Professional Education Unit
Program Assessment Plan – Initial Preparation
Name of Preparation Program: Alternative Certification
Date Completed: April 14, 2010
Date Submitted: April 14, 2010
Submitted By: Tabitha Daniel
Plan Version: 03032008
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WKU PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION UNIT WIDE CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT MATRIX - ADVANCED PREPARATION
Conceptual Framework
Standards/Values
Component 1:
Admission Data
Component 2:
Course Based Assessment Data
REQS
Critical Performances
Component 3:
Clinical Experiences Data
Early Clinical
Experiences
Content Knowledge
EDU 590
Assessment/Evaluation
Technology
Reflection
Collaboration
Professional Development
Leadership
Dispositions
Field Experiences & Clinical
Practice
Aligned to Kentucky Teacher and
Learned Society Standards
Implements/Manages
Various Data Required by Graduate Studies and/or Program
Designs/Plans
Learning Climate
EDU 590 TWS
Faculty
CEBS ACCSYS
CEBS ACCSYS
DATA REPORTING CYCLE:
Semester
DATA REVIEWED BY:
Program
Alumni
Survey
Employer
Survey
Praxis PLT/Comp Exam
X
X
X
EDU 590
X
X
X
EDU 590
Praxis PLT/Comp Exam
X
X
X
EDU 590
Praxis PLT/Comp Exam
X
X
X
EDU 590
Praxis PLT/Comp Exam
X
X
X
EDU 590
Praxis PLT/Comp Exam
X
X
X
EDU 590
Praxis PLT/Comp Exam
X
X
X
EDU 590
Praxis PLT/Comp Exam
X
X
X
EDU 590
Praxis PLT/Comp Exam
X
X
X
EDU 590
Praxis PLT/Comp Exam
X
X
X
Praxis PLT/Comp Exam
EDU 590 TWS
Program
Program
Program
Program
Program
Program
Yearly
Yearly
Yearly
Yearly
Yearly
Yearly
Biannually
Faculty/Programs/PEC
Program
Program
Program/Dean
Program
Program
Program
1: Program
2: Admission to Culminating Assessment
Admission
*Each advanced program must identify forms or associated questions/rubric items for each X.
Transition Points:
Exit
Survey
EDU 590
OTS
DATA HOUSED IN:
Capstone Assessment
Praxis PLT/Comp Exam
EDU 590
Impacts P-12 Student Learning
Component 5:
Exit and Follow Up Data
EDU 590
Diversity
DATA MAINTAINED BY:
Clinical Experience
Evaluation
Component 4:
Culminating Assessment
Data
(May be part of TP 2 or 3)
3: Program Exit
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How Data Fit and Are Used Within the Electronic Accountability System
DEMOGRAPHICS
WKU Professional Education Unit Electronic Accountability System Components
COMPONENT 3
COMPONENT 1
COMPONENT 2
Admission Data
Electronic
Portfolio System
Early Clinical
Experiences
Final Clinical
Experience
Culminating
Assessment
Data
Certification &
Praxis
Follow Up
Surveys
INITIAL
PREPARATION
Data entered by
Office of Teacher
Services after
Student
Orientation
Course Based
Critical
Performances
uploaded by
candidates and
scored by
faculty
Data entered by
Curriculum &
Instruction staff
after candidates
submit
Fieldwork
Summary Form
Data entered by
Office of
Teacher
Services
Teacher Work
Sample Scores
entered
electronically by
faculty & Ed
Technology
Data entered by
Office of Teacher
Services
Electronic
survey data
merged into
Accountability
System
ADVANCED
PREPARATION
Data entered by
Office of Teacher
Services after
Graduate
Admission
Course Based
Critical
Performances
uploaded by
candidates and
scored by
faculty
Data currently
housed by each
program
Course Based
Critical
Performances
uploaded by
candidates and
scored by
faculty
Data entered by
Office of Teacher
Services
Data currently
housed by each
program
TRANSITION
POINTS
1: Program
Admission
Data currently
housed by each
program
2: Admission to Culminating Assessment and/or
Final Clinical Experience
*Italics indicates data currently housed elsewhere that will be added to Accountability System in the future.
(Overlap in some
AP Programs)
COMPONENT 4
REPORTS
3: Program Exit
COMPONENT 5
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Core Education
Courses
1st
Semester
EDU 520
EDU 521
EXED 516
2nd
Semester
EDU 590*
3rd
Senester
Final
Semester
1
Critical Performance Assessment Alignment Matrix (Current: March 2009)
Initial Preparation Professional Education Program (Alternative Certification)
Kentucky Teacher Standards
2
3
4
5
6
7
Content
Knowledge
Designs/Plans
Learning
Climate
Manages
Instruction
Assessment
Technology
Reflection
8
9
10
Collaboration
Professional
Development
Leadership
These introductory courses prepare candidates for the Teacher Work Sample completed in EDU 590.
