Teachers for A New Era Neag School of Education

Teacher Preparation Program’sFall 2008 Common Entry

Survey Results

Teachers for A New Era (TNE)Teacher Education Assessment

Committee

Burcu KaniskanMary E. Yakimowski

March 17, 2009

OverviewOverview

• Purpose

• Key Research Questions

• Results

• Recommendations

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PurposePurpose

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 plans3

Key Research QuestionsKey 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

SampleSample

The present analysis included :

77 juniors from the IB/M program,

13 from the Music Education program, and

1 student from the TCPCG program.

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Demographic Information N %

N

%

Gender current previous

Female 71 78.90 97.0 90.70Male 19 21.11 10.0 9.30

Race and/or EthnicityBlack or African American 2 2.20 3.0 2.80 White or Caucasian 85 94.40 94.0 87.90Multiple Ethnicity or Other 3 3.30 10.0 9.34

Age23 1 1.11 13.0 12.2 22 1 1.11 18.0 16.8 21 25 27.78 76.0 71.0 20 61 67.78 0.0 0.0 19 2 2.22 0.0 0.0

Primary language spokenEnglish 88 97.78 100.0 93.5 French 1 1.11 0.0 0.0 Other 1 1.11 3.0 2.8

Highest level of education of parents

Current Mother

Prev.mother

Current Father

Prev.father

N % N % N % N %

Some elementary school 0.0 0.00 2.0 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

some high school 0.0 0.00 4.0 3.7 1.0 1.12 2.0 1.9

completed high school 17.0 18.89 20.0 18.7 13.0 14.61 19.0 17.8

some jun. comm. college 3.0 3.33 5.0 4.7 6.0 6.74 5.0 4.7

completed jun. comm. Col. 7.0 7.78 7.0 6.5 7.0 7.87 5.0 4.7

some college 14.0 15.56 14.0 13.1 10.0 11.24 10.0 9.3

completed college 26.0 28.89 35.0 32.7 31.0 34.83 33.0 30.8

some graduate school 1.0 1.11 4.0 3.7 2.0 2.25 6.0 5.6

completed grad. school 22.0 24.44 16 15.0 19.0 21.35 27.0 25.2

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High School Type

N cur. % cur. N prev % prev.

Charter/magnet 1 1.1 0 0.0private (non-religious) 1 1.1 0 0.0private (religious) 3 3.3 9 8.4public 85 94.4 97 90.7

High School Locationrural 20 22.2 11 10.3suburban 64 71.1 90 84.1urban 6 6.7 6 5.6

High School SESLow SES 4 4.4 3 2.8Middle SES 66 73.3 85 79.4High SES 20 22.2 19 17.8

High Sch. Ethnic Composition Primarily students of color 2 2.2 2 1.9A mix of both students 22 24.4 40 26.2Primarily White students 66 73.3 77 72.0

High School Achv. LevelA low achieving school 3 3.3 2 1.9An aver. achieving sch. 32 35.6 40 37.4A high achieving school 55 61.1 65 60.7

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current

N %

Previous N %

Early childhood 12 13.3 11 10.3

Elementary school 54 60.0 57 53.3

Middle school 27 30.0 21 19.6

High school 45 50.0 54 50.5

Level of Focus in the Program *

* More than one choice was allowed

Subject specialties Cur.N

Cur.%

Prev.N

Prev.%

Bilingual; ESL 1.0 1.1 2.0 1.9

English 25.0 27.8 38.0 35.5Foreign Language 0.0 0.0 4.0 3.7Math 18.0 20.0 31.0 29.0Music 14.0 15.6 0.0 0.0

Science 10.0 11.1 12.0 11.2Special Education 7.0 7.8 13.0 12.1Social studies 18.0 20.0 20.0 18.7Agricultural Education 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.9

Other 1.0 1.1 3.0 2.8

Subject Specialties Planned by Students

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Fields for Students outside of education in which students plan to majorCur.

N

Cur.

%

Arts (e.g., Fine Arts, Drama, Music, Design)6 6.7

Biology 2 2.2

English (e.g., English Literature or Composition) 8 8.9

Mathematics (e.g., Statistics) 4 4.4

Other Humanities (e.g., History, Philosophy, Religious Studies) 5 5.6

Social Sciences (e.g., Econ, Sociology, Anthr, Political Science) 3 3.3

Business or Professional studies (e.g., Agriculture, Architecture, Law)Ethnic or Global Studies (e.g., African-Amer or Latin-American Studies)ChemistryEngineering or Computer ScienceForeign LanguagesGeology or Earth ScienceGeneral Studies or Other Interdisciplinary Studies (e.g., Family Studies)PhysicsPsychology

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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, 37 34.6

Psychology 2 1.9

Social Sciences (e.g., Econ, Sociology, Pol. Science) 5 4.7

BiologyBusiness or Professional studies (e.g., Agricul, Architect, Law)ChemistryEngineering or Computer ScienceEthnic or Global Studies (e.g., Afr.-Amer or Latin-Ame. studyGeology or Earth ScienceGeneral 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 0 4 62515 1

5.6 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 3.7 5.623.414.0 0.9

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Fields for Students outside of education in which students plan to minor cur.

N

cur.

