Graduate School of Education
PSU Graduate
School of
Education
State of the School
presentation and
Annual Report
September 2008
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Friends of the GSE
Richard & Heide Cole
Rick Hardt
Betty Hittle
Jane Morrow
Levonne Sedgewick
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PSU Foundation Board
Doug Goe
Eva Kripalani
Tony Leineweber
Jon Mitchell
Ken Thrasher
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GSE Emeriti
Steve Brannan
Colin Dunkeld
Rick Hardt
Mary Kinnick
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Leaders Roundtable
Jay Bloom
Sho Dozono
Ron Gould
Karen Gray
Ron Hitchcock
Terry Hoagland
John Sygielski
Maxine Thompson
Ken Thrasher
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Advisory Council
Julia Brim-Edwards
Gale Castillo
Jackie Cooke
Marvin Kaiser
Terry Kneisler
Fred Miller
Jane Morrow
Bruce Samson
Maxine
Thompson
Marta Thrasher
Carol Turner
Courtney
Vanderstek
Graduate School of Education
Consortium Members
Micki Caskey
Tatiana Cevallos
Julie Esparza-Brown
Deb Miller
Yuki Monteith
Mark Moser
Paula Stanovich
Jackie Temple
Kelvin Webster
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Other Distinguished Guests
Swati Adarkar: Executive Director, The Children’s Institute
Dan Ryan : Executive Director, Portland School’s Foundation
Don Frisbee: Community Leader
Jim Francesconi: Board of Higher Education
Nina Lindstrom: Alum
Joy Spalding: Patron
Don Hendrickson: Boeing
Pam Caldwell: Boeing
Dave Johnston: Boeing
Randy Choy: Oregon Community Foundation
Bill Bigelow, Teacher and Honoree
Linda Christensen, Director of the Oregon Writing Project
John Spathas, Alum
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PSU
Wim Wiewel: President
Marvin Kaiser: Dean of the College
of Liberal Arts and Science
Kevin Kecskes: Director of
Community University Partnerships
Kristin Coppola: Director of
Corporate & Foundation Relations
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Graduate School of Education
Award of Distinction
Congratulations
Bill Bigelow
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President Wim Wiewel
Graduate School of Education
PSU Graduate
School of
Education
State of the School
presentation and
Annual Report
September 2008
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Graduate School of Education
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Thank You, Steve
Graduate School of Education
PSU Graduate
School of
Education
State of the School
presentation and
Annual Report
September 2008
Leading, Learning, Life Changing
Graduate School of Education
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Major units in the GSE
•Educational Leadership
and Policy
•Special Education
•Counselor Education
•Curriculum and
Instruction
•Continuing Education
•Child Development and
Family Services
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International, National, and
State Context
Graduate School of Education
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Every day 3000 new books are
published.
The amount of technical
information in the world doubles
every two years
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Oregon ranks
• 40th among states in the number of
high school graduates going directly
to college (33%)
• 44th among states in the percentage
of college students continuing into
their sophomore year.
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Number of people graduating from
college in 2004
•India
•China
•United States
•3.1 million
•3.3 million
•1.3 million
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We have a moral obligation to
help all students reach their full
potential as workers, as citizens,
and as human beings.
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We need to markedly alter the
way learning occurs in our
schools. That transformation
will require a new commitment
to research, to professional
preparation, and to ongoing
professional development.
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Transformation is Within Our Reach
Graduate School of Education
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Transformation is within our
reach when we see diversity
in our student population and
English Language Learners
as an asset rather than a
burden.
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Transformation is within our
reach if Congress can reach
consensus for students.
…and put more resources
in education research to
match the political rhetoric
about research-based
practices.
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Transformation is within our
reach as Oregon reinvests in
education from preschool
through graduate school
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PSU’s Graduate
School of
Education holds
four
accreditations:
NCATE, CORE,
CACREP, and
NAEYC
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Transformation is within our
reach when policy and
business leaders join hands
with education leaders across
the age spectrum to address
our challenges and
opportunities.
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PSU
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Changing
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Priority
Strengthen community
engagement and field
experiences
Graduate School of Education
Advisory Council
Morgan Anderson
Julie Brim-Edwards
Gale Castillo
Jackie Cooke
Algie Gatewood
Terry Kneisler
Rob Larson
Fred Miller
Jane Morrow
Marvin Kaiser
Bob Turner
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Bruce Samson
Carol Thomas
Maxine
Thompson
Marta Thrasher
Carol Turner
Courtney
Vanderstek
Yvette
Webber-Davis
Duncan Wyse
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Consortium Members
Chris Griffith, Chair
Heather Bartos
Micki Caskey
Tatiana Cevallos
Kelly Cutler
Daphne Dukes
Julie Esparza-Brown
Liz Fouther-Branch
Cynthia Gilliam
Chris Gutierrez
Lisa Kane
Deb Miller
Yuki Monteith
Mark Moser
K.D. Parman
Ellen Reuler
Anne Ryan
Frank Scotto
Paula Stanovich
Jackie Temple
Robert Tinnin
Kelvin Webster
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Field Experience Changes
• Students “clustered” in
schools to create “learning
communities”.
