Teacher_Education_Handbook

Teacher Education Council Teacher Education Council The Teacher Education Council (TEC), chaired by the dean of education, functions at the council level with regard to matters related to teacher education. The TEC consists of representatives from each college or school who have experiences in P-12 settings and are currently involved in teacher education through their own discipline. From within the School of Education there are eight faculty representatives, each from a School of Education department or program (Special Education, Elementary Education, Secondary Education, and K-12 Education). From outside the School of Education there are two faculty representatives from the School of Fine Arts and three faculty representatives from the College of Arts and Sciences. These representatives shall include Music Education, Art Education, Social Sciences Education, Language/Literature/Communications Education, and Math/Science Education. Each representative is responsible for information flow between the TEC and their constituents. Serving in an advisory capacity without voting privileges, shall be one student, one area P-12 Administrator, one P-12 teacher, one representative from the SOE Office of Field Experiences, the SOE Assessment Coordinator, and one SOE Advisor. The student representative will be excused when sensitive information is discussed. The TEC is a decision making body on university-wide elementary, secondary, and K-12 issues. It is responsible for the integrity of the admission to teacher education process, and therefore, voting will occur only with regard to the process and/or standards for admission. This committee makes recommendations with regard to curriculum considerations as it affects all education programs specifically, and other university programs generally. Fully aware of teacher certification and program accreditation requirements, the council works to recommend curriculum changes that will best meet and/or exceed these requirements. A subcommittee of TEC exists to handle student dispositions concerns, and the subcommittee is chaired by the Teacher Education Department Chair. Program Assessment Review of Professional Education Programs The Millicent Atkins School of Education Teacher Education Program employs a number of key assessments across all teacher education programs. All assessments are either based on or correlated to the InTASC Standards, the TEP’s guiding framework. These assessments are included in the TEP’s annual report and discussed each term during Assessment Day.  Common Lesson Planning Rubric and CLPR Technology evaluations  Specialized Program Area evaluations  Classroom and Field Dispositions evaluations  Pre-Student Teaching Experience Midterm and Final evaluations  Student Teaching Midterm and Final evaluations  Praxis I CORE exams (reading, writing, and math)  Praxis II Content exams  Praxis III Principles of Learning and Teaching exam The TEP reports enrollment demographic data and Praxis pass rates through the Title II report system. State report cards can be viewed here: https://title2.ed.gov/Public/Home.aspx