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PART I: QUALITATIVE
INFORMATION
(No revisions were made to this section by the department in 2004.)
- Assessment
- Departmental
Assessment Plan
- IBHE Program Review outcome: Next review scheduled for 2003-2004.
- IBHE
Alumni Survey results
- Undergraduate
Student Survey Results: NA
- Accreditation
reports/results: The original Early Childhood Major was
fully accredited by NCATE, the Illinois Board of Higher
Education, and NAEYC. The program was revised and a new
Early Childhood Education Major with Track I and Track
II are being implemented Fall, 2002, to meet new requirements
in response to new standards that NCATE and IBHE have adopted
and new needs as seen by school districts. The revised
program will be assessed in the next accrediting cycle.
- Active
student learning opportunities: Students engage in practica
experiences in a sequence of course work from Pre-K settings
through primary grades. Active student learning opportunities
are associated with faculty-student collaborations with service
such as: Adopt-a-Student; ACEI Mini-courses and workshops such
as Make and Take; RIF (Reading is Fundamental) sponsored by
Kappa Delta Pi. In addition, PT3 grants provide opportunities
for faculty, students, and PK-3 partner schools/centers to
collaborate in active learning. Faculty also serve as Mystery
Readers and participants in other reading activities in the
public schools.
- Strategies
to improve P-16 teaching and learning: PT3 Grants - Technology Enhanced
Teaching Projects in PK-3 Classrooms; Project Parent Power collaboration
with local school districts and ROE #11 resulted in on-going three-year
research project on Family and School Partnerships; Charleston Public
Schools, Mattoon, Various Preschools are utilized for pre-service experiences
but there are not formal partnerships established at this time.
- Collaborative
activities with business/industry: Work with ROE and Continuing
Education to provide workshops and off-campus course offerings;
also consultation for Head Start and various community preschool
sites; Early Childhood Advisory Council - Assisted in the formation
of the program and provide feedback to the program.
- Pass
rates on any professional/ occupational licensure exams:
- Faculty
Achievements: In addition to items on the linked page, faculty in the department consistently receive excellent teaching evaluations, serve on many committees at various levels from the department to international professional organizations, and provide leadership in a variety of community organizations and events.
- Student
Achievements: Two scholarships are specifically for Early Childhood
are awarded. These are the Lottie Leach Leeds;and the Mary
K. Moore Scholarship. Twenty other scholarships are awarded
each year and are not limited to Early Childhood.
PART II: QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION
Early
Childhood Education Data Spreadsheet (Excel)
- Enrollment:
Undergraduate: 135
- Degrees:
Undergraduate: 17
- Student
Major Statistics
- Full-time
students: 124
- Part-time
students: 11
- Diversity:
10
- ACT:
20
- GPA:
3.09
- ECE/ELE/MLE
Faculty Statistics
- Total
faculty headcount: 32
- Total
FTE faculty: 20.97
- Full-time
faculty: 19
- Part-time
faculty: 13
- #
faculty on leave: 2
- Total
tenured/tenure track faculty: 10
- Faculty
break down by rank:
- Professor:
4
- Associate:
1
- Assistant:
5
- Instructor:
22
- #
w/Terminal degrees: 9
- Total
annually-contracted faculty: 9
- #
w/Terminal degrees: 0
- Non-negotiated
part-time faculty: 13
- Gender:
25 males, 7 females
- Diversity:
2
- Discipline
cost per credit hour by level: $265.56
- Direct
Cost Per Credit Hour Total: $124.12
- Freshman-Sophomore
Retention Rate: 62%
- Average
Actual Hours to Degree: 151
- Required
Hours to Degree:
- Child and Family Studies: 127-134
- Early Childhood/Special Education: 130-137
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