1. Teachers for A New Era Neag School of Education Teacher Preparation Program’s Fall 2008 Common Entry Survey Results Teachers for A New Era (TNE) Teacher Education Assessment Committee Burcu Kaniskan Mary E. Yakimowski March 17, 2009

2. Overview Purpose Key Research Questions Results Recommendations 2

3. Purpose The purpose of this survey is to obtain: Demographic information, Future goals and intentions of the participants in the program Participants’ self efficacy, priority and their perception of their skills on classroom teaching Participants’ future teaching plans 3

4. Key Research Questions What are the students’ demographic background information such as age, gender, ethnicity, primary language spoken at home? What are the goals of participants at Neag School in terms of areas of major, minor and level of focus? How do the participants identified their priorities with regard to as a teacher or their skills as an educator? What are the overall response of students’ self efficacy on classroom teaching? What do students think about they will most likely to teach? 4

5. Sample The present analysis included :  77 juniors from the IB/M program,  13 from the Music Education program, and  1 student from the TCPCG program. 5

6. 6 Demographic Information N %N% Gendercurrentprevious Female7178.90 97.0 90.70 Male1921.11 10.0 9.30 Race and/or Ethnicity Black or African American 2 2.20 3.0 2.80 White or Caucasian8594.40 94.0 87.90 Multiple Ethnicity or Other 3 3.30 10.0 9.34 Age 23 1 1.11 13.0 12.2 22 1 1.11 18.0 16.8 212527.78 76.0 71.0 206167.78 0.0 19 2 2.22 0.0 Primary language spoken English8897.78 100.0 93.5 French 1 1.11 0.0 Other 1 1.11 3.0 2.8

7. Highest level of education of parents Current Mother Prev. mother Current Father Prev. father N% N%N%N% Some elementary school0.00.002.01.90.0 some high school0.00.004.03.71.01.122.01.9 completed high school17.018.8920.018.713.0 14.6119.017.8 some jun. comm. college3.03.335.04.76.06.745.04.7 completed jun. comm. Col.7.07.787.06.57.07.875.04.7 some college14.015.5614.013.110.011.2410.09.3 completed college26.028.8935.032.731.034.8333.030.8 some graduate school1.01.114.03.72.02.256.05.6 completed grad. school22.024.441615.019.021.3527.025.2

8. 8 High School TypeN cur.% cur.N prev% prev. Charter/magnet11.100.0 private (non-religious)11.100.0 private (religious)33.398.4 public8594.49790.7 High School Location rural2022.21110.3 suburban6471.19084.1 urban66.765.6 High School SES Low SES44.432.8 Middle SES6673.38579.4 High SES2022.21917.8 High Sch. Ethnic Composition Primarily students of color22.221.9 A mix of both students2224.44026.2 Primarily White students6673.37772.0 High School Achv. Level A low achieving school33.321.9 An aver. achieving sch.3235.64037.4 A high achieving school5561.16560.7

9. 9 current N % Previous N % Early childhood1213.31110.3 Elementary school5460.05753.3 Middle school2730.02119.6 High school4550.05450.5 Level of Focus in the Program * * More than one choice was allowed

10. Subject specialties Cur. N Cur. % Prev. N Prev. % Bilingual; ESL 1.0 1.1 2.0 1.9 English25.027.838.035.5 Foreign Language 0.0 4.0 3.7 Math18.020.031.029.0 Music14.015.6 0.0 Science10.011.112.011.2 Special Education 7.0 7.813.012.1 Social studies18.020.0 18.7 Agricultural Education 0.0 1.0 0.9 Other 1.0 1.1 3.0 2.8 Subject Specialties Planned by Students

11. 11 Fields for Students outside of education in which students plan to major Cur. N Cur. % Arts (e.g., Fine Arts, Drama, Music, Design) 66.7 Biology22.2 English (e.g., English Literature or Composition)88.9 Mathematics (e.g., Statistics)44.4 Other Humanities (e.g., History, Philosophy, Religious Studies)55.6 Social Sciences (e.g., Econ, Sociology, Anthr, Political Science)33.3 Business or Professional studies (e.g., Agriculture, Architecture, Law) Ethnic or Global Studies (e.g., African-Amer or Latin-American Studies) Chemistry Engineering or Computer Science Foreign Languages Geology or Earth Science General Studies or Other Interdisciplinary Studies (e.g., Family Studies) Physics Psychology 0000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000

12. 12 Fields for Students outside of education in which students plan to major Prev. N Prev. % Arts (e.g., Fine Arts, Drama, Music, Design) 2 1.9 Foreign Languages 6 5.6 English (e.g., English Literature or Composition,3734.6 Psychology 2 1.9 Social Sciences (e.g., Econ, Sociology, Pol. Science) 5 4.7 Biology Business or Professional studies (e.g., Agricul, Architect, Law) Chemistry Engineering or Computer Science Ethnic or Global Studies (e.g., Afr.-Amer or Latin-Ame. study Geology or Earth Science General or Other Interdisciplinary Studies (e.g., Lib./Fam. Study) Mathematics (e.g., Statistics) Other Humanities (e.g., History, Philosophy, Religious Studies) Physics 6 0 1 0 4 6 25 15 1 5.6 0.0 0.9 0.0 3.7 5.6 23.4 14.0 0.9

