include the addition of practicum courses for secondary majors as well as an additional pedagogy course called Instructional Practices that is typically completed just prior to student teaching. Content preparation remains a strength for our candidates across majors. The extremely low numbers indicating Disagree/Strongly Disagree may be due in part to alternative and emergency certified respondents. The use of technology for managing student data continues to hover around 27% of respondents rating Disagree/Strongly Disagree. We continue to expand candidate exposure to mock gradebook systems and analysis of data in methods courses to address this concern. First Year Teacher Survey Report • Measure 2 (Initial and Advanced): Satisfaction of employers and stakeholder involvement. (R4.2|R5.3| RA4.1) Mentor/Administrator Survey OEQA administers the Mentor/Administrator Survey to mentors/administrators within the state who have hired the EPP’s graduates as first year teachers. The survey is aligned to the InTASC standards and seeks information from mentors/administrators about the EPP’s program completer preparedness and overall satisfaction with the SWOSU Department of Education graduates. The survey uses a Likert rating scale of 1 – 4 with 1=Strongly Disagree; 2=Disagree; 3=Agree; 4=Strongly Agree to each of the statements. 2020-2021 Mentor/Administrator Survey Analysis The FYT Mentor/Administrator survey shows high ratings of FYTs by mentors across all areas. Q1, The Learner and Learning, mean of means is a 3.46 on the Likert scale. This is slightly higher (.13) than FYTs rated themselves. Ratings of Agree/Strongly Agree are well above 90% for all six sub-questions under this area. In fact, only 1 rater scored a candidate below this level. The ability to design and implement developmentally appropriate and challenging learning experiences (#3) was the highest rated at 96.43%. This is in contrast to the area being lowest scored by FYTs. This trend continues with regard to Q2, Content, with a mean of means at 3.40 on the Likert scale. All four sub-questions are again rated well above the 90% for agree/strongly agree level with only one rater scoring one candidate below that level. Again, without disaggregated data to determine pathway to certification, it is impossible to provide focus to any particular program or sub-area with the data provided. Q3, Instructional Practice, has a mean of means of 3.46 indicating strong feelings of preparation in pedagogy and classroom management practices. The survey indicates well above 90% Agree/Strongly Agree in all seven sub-questions. Sub-question one dealing with multiple methods of assessment, sub-question 5 regarding understanding and using a variety of instructional
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