A case study of completer impacts has begun. The first results were available in summer 2022.
Effectiveness ratings provided by public school administrators in Michigan for the 2021-2022 academic year were available for 26 completers who graduated in the past five years. Four (15%) were rated highly effective and 22 (85%) were rated effective. Thus, of completers rated, 100% were rated as effective or highly effective.
The Michigan Department of Education provides an aggregated summary of their student teacher surveys, which are completed by the student teacher, university supervisor, and cooperating teacher. The data for 2021-2022 student teachers is below:
All completers over the past three years were retained in the same position for their second school year as a teacher.
The case study, which is underway, includes an interview with the principal of each completer studied. Early data is available.
Action research projects are completed during student teaching. For the 2021-2022 academic year, ten student teachers completed action research projects that demonstrated an impact on student learning and development. The presentations of the action research projects at the end of student teaching indicate that as completers the candidates will positively impact P-12 learning and development.
Program learning outcomes are assessed in student teaching. A majority of student teachers achieved level three or four (out of four) for all program outcomes in 2021-2022.
The Student Teacher Observation Tool (STOT) is the quantitative tool used for the final student teaching report. On the STOT scale, 3.0 is proficient and 2.0 is emerging. Our goal is for every candidate to be at a proficient level at the end of student teaching. The 2021-2022 completers averaged 3.03 with nearly every student teacher scoring 2.8 or higher as an average for the ten STOT standards.
There were eleven completers in 2021-2022 and we have received confirmation that six are currently employed in a teaching position as of Spring 2023. This is not a final number and this section will be updated as our records are updated. Typically, the employment for graduates has been 100% for those who choose to pursue a teaching career; we have no indication that this pattern has changed.