TWS
TWS
PP
Presentation
TWS
Clinical
Evaluation
Clinical
Evaluation
Clinical
Evaluation
PP Presentation
TWS
TWS
Clinical
Evaluation
Clinical
Evaluation
Clinical
Evaluation
TWS
Clinical
Evaluation
Clinical
Evaluation
EDU 501
EDU 596*
PP
Presentation
TWS
PP
Presentation
Clinical
Evaluation
Clinical
Evaluation
PGP
Portfolio
Portfolio
*Not currently in electronic portfolio system.
Portfolio
Portfolio
Portfolio
Portfolio
Portfolio
Portfolio
Portfolio
Portfolio
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Delineation of Unit/Program Transition Points – Initial Preparation (Alternative Certification)
Transition Point 1: Admission to Education Preparation Programs
Data Reviewed
Unit Level Data:
 Graduate Admission
 Graduate Teacher Admission
 Undergraduate GPA
 GAP Score (UG GPA x GRE)
 GRE Writing
 Praxis II Content Test
 Kentucky School Employment Commitment
Data Reviewed
Minimal Criteria for Admission/Continuation







Approved for admission
Approved for admission
2.5+
2200+
3.5+
Passing Score
Evidence of employment
Transition Point 2: Admission to KTIP
Minimal Criteria for Continuation
Unit Level Data:
 Praxis PLT
 Passing Score
 EDU 590 Teacher Work Sample
 Holistic Score of “3+”
 EDU 590 Clinical Evaluation (KTIP Form)
 Passing Score on each KTS
Transition Point 3: Eligibility for Comprehensive Exams
Data Reviewed
Unit Level Data:
 Overall GPA
 EDU 501 PGP/EDU 596 Portfolio
Minimal Criteria for Continuation
 3.0+
 Passing Score on each KTS
Review
Cycle
Reviewed By
Late
Spring
Graduate
Studies/Office of
Teacher
Services
Review
Cycle
Reviewed By
Fall
Program Faculty
Review
Cycle
Reviewed By
Each
Semester
Program Faculty
Review
Cycle
Reviewed By
Each
Semester
Program Faculty
Transition Point 4: Program Exit
Data Reviewed
Unit Level Data
 Overall GPA
 Comprehensive Exam
Minimal Criteria for Exit
 3.0+
 Passing Grade
Remediation Opportunities:
TP 2 and 3: Candidates may request additional instruction from faculty and may resubmit Critical
Performances in order to improve their scores.
TP 4: Candidates who do not pass the sections of the comprehensive may repeat them an additional time.
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Other Key Data Collection Matrix
Preparation Program: Alternative Certification (Initial Preparation)
Program Level Data Collection Points (Courses)
CF Values
Unit-Wide Assessment
KTS/Impacts P-12 Student Learning
Capstone Assessment
KTS/Dispositions
Clinical Experience Evaluation
KTS
Exit Survey
Diversity*
Early/Final Clinical Experience Summary Information
1
2
TWS
(EDU 590)
(KTIP Form)
EDU 590
Comprehensive
Exam
Portfolio
(EDU 596)
EDU 520
EDU 521
3
4
EXED 516
*Due to the nature of the Alternative Certification in which students are full time classroom teachers, field experiences are conducted within the full time teachers'
classrooms. Thus, diversity is addressed through courses and associated course work.
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Annual Program Assessment Report Outline (Due September 15)
Academic Year __________
1. Present your continuous assessment results in the following areas:
a. Admission Data
b. Course Based Assessment Data
c. Clinical Experiences Data – Be sure to include dispositions assessment results,
P-12 student diversity statistics, and results of efforts to ensure all candidates
work with diverse students.
d. Culminating Assessment Data – Be sure to include impact on P-12 student
learning data.
e. Exit and Follow Up Data
2. Summarize the above results by Kentucky Teacher (Initial Programs) OR Program
Standards (Advanced Programs) AND other key Conceptual Framework values. Be sure
to describe what the results tell you about your candidates’ progress toward/proficiency
on each standard/CF value.
3. Summarize your efforts to report and disseminate your results (Unit/College-wide
meetings, department/program level meetings, written reports, presentations, etc.).
4. Summarize key discussions and/or decisions made based on assessment results:
a. Describe any assessment or data collection changes you have made/will make
based on your assessment results.
b. Describe any program curriculum or experience changes you have made/will
make based on your assessment results.
c. Describe any decisions about group/individual student progress you have
made/will make based on your assessment results.