1. School of Education
5-Year Strategic Plan
Spring 2017

2. School of Education Strategic Plan
Mission
Cultivate a new generation of educators who contribute to a transformational shift in education that ensures all students are adequately prepared to lead successful and productive lives

3. A Historic Opportunity
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A Historic Opportunity
Education is a defining issue of our time, crucial to everything from career opportunity and social mobility to effective democratic citizenship.
The role of teachers and administrators has become critically important, particularly in culturally diverse Orange County.
UCI is poised to become a top 10 School of Education by 2022, coinciding with the 10-year anniversary of the school’s founding.

4. Key Components Growth in faculty and doctoral student enrollment
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Key Components
Growth in faculty and doctoral student enrollment
Revised and expanded educational program design
Six strategic initiatives

5. Faculty Growth 42 senate faculty by 2022 = 4 new faculty/year
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Faculty Growth
42 senate faculty by 2022 = 4 new faculty/year
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education - 37 faculty currently
UCLA Graduate School of Education – 50 faculty currently
30 senate faculty currently, including 3 new hires arriving summer 2017
Brandy Gatlin – special education, Florida State University
Shanyce Campbell – teacher evaluation systems, UNC, Chapel Hill
Elizabeth Pena – speech and language for educationally marginalized students (Hispanic emphasis), University of Texas, Austin

6. Doctoral Student Growth
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Doctoral Student Growth
88 PhD students by 2022
66 PhD students currently
Projected PhD student growth will be accompanied by faculty growth to ensure PhD student/faculty ratio does not fall below 2.0:1
Current PhD student/faculty ratio 2.3:1

7. Educational Program Revisions
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Educational Program Revisions
Nation’s first undergraduate Educational Science degree – current enrollment 871 students
New program to increase community college student flows into CALTeach for STEM teaching credentials
Pilot program to prepare teacher candidates in Computer Science instruction (Funded by Google)
4 new Masters-level programs:
Instructional leadership
Learning design technology
International education
Higher education administration
US News & World Report Rankings
Top 25 Education School 2017
Top 15 Public Education School 2017

8. Strategic Initiative #2 UCI Undergraduate Innovation Model
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Strategic Initiative #2 UCI Undergraduate Innovation Model
Partner with Undergraduate Education and Student Affairs
Research best practices
Provide assessment for continuous improvement
Disseminate results nationally and internationally

9. Strategic Initiative #3 Digital Education and Ed Technology
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Strategic Initiative #3 Digital Education and Ed Technology
Partnership between SOE, Connected Learning Lab, Division for Undergraduate Education and Division for Continuing Education
Study new devices and platforms in education
Emphasis on most vulnerable students – young children and English Language Learners

10. Strategic Initiative #4 Language and Literacy
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Strategic Initiative #4 Language and Literacy
UCI Writing Project teacher symposiums
High-impact cluster hires- six new faculty (led by Carol Connor)
Evidenced-based practices for broad range literacy skills

11. Strategic Initiative #5 Out of School Learning
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Strategic Initiative #5 Out of School Learning
Design of early childhood education, afterschool and summer programs to improve equity
Application of Neuroscience and Cognitive Science to Improve Classroom Teaching and Learning

12. Strategic Initiative #6 International Collaboration
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Strategic Initiative #6 International Collaboration
Proposed Master’s Program in International Education
Faculty and doctoral student exchanges
Global research partnerships targeted for China, South Korea and other sites

13. Strategic Initiative #1 Orange County Community Engagement
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Strategic Initiative #1 Orange County Community Engagement
Applied Research Center for longitudinal data studies
Instructional Improvement Academy
K-12 Partnership Program with local schools

14. School of Education Strategic Plan
Why Orange County?
Over half of OC K-12 students participate in the free or reduced price meal program
Over a quarter of OC K-12 students designated as English language learners
Great disparities exist among OC school districts in college readiness

15. School of Education Strategic Plan
Why UCI?
The School of Education has recruited internationally recognized researchers in educational science and has developed extraordinary capacity to make a difference n this area.
UCI has the most diverse student population of any top ranked research university
The School is deeply committed to expanding educational equity and opportunity (e.g., 75% of CalTeach Science and Math graduates choose to teach in a high-needs schools).

16. Why a Focus on Improvement?
Systemic approach to improvement
Broad and diverse network of stakeholders
Deep analysis of problems and their causes
Development of innovative solutions and improvement capacity
Robust testing and data analysis
Applied Research Center for longitudinal data studies

17. Building a System of Teacher Preparation
Requires field sites that provide opportunities for PSTs to:
Develop a vision of ambitious and responsive teaching in context
Enact ambitious and responsive teaching practices for supporting diverse student populations
Leverage community-based resources and knowledge to support student learning

18. RPP for Improving Teaching
Professional development for practicing teachers
Practicing teachers become mentors for PSTs
Provide agency to local actors
Advance research on teaching
Knowledge generated by and for practitioners

19. Discussion Greatest needs in Orange County K-12 local schools
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Discussion
Greatest needs in Orange County K-12 local schools
Next steps