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Goal 2: Design, implement, and evaluate a high quality curriculum and set of experiences related to diversity.
OBJECTIVES
2.1 Continue the integration issues in diversity into
the curriculum and faculty/staff development
activities.
ACTION AGENT
EVALUATION
Dean, Department Heads, Diversity Committee, Assess annual progress review reports.
Faculty.
2.2 Establish a diversity component of portfolios required
Professional Education Faculty.
of pre-service teachers that contain documentation
of knowledge, skills and dispositions that should be
acquired both before and during the internship or
student teaching. Required activities include attendance
at workshops and presentations about topics related
to diversity and service learning activities.
Review sample portfolios.
Graduate Assistant in Office of Field Experience
to collect evidence of student attendance and papers
2.3 Continue to build on and correlate content of methods
and core courses with INTASC Standard 3 Diverse
Learners for beginning teachers.
Professional Education Faculty.
Assess course syllabi relative to Standard 3.
2.4 Continue to collaborate with Emporia State University
via a diversity-related assessment training
grant from the US Department of Education's Fund
for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education
(FIPSE).
Dean's Office, Grant Coordinator, Teacher
Education Faculty.
Use assessment devices established for the grant.
2.5 Locate and maintain a pool of resources for diversity
in the community, e.g. The Center for Diversity in
Asheville.
Dean's Office, Department Heads, Faculty,
Staff.
Annually review activities/experiences with Center
and other sources in the community.
2.6 Lesson plans assigned in methods courses include a
component that addresses the "Unique Learner."
Professional Education Faculty.
Review lesson plans developed by candidates.
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OBJECTIVES
2.7 Support and participate in initiatives related to
closing the achievement gap and providing attention
to diverse learners sponsored by the UNC
system Center for School Leadership Development
(CSLD).
ACTION AGENT
Dean, SUTEP, Professional Education Faculty,
Staff.
EVALUATION
Assess faculty activity sheets.
2.8 Encourage and reward Professional Education Faculty/ Dean, Department Heads, SUTEP Director.
Staff to participate in special seminars and course
development activities related to commanding and
modeling the specific knowledge, skills and dispositions
needed to assist teacher education candidates to be
successful in teaching diverse student populations
sponsored by the state in response to the
implementation plan from the NC Advisory Commission
on Raising Achievement and Closing Gaps.
Assess faculty activity sheets.
Surveys on workshops.
2.9 Establish a Diversity Book Club for Faculty/Staff and
Candidates in the College of Education and Allied
Professions.
Maintain minutes of club meetings and records of
attendance.
Faculty, Staff, Candidates.
2.10 Schedule meetings every semester at which Professional Professional Education Faculty.
Education Faculty can share teaching strategies that
address issues related to diversity.
Maintain minutes of meetings and records of
attendance.
2.11 Review curricula in the professional core and in methods Professional Education Faculty. CEAP
Curriculum Committee.
courses to ensure that candidates receive adequate
instruction in all the dimensions of diversity and
exceptionality.
Review records of Curriculum Committee.
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