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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.]
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.

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17 May 2005
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