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College of Education Strategic Plan Contents 3 4 VISION, MISSION AND ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS 5 THE CHALLENGE 6 GOAL 1 INTELLECTUAL CLIMATE 7 GOAL 2 INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS 8 GOAL 3 RESOURCE GENERATION 9 GOAL 4 STUDENT SUCCESS 10 COLLEGE OF EDUCATION MILESTONES CEd Strategic Plan 1
"WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US AS WE REFORM EDUCATION AND TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT AGGIES DO!" The College of Education's strategic plan provides a concrete road map for faculty, staff and students as we move into the 21st century. Our revised vision and mission position the college to impact education on a local, state, national and international level. Our focus on recruiting and retaining high quality candidates into our undergraduate and graduate degree programs, designing responsive curricula that produce leaders in educational and human service arena, and developing faculty and staff who support an innovative and intellectually stimulating environment are at the core of our strategic plan. We invite you to join us as we reform education and transform communities, because that is what Aggies Do! DR. ANTHONY GRAHAM PROFESSOR AND DEAN CEd Strategic Plan 2
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Vision The College of Education will become a recognized national leader in the advancement of research and practice on equity, access and advocacy through the preparation of scholars, practitioners and innovators. Mission The mission of the College of Education is to prepare educational and human service leaders who create, use and share knowledge on equity, access and advocacy in local, state, national and global communities. CEd Strategic Plan 3
Because of the recent academic restructuring, the College of Education has reorganized its academic degree programs to respond to and advance the educational and community needs in the 21st century. The new academic departments in the college are as follows: A D M I N I S T R A T I O N A N D I N S T R U C T I O N A L S E R V I C E S COLLEGE OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS A C A D E M I C R E O R G A N I Z A T I O N This department houses the undergraduate program in Speech and Speech Pathology and the graduate programs in Master of School Administration, Reading Education and Instructional Technology. C O U N S E L I N G This department comprises master's programs in Rehabilitation, School and Mental Health Counseling as well as the doctoral program in Rehabilitation Counseling and Rehabilitation Counselor Education. E D U C A T O R P R E P A R A T I O N This department oversees degree programs leading to licensure, including the undergraduate degree programs in Birthto Kindergarten and Elementary Education and the Master of Arts in Education in Elementary Education. This department also provides governance to all concentrations of the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program, which includes Birth to Kindergarten, Business Education, Elementary Education, Secondary Education (Biology, Chemistry, English, History, Mathematics), Special Education and Technology Education. L E A D E R S H I P S T U D I E S A N D A D U L T E D U C A T I O N This department houses the graduate Adult Education program and the interdisciplinary doctoral program in Leadership Studies. CEd Strategic Plan 4
THE CHALLENGE Competency based education and assessments of learning outcomes have become the mark for determining institutional effectiveness. Additionally, the emergence of for profit learning institutions stands to redefine the delivery of education across the globe. The basis of our strategic plan addresses this reality and provides the platform to integrate research, teaching, and service within a technology rich environment. The College of Education (CEd) will strengthen its commitment to prepare exemplary educators and human service professionals within four distinct departments: Administration and Instructional Services, Counseling, Educator Preparation, and Leadership Studies and Adult Education. The Office of Student Support Services provides supplemental resources for all undergraduate candidates with special emphasis on undergraduate teacher education candidates. Candidates will engage with discipline specific faculty who provide learning environments for the cultivation of ideas and application of gained knowledge. The expansion of graduate program offerings will further facilitate specialized knowledge and skills, acquisition of employment and strong alumni activism. CEd strength Strategic Plan pg.35
GOAL 1 INTELLECTUAL CLIMATE We will create and transform workspace to provide a creative and intellectually stimulating learning environment that encourages social interaction among students. We will intentionally explore ways to promote student teacher engagement. We acknowledge the ever changing needs of our students and will be highly responsive with regard to our instructional techniques to accommodate the 21st century learner. We will increase faculty and consider the influx of adult learners in undergraduate and graduate programs. Through signature programs, we will enhance standards of excellence with constant review and alignment of our programs with consideration of the needs of our current and future students. Thus, we must provide interdisciplinary courses to enhance content, utilizing available faculty to model what currently occurs in practical settings. Strategic Priority: Ensure standards of excellence across academic units. 1) Provide a dynamic learning environment aligned with differentiated learning approaches and innovation. 2) Create signature programs that intertwine research, teaching and service. 3) Grow and support graduate programs 4) Strengthen and enhance programs that provide students with relevant global experiences. CEd Strategic Plan 6
