| ASSESSMENT PLAN revised 1998-99
Every three years a survey is sent to a random sampling of UNK EDAD Program graduates who
are currently practicing school administrators in Nebraska. Results of the survey are
compiled and examined to determine if there are implicatins for changes in EDAD programs
and services.
Every three years a survey is sent to our
graduates and a directory of all our graduates is published based on the information
received from the survey. |
2000-2001 ASSESSMENT
The triennial survey of educational administration program graduates will be conducted
this fall and involve a random sample of school superintendents and principals who have
assumed those posts within the past five years. Per usual, the EDAD faculty receives
continuous feedback from students on evaluations of classes and instructors and from the
annual April meeting of the EDAD Advisory Committee. |
1999-2000 ASSESSMENT
The triennial survey of educational administration program graduates is scheduled for the
Fall of 2001. In the interim, the EDAD faculty does receive considerable feedback from
student course evaluations and the annual April meeting of the EDAD Advisory Committee. |
1998-99 ASSESSMENT
In the Fall of 1998, surveys ere administered to a random sampling of 46 school
superintendents and 43 school principals who are UNK EDAD graduates and currently
practicing in the state of Nebraska. Companion surveys were sent also to those responsible
for evaluating the job performance of the sampled administrators. Implications for
adjustments in EDAD programs and services are listed as follows:
The feedback from this survey of UNK EDAD
graduates who are currently Nebraska school administrators addresses topics, issues, and
services that are already encompassed in EDAD programs and faculty activities. Hence, any
messages received from the survey data seem to suggest changes in emphasis rather than
dramatic reform. Those changes in emphasis would include:
- Increased field support for practicing
administrators via faculty consultation and participation in administrative workshops
sponsored by NCSA, NASB, PDK, and NASCD.
- Continue to recruit veteran administrators
as adjunct faculty and guest presenters in EDAD classes.
- Redouble faculty efforts to stay abreast
of evolving research and best practices in rural education and convey that knowledge to
practitioners via consultation, department newsletters, and NEBCRESS activities.
- Develop an email list of UNK EDAD grads so
that they might be included in information updates and campus activities of interest.
- Increase emphasis in Specialist and
Masters level classes on teacher evaluation, curriculum organization, and the site-based
management of fiscal issues.
- Apply departmental influence to encourage
more females to pursue secondary administration and the superintendency and to enhance
their acceptance in the field. [Note: Fall 1998 data show that nationally 11% of
superintendents are female and 28% of the principals are female, most being at the
elementary level. In Nebraska, females hold 3& of the public school superintendencies
and 5% of the high school principalships; 4 of the 8 females superintendents are UNK grads
and 3 of the 14 female high school principals are. Females constitute 36% of the 268 UNK
EDAD students, including 37 of the 100 in the Specialist Program.]
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1997-98 ASSESSMENT
No surveys were conducted other than continued monitoring of job placement of program
graduates. |
1996-97 ASSESSMENT
Our budget was decreased so much that we did not have the money to run the surveys;
however, we have continued to obtain the list of the graduates and the professional
education positions they hold in the state. The present report indicates that 34% of
Nebraska administrators are UNK Graduates, which confirms that our graduates are placed in
the field. |
1995-96 ASSESSMENT
Our budget was decreased so much that we did not have the money to run the surveys. |
1994-95 ASSESSMENT
Our budget was decreased so much that we did not have the money to run the surveys. |
1993-94 ASSESSMENT
This survey will be conducted in the fall of 1995. |
