Angelo State University College of Education Teacher Education Department 2018-2019 end of year report

2018-2019 Goals Increase EC-6 (non-PPR) pass rates to 85% Met – EC-6 – 82% Met – SPED – 100% Met – 4-8 – 100% Increase program enrollment Current enrollment – 680 (Fall of 18 and Spring of 19 total) 2017-2018 enrollment – 686 (Fall of 17 and Spring of 18 total) Increase recruitment activities and visibility Met – True Blue Friday/Discover ASU/Discussions with High Schools/TAFE Review and realign courses and standards Still ongoing

2019-2020 Goals Maintain non-PPR certification pass rates at 90% or higher Increase recruitment activities by 5-7 events and evaluate if the events are truly increasing our enrollment. (Already spoken with CHS, CFC, and SAISD Director of Career and Technical Education about working together next year) Review alignment of program and course standards; Deadline 1: Fall Data Day Increase sophomore to junior retention by 10% (long term goal of 3 years) We will also address the challenges mentioned later

Department Strengths Relationship with students/mentoring Involving students in the community though service and outreach programs Strong group of professors Strong scholarship

Department Challenges Communication – who is going where, when, and why – feedback from these conferences/meetings/TEA Sharing ideas – everyone does great projects, but we don’t always talk about them with each other Having conversations about struggling students – we all help them so much, but we don’t realize they are struggling in other classes as well Recruiting students into teaching

Publications We’ve been pretty busy! Published – 4 Submitted (under review) – 5 Articles in progress – 4

Presentations Reviews Presented this year – 10 Submitted – 5 (Currently under review) Reviews For journals and presentations – 15

Awards/Nominations Grants Presidential Faculty Awards – 3 Rogers Award – 6 Outside Organizations – 1 Grants Faculty Learning Commons – 4 ($10,000) Outside Grants – 1 ($41,000) Faculty Learning Commons – 4 currently under review ($10,000)

Service and Committees Honestly, there was so much here it was too much to put down. We all serve on numerous committees both at the university and in the community. Other Honor student research projects - 2 Student organization sponsors – 4 Teaching in the public schools - 1