第一部分，机构和教育者准备计划背景信息
1一个。 制度背景
太阳城集团官方网站 is Nebraska’s oldest college, founded in 1867, the year Nebraska became a state. The College was originally formed as the Nebraska State Normal School and was the third teacher education institution west of the Missouri River. Over its long history, 太阳城集团官方网站 has undergone program restructuring, name changes, and changes in governance. It has evolved from a normal school to a Carnegie Classification of Master’s Colleges and Universities (larger graduate programs) institution. However, two characteristics have remained constant: the beautiful campus setting at the edge of the rolling Missouri River bluffs and the College’s commitment to offering high quality, affordable education to every high school graduate with a desire to attend.
太阳城集团官方网站 is a member institution of the Nebraska State College System and governed by the Nebraska State College Board of Trustees. Other member institutions are Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska, and Chadron State College in Chadron, Nebraska. The Board of Trustees has seven members, six of whom are appointed by the Governor of Nebraska to six-year terms with legislative approval. The Nebraska Commissioner of Education serves as an ex officio member. The Governor also appoints annually a nonvoting student board member from each of the three state colleges. The mission of 太阳城集团官方网站 is to provide students of all backgrounds access to engaging educational experiences to strengthen and enrich communities in Nebraska and throughout the world. 太阳城集团官方网站 is an open enrollment campus with approximately 1,600 students coming from diverse races, ethnicities, and backgrounds.
The mission of the 太阳城集团官方网站 教育学院 is to develop exemplary professionals dedicated to excellence in teaching and learning in the state of Nebraska and beyond. A strong emphasis is placed on a commitment to a culture of evidence that embeds, creates, and informs relevant coursework in content and pedagogy with diverse field experiences and mutually beneficial P-12 school and community partnerships to support the continual growth of Teacher Candidates. Faculty provide support for Teacher Candidates as they develop and nurture personal teaching identities based on their knowledge, skills, and dispositions, and use these to become reflective practitioners, wise decision- makers, and teacher leaders who promote student achievement.
At 太阳城集团官方网站, our mission is based upon the premise that each person has unique potential to be enhanced by his or her educational experiences. Therefore, as educators we acknowledge our role in this enhancement, our own responsibility to be reflective practitioners: persons grounded in a knowledge of the past, respectful and cognizant of the present cultural context in which we live, and highly aware of a future that requires adaptability and critical thinking skills. Our conceptual framework has long acknowledged the belief that our teacher candidates should be wise decision-makers.
The EPP has a long tradition of developing qualified professional educators who embody
a sense of Pride, Excellence, Resilience, and Unity. The EPP bases its program outcomes on the Interstate Teacher Assessment and
Support Consortium (InTASC) core teaching Standards for the initial endorsements and
the advanced teaching endorsements.
1 b。 支持项目
初始Level-field背书
- 艺术(k - 12)
- 商业、市场营销和信息技术（6-12）
- 幼儿包容性（B-3）
- 基础教育（K-8）
- 健康与体育（PK-12）
- 英语语言艺术（7-12年级）
- 数学(6 - 12)
- 音乐声乐/器乐（K-12）
- 科学(7 - 12)
- 社会科学（7-12）
- 特殊教育（K-12）
初级水平-主体背书
- 生物学(7 - 12)
- 化学(7 - 12)
- 英语(7 - 12)
- 历史(7 - 12)
- 中级教育（5-9年级）
- 英语语言艺术、数学、自然科学和社会科学的核心
- 商业、健康和体育的其他科目选择
- 特殊教育（K-6） （7-12）
初始级-补充背书
- 教练(7 - 12)
- 幼儿教育（PK-3岁）
- 英语作为第二语言（PK-12）
1 c。 自上次审查以来的重大变化
- Added English as a Second Language supplemental endorsement (added on to a subject or field endorsement) implemented.
- Established partnership with ESU 4 and NDE to form the Southeast Nebraska Teacher Academy. 这包括一个1学分的代课教学课程（ED 320）。
- Faculty developed new key assessments in Education courses that better align with CAEP expectations.
- The Instructional Analysis Project (IAP) was revised to enhance the ability of teacher candidates and completers to assess instructional objectives, gather and analyze data, and make changes to instruction based on this information.
- A behavior management course that was proposed as a result of lower means in management skills on the NCPE was created as a one credit workshop for all teacher candidates.
- EPP实施了教育者性格评估（EDA）系统。 Use of this system has formalized professional expectations of teacher candidates and has been an effective tool to help faculty, college supervisors, and cooperating teachers better communicate these expectations. Teacher candidates are introduced to the EDA system as early as freshmen and it is implemented in all core Education courses, at a minimum.
- 根据合作伙伴的意见修订了儿童早期教育计划。
- 所有项目的课程交付都改变了； no upper level Education courses are offered in a fully online format as the majority of students preferred (via course evaluations and exit surveys) face to face and evening hybrid courses (face to face meetings paired with online delivery).
1 d。 预期的项目和/或背书变更
目前，预计背书不会有任何变化。
The EPP is adding a 1-credit hour Behavior Management Seminar to the Education Option in all endorsed areas with the exception of Early Childhood, Special Education, and Coaching.
While the 2021/2022 catalog is currently available for freshman advising, it will not become active until August 1, 2021. A few changes have been made in the coursework for individual endorsements to better meet the learning needs of the future teachers.
构件:
- 连结至 机构使命及宗旨
- 连结至 教育工作者培养计划的使命与概念框架