%

Arts (e.g., Fine Arts, Drama, Music, Design)1.0 1.1

Biology 0.0 0.0

English (e.g., English Literature or Composition) 3.0 3.3

Mathematics (e.g., Statistics) 0.0 0.0

Other Humanities (e.g., History, Philosophy, Religious Studies) 0.0 0.0

Social Sciences (e.g., Econ, Sociology, Anthr, Political Science) 4.0 4.4

Business or Professional studies (e.g., Agriculture, Architecture, Law)Ethnic or Global Studies (e.g., African-Amer or Latin-American Studies)ChemistryEngineering or Computer ScienceForeign LanguagesGeology or Earth ScienceGeneral Studies or Other Interdisciplinary Studies (e.g., Family Studies)PhysicsPsychology

0.00.00.00.01.00.00.00.04.0

0.00.00.00.01.10.00.00.04.4

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Descriptive Statistics of student’s self efficacy measures (1>5) Cur. M Cur. SD

1. Provide stimulating lessons for students 3.20 0.842. Motivate students to participate in academic tasks 3.40 0.763. Change the way to present material … accommodate all students 3.19 0.894. Create learning experiences that are meaningful to students 3.43 0.775. Know what procedures to follow if … disabled 2.61 1.116. Implement a variety of teaching strategies to … non native English 2.19 0.967. Teach even the most challenging students 2.66 0.968. Effectively address classroom management issues 3.31 0.849. Get along well with students who struggle with behavioral issues 3.26 0.8610. Facilitate learning for all of your students 3.37 0.7611. Adapt curriculum to accommodate individual differences 3.20 0.9712. Develop a strong rapport with your students 3.97 0.7313. Teach students with different cultural backgrounds from your own 3.70 0.7614. Integrate educational technology into your lessons 3.09 0.9815. Effectively teach special education students 2.77 1.1016. Respect cultural backgrounds different from your own 4.30 0.8117. Use effective classroom assessment strategies 3.39 0.8818. Use formalized assessment results 2.91 0.9119. Develop a strong rapport with parents of your students 3.51 0.9120. Use computers effectively in the classroom 3.41 0.9221. Help your students better learn to use technology 3.24 1.0422. Know all the content 3.64 0.99

AVERAGE

3.26 0.90

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Having a positive personal relationship with your students

Cur.

N

Cur. % Prev.

N

Prev. %

1 45 50.0 26 24.32 24 26.7 34 31.83 20 22.2 47 43.9

Helping your students learn the required content

1 33 36.7 29 27.12 32 35.6 41 38.33 24 26.7 37 34.9

Motivating your students to be engaged in school

1 60 66.7 52 48.62 14 15.6 32 29.93 15 16.7 23 21.5

Priorities Identified-IStudents 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).

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Cur. N Cur. % Prev. N Prev. % Ability to establish rapport with students (- your strongest skills /qualities as an educator; 5 – their least strong skills/qualities as an educator

1 43.0 47.8 53.0 49.52 25.0 27.8 20.0 18.73 13.0 14.4 16.0 15.04 6.0 6.7 8.0 7.55 3.0 3.3 10.0 9.3

Classroom management skills 1 10.0 11.1 14.0 13.12 23.0 25.6 26.0 24.33 32.0 35.6 24.0 22.44 16.0 17.8 25.0 23.45 9.0 10.0 18.0 16.8

Command of content knowledge 1 17.0 18.9 25.0 23.42 26.0 28.9 22.0 20.63 26.0 28.9 28.0 26.24 13.0 14.4 13.0 12.15 8.0 8.9 19.0 17.8

Lesson planning skills 1 11.0 12.2 NA NA2 27.0 30.0 NA NA3 18.0 20.0 NA NA4 15.0 16.7 NA NA5 18.0 20.0 NA NA

Lesson implementation skills 

1 8.0 8.9 3.0 2.82 23.0 25.6 18.0 16.83 20.0 22.2 21.0 19.64 20.0 22.2 33.0 30.85 19.0 21.1 32.0 29.9

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Cur.N

Cur%

Prev. N Prev. %

Location Rural 9.0 10.0 13.0 12.1

Suburban 62.0 68.9 73.0 68.2

Urban 17.0 18.9 21.0 19.6

SES Low SES 14.0 15.6 19.0 17.8

Middle SES 67.0 74.4 79.0 73.8

High SES 8.0 8.9 9.0 8.4

Ethnicity Primarily students of color 9.0 10.0 11.0 10.3

A mix of both students 71.0 78.9 77.0 72.0

Primarily white students 9.0 10.0 19.0 17.8

Achievement Lev.

A low achieving school 8.0 8.9 7.0 6.5

An average achieving school 40.0 44.4 54.0 50.5

A high achieving school 40.0 44.4 46.0 43.0

Schools they most like to teach

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Cur. N Cur % Prev. N Prev. %

Location Rural 14 15.6 6 5.6

Suburban 56 62.2 83 77.6Urban 19 21.1 18 16.8

SES Low SES 16 17.8 15 14.0Middle SES 68 75.6 83 77.6High SES 5 5.6 9 8.4

Ethnicity Primarily students of color

7 7.8 8 7.5

A mix of both students

53 58.9 62 57.9

Primarily white students

29 32.2 37 34.6

Achievement Lev.

A low achieving school

12 13.3 6 5.6

An average achieving school

59 65.6 79 73.8

A high achieving school

18 20.0 22 20.6

School the participants think they will actually end up teaching for the majority of their career

Recommendations

Based on these results, the following are our recommendations regarding the administration of this survey:

1) Continue to administer2) Administer factor analysis on self-efficacy3) 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

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Teachers for A New Era Neag School of Education

Teacher Preparation Program’sFall 2008 CommonEntry

Survey Results