2008 Woodie Awards
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Issue date: 3/22/06 Section: News
Academic Senate
The Academic Senate will meet Thurs., Mar. 23, from 3:00-5:00 p.m. in the University Commons. This is a public meeting.
Chancellor's office releases teacher preparedness report
The Chancellor's Office recently released the fifth-annual teacher evaluation of the CSU's Teacher Preparedness Program.
The survey-done by the Chancellor's office-found that 96 percent of CSU graduates who have received teaching credentials since 2000 were teaching within their first year of graduation. The study showed that 92 percent had full-time positions, while the remaining four percent were teaching part-time. Many of the part-time teachers served as substitute teachers while applying for full-time positions.
The annual evaluation consisted of a survey of K-12 classroom teachers who had completed their credential preparation at CSU campuses during the 1999-2004 academic years, and included 12,760 beginning teachers and school supervisors.
It is an effort by the Chancellor's office to remain accountable to the public about how well the CSU campuses are preparing teachers to teach elementary, middle and high schools.
Among the evaluation's findings were:
?In grades K-8, 83 percent of CSU teacher graduates were prepared to teach California's K-8 reading standards, according to school principals.
?In grades 7-12, 90 percent of CSU teachers were prepared to teach California high school curriculum standards in their major subjects, according to their academic supervisors.
?94 percent of CSU English and math teachers were evaluated as prepared in these subjects, according to their supervisors who were chairs of English and math departments.
?CSU math teachers are particularly well prepared in algebra and geometry, the subjects that all students must learn to be productive in an increasingly global economy.
?CSU English teachers are especially well prepared in reading, vocabulary, and composition, in which all students must be proficient in order to succeed at all schooling levels.
The Academic Senate will meet Thurs., Mar. 23, from 3:00-5:00 p.m. in the University Commons. This is a public meeting.
Chancellor's office releases teacher preparedness report
The Chancellor's Office recently released the fifth-annual teacher evaluation of the CSU's Teacher Preparedness Program.
The survey-done by the Chancellor's office-found that 96 percent of CSU graduates who have received teaching credentials since 2000 were teaching within their first year of graduation. The study showed that 92 percent had full-time positions, while the remaining four percent were teaching part-time. Many of the part-time teachers served as substitute teachers while applying for full-time positions.
The annual evaluation consisted of a survey of K-12 classroom teachers who had completed their credential preparation at CSU campuses during the 1999-2004 academic years, and included 12,760 beginning teachers and school supervisors.
It is an effort by the Chancellor's office to remain accountable to the public about how well the CSU campuses are preparing teachers to teach elementary, middle and high schools.
Among the evaluation's findings were:
?In grades K-8, 83 percent of CSU teacher graduates were prepared to teach California's K-8 reading standards, according to school principals.
?In grades 7-12, 90 percent of CSU teachers were prepared to teach California high school curriculum standards in their major subjects, according to their academic supervisors.
?94 percent of CSU English and math teachers were evaluated as prepared in these subjects, according to their supervisors who were chairs of English and math departments.
?CSU math teachers are particularly well prepared in algebra and geometry, the subjects that all students must learn to be productive in an increasingly global economy.
?CSU English teachers are especially well prepared in reading, vocabulary, and composition, in which all students must be proficient in order to succeed at all schooling levels.