EFL Methods - TESOL Standards

Objective

Instructional Resources

Candidates will demonstrate knowledge and skills in the area of selecting and evaluating appropriate instructional resources for a given language learning context

Indicator

Instructional Resources Evaluation

Candidates will demonstrate proficiency in TESOL standards related to language instruction and assessment by evaluating instructional resources. Program faculty developed the rubric based on TESOL Standards in Domain 3 and 4. The assignment is completed in a required course, BESL 5303. All students were measured and the averaged into the total.

Criterion

Candidate Scores - Instructional Resources

Candidates must achieve a score of 85 percent as measured by the textbook evaluation assignment. Program faculty determined that 85 percent represented our operational definition of success at learning.

Finding

Candidate Score - Instructional Materials

All 2013-2014 M.Ed. in International Literacy students enrolled in the required course, BESL 5303, were included in the findings. Thirty-three candidates scored an overall average of 80 percent on textbook evaluation assignment.The M.Ed. in International Literacy is a new program. This is the first year of data collection. The faculty has decided to maintain the criterion as is for another year of data.

Actions for Objective:

Action

Maintenance Of Goal 2 - Objective 1

The M.Ed. in International Literacy is a new program. The first students completed the program in spring 2013. This is the first year of data collection. The faculty has decided to maintain the criterion as is for another year of data. Since students did not meet the goal, the program faculty revised readings and the instructor has developed resources to model the selection and evaluation process of instructional resources. However, the faculty believed that significant changes should not be made at this point since this is the first year of data collection and number of students is low.

GOAL: ESL/EFL Methods - TESOL Standards

Objective

Language Instruction

Candidates will demonstrate knowledge and skills in the area of designing, implementing and evaluating language instruction for a given classroom language classroom.

Indicator

Language Instruction

Candidates will demonstrate proficiency in TESOL standards related to language instruction by being evaluated in the classroom. Program faculty developed the rubric based on TESOL Standards in Domains 3 and 4. The assignment is completed in a required course, BESL 5303. All students were measured and the averaged into the total.

Criterion

Candidate Scores - Instruction

Candidates must achieve a score of 85 percent of the teaching behaviors as evaluated by the teaching evaluation rubric. Program faculty determined that 85 percent represented our operational definition of success at learning.

Finding

Language Instruction

All 2013-2014 M.Ed. in International Literacy students enrolled in the required course, BESL 5303, were included in the findings. Thirty-three candidates scored an overall average of 85 percent on the teaching evaluation rubric. The M.Ed. in International Literacy is a new program. This is the first year of data collection. The faculty has decided to maintain the criterion as is for another year of data.

Actions for Objective:

Action

Maintenance Of Goal 2 - Objective 2

GOAL: Research And Professionalism - TESOL Standards

Objective

Research Synthesis

Candidates will demonstrate knowledge and skills in the area of synthesizing classroom based research.

Indicator

Literature Review

Candidates will demonstrate proficiency in TESOL standards related to classroom based research by writing a literature review. Program faculty developed the rubric based on TESOL Standards in Domain 5. The assignment is completed in a required course, BESL 6320. All students were measured and the averaged into the total.

Criterion

Literature Review Score

Candidates must achieve a score of 85 percent as measured by the rubric for the action research literature review. Program faculty determined that 85 percent represented our operational definition of success at learning.

Finding

Literature Review

All 2013-2014 M.Ed. in International Literacy students enrolled in the required course, BESL 6320, were included in the findings. Thirty-one candidates scored an overall average of 85 percent on the rubric for the action research literature review. The M.Ed. in International Literacy is a new program. This is the first year of data collection. The faculty has decided to maintain the criterion as is for another year of data.

Actions for Objective:

Action

Maintenance Of Goal 3 - Objective 1

GOAL: Research And Professionalism - TESOL Standards

Objective

Conduct Classroom-based Research

Candidates will demonstrate knowledge and skills in the area of conducting classroom based research.

Indicator

Action Research Project

Candidates will demonstrate proficiency in TESOL standards related to classroom based research by conducting an Action Research project.
Program faculty developed the rubric based on TESOL Standards in Domain 5. The assignment is completed in a required course, BESL 6320. All students were measured and the averaged into the total.

Criterion

Action Research Project

Candidates must achieve a score of 85 percent as measured by the rubric for the Action Research project. Program faculty determined that 85 percent represented our operational definition of success at learning.

Finding

Action Research Project

All 2013-2014 M.Ed. in International Literacy students enrolled in the required course, BESL 6320, were included in the findings. Thirty-one candidates scored an overall average of 81 percent on the Action Research project rubric. The M.Ed. in International Literacy is a new program. This is the first year of data collection. The faculty has decided to maintain the criterion as is for another year of data.

Actions for Objective:

Action

Maintenance Of Goal 3 - Objective 2

The M.Ed. in International Literacy is a new program. The first students completed the program in spring 2013. This is the first year of data collection. The faculty has decided to maintain the criterion as is for another year of data. Students did not meet the goal. The program faculty revised readings and developed a feedback process on individual stages of the project. However, the faculty believed that significant changes should not be made at this point since this is the first year of data collection and number of students is low.

Previous Cycle's "Plan for Continuous Improvement"

Update on Previous Cycle's "Plan for Continuous Improvement"

International Literacy MED is newer program. The 2013-2014 assessment cycle is the first for this unit.

Plan for Continuous Improvement

The M.Ed. in International Literacy is a new program. The first students completed the program in spring 2013. This is the first year of data collection. The faculty has decided to maintain the criterion as is for another year of data collections on all objectives in order to establish an adequate baseline. In this way, we will have a sufficient data pool to make substantial instructional changes.

In the meantime, we have met as a program area to align the coursework throughout the sequence of courses in August of 2014. Additional readings which addressed the objectives which were not met and opportunities for greater modeling and discussion were proposed and agreed upon with respect to these objectives. These elements will be implemented beginning in spring 2015. All program faculty are responsibile for ensuring that MEd students meet the standards outlined by TESOL.

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