• More time in schools and
more supervision.
• Support to better engage
GSE faculty in the schools
and P-12 teachers with GSE.
• Partnerships for mutual
benefit and improvement.
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Priority
Improve productivity and
administrative efficiency
Degrees Awarded
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
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Degrees Awarded
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Degrees awarded increased 98% from 1999 to 2007 despite the very higher tuition for graduate
students, highest among our peer institutions. GSE produced 12% of all degrees at PSU in
2006-2007. GSE produced 38% of all masters degrees.
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2005-2006 Masters Degrees Awarded
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
CE
CLAS
GSE
FPA
SBA
SSW
CUPA
Thirty-eight percent of all graduate degrees awarded by PSU are from the
GSE.
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Counselor Education
Programs Received Eightyear Accreditation from the
Council for the Accreditation
of Counseling and Related
Educational Programs
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Rehabilitation Counseling program
ranked 24th in the nation by US News
and World Report
Dr. Hanoch Livneh
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Priority
Promote diversity and social
justice
Graduate School of Education
•Every graduate
prepared to work
effectively with a
diverse populations.
•Commitment to
helping all students
and clients reach
their full potential.
•Diverse faculty.
•Diverse student
population.
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PSU Providing Leadership
Oregon Teach to
Diversity Awards
Portland Teacher
Programs
$34,000
$253,000
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Minority Students Graduating
from Oregon High Schools
25
20
15
Percent
10
5
0
2001
2007
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“Where the rubber meets the
road is in the classroom.”
Preston Pulliam
President, PCC
Member, Board of Higher Education
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“I believe strongly in the mission of the Graduate
School of Education, and in the necessity of social
justice education. By becoming a high school teacher
I hope to have a direct impact on the young people I
teach, helping them to see their own worth along with
the value of community engagement and collective
action, and its potential to make the world a better
place.”
Brian Hanson
Recipient of a Janette Drew Scholarship
Secondary Dual Educator Program
Graduate School of Education
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“I know from the bottom of my heart that my
autistic brother’s life today would be more
productive and fulfilling if he had been given
access to his peers and community while he
was growing up and receiving his education. I
am completely devoted to inclusive education as
a practice that promotes acceptance, diversity
and equality.”
Elaine K Hudson
Recipient of Special Education Scholarship
Inclusive Elementary Educator Program
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Priority
Improve student and program
assessment
2008 Exit Survey (N=254)
100%
80%
Strongly
Disagree+Disagree
Strongly Agree+Agree
60%
40%
20%
1.3
Experienced
inclusive &
respectful
1.2 Promote
inclusive
environments
1.1 Work with
diverse
populations
0%
Diversity & Inclus.
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Assessing Our Effectiveness
Candidate performance at…
 Admission
 Midpoint(s)
 Completion
Candidate feedback on…
 Exit survey
 Follow-up (+3 years)
Employer survey
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What We’ve Learned
Strongly
Disagree+Disagree
Strongly Agree+Agree
60%
40%
20%
0%
1.3
Experienced
inclusive &
respectful
Highest area on
exit survey
High ratings on
work samples
80%
1.2 Promote
inclusive
environments
Addressing
diversity
100%
1.1 Work with
diverse
populations
Positives:
2008 Exit Survey (N=254)
Diversity & Inclus.
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What We’ve Learned
Positives:
Responsive
instructors
& advisors
Exit survey
2008 Exit Survey: Program Quality
100%
80%
60%
Dissatisfied
No Opinion
Satisfied
40%
20%
0%
Respons.of
Instructors
Conven.of
schedule
Respons.of
Advisors
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What We’ve Learned
Positives:
Employers
like our
graduates
Level of Agreement on the GSE Goal Areas
100
80
60
40
20
0
Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 Item 6 Item 7 Item 8 Item 9
Employer survey
Item
10
Item
11
Item
12
Item
13
Strongly Agree+Agree
Disagree+Strongly Disagree
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What We’ve Learned
Positives:
N = 349 students
100
60
40
Insignificant
80
Negative
Our
candidates
have an
impact on
student
learning
% Learning Gain
Noteworthy
Noticeable
20
0
1
-20
-40
-60
18 35 52 69 86 103 120 137 154 171 188 205 222 239 256 273 290 307 324 341
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Eduventures’ Analysis
Overall, the findings demonstrate that
teaching candidates are proficient, if not
exemplary on their pedagogical content
knowledge, professional and pedagogical
knowledge, student learning skills, and
professional dispositions. Candidates were
also satisfied with their overall
programmatic GTEP experience. According
to candidates, PSU’s GTEP program overall
has provided an inclusive environment.
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Eduventures’ Analysis
Candidates were rated most highly in
their professionalism, and more
specifically in the honesty and integrity
that they exhibited. Candidates were
rated lower on their analyzing researchbased curricula, their technology
integration, reflection, and leadership. In
student teaching experiences, candidates
exhibited improvement from the midterm
to the end of the student teaching
experience, and from the first to second
student teaching experience.