GOAL 2 INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS We will enhance the quality of education across all departments and address resources, programs and services needed to achieve our goals. Achieving high standards as defined by various accrediting agencies has inspired clearly defined educational objectives consistent with CEd's mission and degree offerings. The CEd will remain committed to recruiting, retaining, and graduating high achieving undergraduate and graduate students in an effort to support the goal of student centeredness. Student centeredness is the driving force behind decisionmaking, leading to optimal learning experiences. Additionally, student centeredness leads to the commitment of resources to the faculty, staff, and students to support a culture of professional and personal growth and development. This culture includes the implementation of policies and processes that support accountability that is clearly defined and measurable. Strategic Priority: Cultivate and grow highly motivated professionals 1) Redefine the management structure to improve the work environment. 2) Revamp the promotion, tenure and evaluation process. 3) Increase the level of faculty, staff and student growth and development. 4) Establish and implement policies and procedures to create a culture of accountability. CEd Strategic Plan 7
GOAL 3 RESOURCE GENERATION The CEd will continue to develop an infrastructure that ensures the sustainability of resources and strategic partnerships that support programs, curricula, enrichment opportunities and global reach. Generating resources is critical to the stimulation of innovative scholarship, meaningful outreach and engagement, global impact and creative exchange. The key elements for producing a resource rich environment are evident in faculty and students' collaborative research, engagement and outreach, and entrepreneurial spirit. The college will expand its role as the epicenter of intellectual enterprise. Achieving these goals requires engagement and internal and external partners in ways the reflect the college's emphasis on resource generation to create innovative 21st century environments. We will strategically strengthen relationships with current students, families and alumni as well as expand partnerships with foundations, agencies, businesses and corporations. Strategic Priority: Build sustainability 1) Partner with the development and alumni affairs office. 2) Cultivate strategic partners and engage in a challenging array of educational opportunities. 3) Create funding packages and scholarships for high quality students. 4) Build relationships with alumni and friends that will improve annual giving and lead to major gifts. CEd Strategic Plan 8
GOAL 4 STUDENT SUCCESS We will enhance student success through transformative degree programs whose curricula are responsive to contemporary learners. We will form partnerships among stakeholders and key external partners to guide the development of programs that are both responsive to the evolving needs of the student and the requirements of the workplace as well as effective in developing respected educators and health service professionals. Competency based standards will encourage the immigration of second career adult and community college learners entering CEd degree programs. A primary focus will be guiding students in a progression of professional development for the chosen discipline throughout the matriculation of their degree program. We will allocate resources to support the delivery of quality, innovative instruction, and we will continuously assess student learning to ensure the production of educational and human service professional leaders who operate with a lens of equity, access and advocacy. Strategic Priority: Increase the level of credentialing 1) Redesign student educational experiences to enhance learning, professional development and social engagement. 2) Improve student support activities through improved advising and mentoring. 3) Develop strategic partnerships that enhance the quality of academic initiatives and programs. 4) Strengthen learning programs and instruction. CEd Strategic Plan 9
College of Education Milestones Although the college's strategic plan is new, administrators, faculty and staff have made significant progress toward achieving its goals. 01 83% FIRST TO SECOND YEAR STUDENT RETENTION RATE The first to second year retention rate for undergraduate students in the Speech and Speech Pathology program is 85 percent, and the first to second year rate in the Elementary Education program is 81 percent. 02 FACULTY HAVE PROCURED $8.15 MILLION IN GRANTS Faculty in the college's educator preparation programs have been awarded several grants totaling approximately $8.15 million since July 2015. These awards include grant projects supported by the United States Department of Education and the National Science Foundation to increase the number of K 12 classroom teachers in high need disciplines such as science, technology, mathematics and special education for hard to staff school districts. 03 STATE AND NATIONAL RANKINGS The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) ranked the College of Education No. 4 in North Carolina as a Best Value college of education. Graduateprograms.com ranked the Adult Education program in its Top 15 graduate degrees in the nation. CEd Strategic Plan 10
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