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ANNUAL PROGRESS AND PLANNING REPORT
Part Two: Goals and Objectives for Academic Year 2005-2006
(Conceptual Framework = CF; Mission Statement = MS)
University
Strategic Goals
Provide innovative,
relevant, and
rigorous academic
programs
School Goals for
2005-2006
CF:
3. Pedagogy,
4. Knowledge.
Specific Tasks and
Objectives for 2005-2006
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MS 5,6
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Create an
exceptional campus
environment for a
diverse community
of learners
CF:
1. Democracy &
Community,
2. Habits of Mind,
6. Leadership.
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MS 1,2,3
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Analyze and address NCATE
Report from BOE and address
unmet standard 2 for the
advanced programs. NCATE
visit November, 2005.
Continue work on new
Literacy Certificate.
Continue UAS development,
implementation, and analysis
for graduate programs in
Elementary Education,
Secondary Education,
Counselor Education, and
Educational Leadership.
Continue ongoing assessment
of all programs, Initial and
Advanced, as articulated in the
Unit Assessment document.
Continue to develop an Ed.S.
program.
Meet with institutions about an
Ed.D. program.
Continue to involve all
program faculty in program
design, redesign,
implementation, and
assessment.
Continue to develop
partnerships with schools and
social service agencies to
create service-learning
opportunities for students.
Continue working with
minority students who entered
IPFW as part of the now
discontinued TEAM grant.
Provide faculty
workshops/inservices to raise
awareness of diversity issues.
Freshman Learning
Community for education
majors is under construction.
Bottom Line
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Courses for
program in
approval process
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The Educational
Studies
department has
created a servicelearning
opportunity in
Jefferson Middle
School for
students in
secondary
Educational
Psychology
courses.
We are working
with the English
department and
Jeanette Clausen
to link ENG
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Promote the
scholarly and
creative
achievements of
faculty, students,
and staff
CF:
4. Knowledge,
6. Leadership.
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MS 3,6
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Monitor the 30-hour Field
Experience: Service Learning
for Diversity, newly required
in the M.S. Ed. Programs in
Elementary Education,
Secondary Education,
Educational Leadership, and
Special Education (approval
pending).
Continue to seek diverse
candidates for faculty and staff
positions.
Continue to initiate new SOE
journal in partnership with
EACS, to promote
collaborative scholarship
following the ScholarPractitioner Model.
Continue to build the ScholarPractitioner Center for the
Advancement of Educational
Leadership and Learning
Organizations.
Encourage and reward faculty
who are actively productive.
Continue Research Discussion
Forums for faculty to
showcase and discuss their
research.
Encourage collaborative SOE
faculty initiated book
proposals.
Encourage more faculty and
student research activities.
Continue awarding the Faculty
Advisement Award.
Continue to award the Dean’s
Faculty Accomplishment
Award.
Pursue Academic accreditation
for School Counseling
Program.
Expand Counseling and MFT
Clinic to new facilities.
Invigorate the mentoring of
new faculty by developing a
new mentoring plan.
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W131 and COM
114 as a learning
community for
education majors.
Assess
effectiveness and
make
modifications if
necessary.
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The Center will
house the journal.
Its mission is to
develop
professional
practitioners
(scholarpractitioners) who
utilize research as
key components to
inform decisionmaking and
problem solving in
the school and
university
contexts.
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Three faculty
earned this in
2004: Drs.
Agness, Moss, and
Nowak.
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Advance the quality
of life in Fort
Wayne and the
surrounding region
CF:
1. Democracy &
Community,
5. Experience,
6. Leadership.
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MS 1,2,3
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Pursue the
continuous
improvement of
university
operations
CF:
1. Democracy &
Community,
2. Habits of Mind,
6. Leadership.
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MS 2,4
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Reward and encourage the
innovative use of technology
to promote course, program,
and assessment goals.
Build, encourage, and reward
leadership initiatives of faculty
and staff.
Continue active schooluniversity partnerships.
Create more university
community partnerships.
Faculty continue to initiate
memberships in service
organizations.
Student opportunities for
service learning projects as a
part of class requirements will
grow.
Improve effective marketing
of SOE graduate and
undergraduate programs.
Continue to update
governance documents as
necessitated by university
requirements.
Build toward technological
solutions to all SOE
bureaucratic procedures,
information systems, and
assessments.
Actively participate in
university initiatives, such as
assessment of diversity
components in curricula, and
first year student retention
activities.