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What We’ve Learned
Need to improve:
 Instructional use of
technology
 Better coordination of
information to students
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Priority
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Improve the use of
technology for instruction,
assessment, and scholarship
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Instruction
•Approximately $35,000 from OIT Student
Tech Fee money and money from the GSE
for new or replacement equipment
•New equipment available for faculty and
students to check out
•Laptops for faculty office and field work
•Portable wireless laptop labs for
classroom use
•Upgrade of all GSE classrooms to include
built-in technology
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Scholarship
• Web access to the MISL catalog
• Improvements to access and
organization of shared network
files for collaboration
• Improved navigation and
content on the GSE web site
• Updated research software in
MISL
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Assessment
• Use of Tk20 to collect and
share data from
assignments, surveys and
field experiences
• Creation of electronic
document room for TSPC
and NCATE visits
• Improvements in navigation
and content on the GSE
web site based on feedback
from faculty, staff and
students
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Priority
Build the research
infrastructure to support
faculty and student research
Micki Caskey
Hanoch Livneh
Ann Fullerton
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Supporting GSE Research
Two full-time employees to help write
proposals and manage grants.
Appointed a Director of Research.
Start-up grants for new faculty.
Five small grants to support faculty
research and proposal writing.
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Seeking external funding
Submitted 22 external
proposals.
•17 have been
reviewed,
•6 are still pending
review
•7 were not funded
•Out of the 17 that
have been reviewed,
•10 were funded for a
total of more than $3.6
million over a five-year
period
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GSE Funded Research Expenditures:
Grants and Contracts
2050
2000
1950
1900
1850
1800
1750
1700
1650
1600
2002
Reported in 1000s.
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
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Collaborative program combines
students, family, school, home
Roberto has
Down
syndrome and
hearing
impairment.
Ruth Falco’s Collaborative Professional Education Project to
provide collaborative interdisciplinary services for children with
significant multiple disabilities.
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New technology study focuses
on braille literacy for early
childhood
James Bickford
project, “Technology
for Early Childhood
Braille Literacy”.
Graduate School of Education
Carnegie Grant
Dr. Sue Lenski, PI
Redesign the teacher
preparation and initial
teaching experience of
math and science
teachers in PPS in order
to promote adolescent
reading comprehension
in math and science.
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Priority
Create a more student
friendly place and better
market our programs
Priority
Better communicate to
constituents and
friends the value of the
work we do
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Improvements
•
•
•
•
•
Web site
Newsletters
Annual report
Brochures
Environment
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Annual harvest festival
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GSE Use of Gifts: Sampling from 2007-2008
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•
•
Scholarships
Technology in our classrooms
Math/science educational technology
Special education materials
Conference attendance by students
presenting work
Early childhood education workshops for
Head Start parents
Learning gardens curriculum development
Transcribe research data
Additions to book collections
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Philanthropic Fundraising
• Scholarships
• Professorships
• Programs: enhance resources &
support best practice research
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Projects: like the resources we have obtained for
math and science teachers—thank you Boeing, Intel
and Vernier
Professorships: Educational Administration,
Math and Science, Environmental Education
Graduate School of Education
The top 1997 graduate of
Ridgefield High
•three bachelor’s degrees
from the University of
Washington in physics,
astronomy, and philosophy
•minor in applied
mathematics
•master’s in physics from PSU
•Postsecondary, Adult, and
Continuing Education (PACE)
•Ph.D. student at Stanford
•
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Bryan Henderson
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Elizabeth Oldham
GTEP student Elizabeth (Liz)
Oldham, a Reynolds High
School valedictorian, won
the PSU Presidential
scholarship consisting of
five years full paid tuition.
She majored and excelled in
both theater arts and
English while battling a
serious heart condition.
Graduate School of Education
Special Education
graduate Kriss Rita has
found her ideal position
at the Centennial
Transition Center. Ms.
Rita, who has a degree
in social work, enrolled
in the GSE Special
Educator licensure
program with the goal of
working in schools.
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Kriss Rita
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“I look forward to the opportunity
to make a positive difference in a
child’s life!”
Alejandro Alvarez
Recipient of the Phyllis Edmundson Honorary Scholarship
GTEP
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“It is a privilege and a joy serving as a high
school librarian. I love placing books into the
hands of students, teaching information literacy
skills and library skills.”
Julie Handyside
Library Media
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“The future of education will depend on
educators who teach to learn, and who are
willing to continue to learn themselves.
These values have been modeled
repeatedly in the instructors I have had the
great fortune of working with in my
graduate program.”
Nathaniel Messer
Recipient of a GSE Scholarship
Secondary Dual Educator Program
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“In my classroom, I will work to expand students’
imagination and give them permission to use it. It
is neither the right notes nor the difficult passages
that create beauty; it is but the feeling in their
heart that makes the music sing”.
Anna C. Trobaugh
Recipient of a Janette Drew Scholarship
GTEP
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Graduate School of Education
PSU Graduate
School of
Education
State of the School
presentation and
Annual Report
September 2008
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