13. 13 Fields for Students outside of education in which students plan to minor cur. N cur. % Arts (e.g., Fine Arts, Drama, Music, Design) 1.01.1 Biology0.0 English (e.g., English Literature or Composition)3.03.3 Mathematics (e.g., Statistics)0.0 Other Humanities (e.g., History, Philosophy, Religious Studies)0.0 Social Sciences (e.g., Econ, Sociology, Anthr, Political Science)4.04.4 Business or Professional studies (e.g., Agriculture, Architecture, Law) Ethnic or Global Studies (e.g., African-Amer or Latin-American Studies) Chemistry Engineering or Computer Science Foreign Languages Geology or Earth Science General Studies or Other Interdisciplinary Studies (e.g., Family Studies) Physics Psychology 0.0 1.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 1.1 0.0 4.4

14. 14 Descriptive Statistics of student’s self efficacy measures (1>5) Cur. MCur. SD 1. Provide stimulating lessons for students3.200.84 2. Motivate students to participate in academic tasks3.400.76 3. Change the way to present material … accommodate all students3.190.89 4. Create learning experiences that are meaningful to students3.430.77 5. Know what procedures to follow if … disabled2.611.11 6. Implement a variety of teaching strategies to … non native English2.190.96 7. Teach even the most challenging students2.660.96 8. Effectively address classroom management issues3.310.84 9. Get along well with students who struggle with behavioral issues3.260.86 10. Facilitate learning for all of your students3.370.76 11. Adapt curriculum to accommodate individual differences3.200.97 12. Develop a strong rapport with your students3.970.73 13. Teach students with different cultural backgrounds from your own3.700.76 14. Integrate educational technology into your lessons3.090.98 15. Effectively teach special education students2.771.10 16. Respect cultural backgrounds different from your own4.300.81 17. Use effective classroom assessment strategies3.390.88 18. Use formalized assessment results2.910.91 19. Develop a strong rapport with parents of your students3.510.91 20. Use computers effectively in the classroom3.410.92 21. Help your students better learn to use technology3.241.04 22. Know all the content3.640.99 AVERAGE3.260.90

15. 15 Having a positive personal relationship with your students Cur. N Cur. % Prev. N Prev. % 14550.0 2624.3 22426.7 3431.8 32022.2 4743.9 Helping your students learn the required content 13336.7 2927.1 23235.6 4138.3 32426.7 3734.9 Motivating your students to be engaged in school 16066.7 5248.6 21415.6 3229.9 31516.7 2321.5 Priorities Identified-I Students were asked to rank the three statements based on what their most important priority is as a teacher (1 - most important priority; 3 -least important priority).

16. 16 Cur. NCur. %Prev. NPrev. % Ability to establish rapport with students (- your strongest skills /qualities as an educator; 5 – their least strong skills/qualities as an educator 143.047.853.049.5 225.027.820.018.7 313.014.416.015.0 46.06.78.07.5 53.03.310.09.3 Classroom management skills110.011.114.013.1 223.025.626.024.3 332.035.624.022.4 416.017.825.023.4 59.010.018.016.8 Command of content knowledge117.018.925.023.4 226.028.922.020.6 326.028.928.026.2 413.014.413.012.1 58.08.919.017.8 Lesson planning skills111.012.2NA 227.030.0NA 318.020.0NA 415.016.7NA 518.020.0NA Lesson implementation skills 18.08.93.02.8 223.025.618.016.8 320.022.221.019.6 420.022.233.030.8 519.021.132.029.9

17. 17 Cur. N Cur % Prev. N Prev. % Location Rural 9.010.013.012.1 Suburban62.068.973.068.2 Urban17.018.921.019.6 SESLow SES14.015.619.017.8 Middle SES67.074.479.073.8 High SES 8.08.9 9.0 8.4 EthnicityPrimarily students of color 9.010.011.010.3 A mix of both students71.078.977.072.0 Primarily white students 9.010.019.017.8 Achievemen t Lev. A low achieving school 8.08.9 7.0 6.5 An average achieving school40.044.454.050.5 A high achieving school40.044.446.043.0 Schools they most like to teach

18. 18 Cur. NCur %Prev. NPrev. % Location Rural 1415.6 6 5.6 Suburban 5662.2 8377.6 Urban 1921.1 1816.8 SESLow SES 1617.8 1514.0 Middle SES 6875.6 8377.6 High SES 55.6 98.4 Ethnicity Primarily students of color 77.8 87.5 A mix of both students 5358.9 6257.9 Primarily white students 2932.2 3734.6 Achievement Lev. A low achieving school 1213.3 65.6 An average achieving school 5965.6 7973.8 A high achieving school 1820.0 2220.6 School the participants think they will actually end up teaching for the majority of their career

19. Recommendations Based on these results, the following are our recommendations regarding the administration of this survey: 1) Continue to administer 2) Administer factor analysis on self-efficacy 3) Administer the exit survey and compare to the results of entrance surveys 4)Work with teacher education on the areas that recur as “need” areas (i.e., classroom management, lesson planning skills, lesson implementation skills) 5) Chance the name of the survey 19

20. Teachers for A New Era Neag School of Education Teacher Preparation Program’s Fall 2008 CommonEntry Survey Results