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The Teacher Education Admissions Committee (TEAC) is composed of eight persons, four of whom are elected from the Committee on Teacher Education, with the Chair of Undergraduate Teacher Education or the Director of Graduate Teacher Education serving as chair and ex-officio members. By virtue of the position, the field placement coordinator and the assistant director of the Graduate Teacher Education program in Lancaster are automatically appointed to the committee. The function of the Teacher Education Admissions Committee is to admit applicants to: undergraduate teacher education, student teaching, graduate teacher education, and M.A. candidacy on the basis of departmental program criteria.
TEAC usually meets six times a year to process candidates (October, December, March, May, July, and August.) Admission criteria for undergraduate programs are outlined in this handbook. Admission criteria for the graduate teacher education program are outlined in the graduate teacher education handbook. Students are invited to meet with academic advisors in their respective departments programs and their advisors within the teacher education department program if their application is below criteria standards or if they wish to appeal a decision of TEAC.
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Membership is composed of the Assessment Coordinator(s), a representative from the Institutional Research Office, the Director of Undergraduate Teacher Education Program Director, the Director of Graduate Teacher Education, one representative from the teacher education department, one other non-education department member of COTE, and a public school representativeprogram, and consultation with the COTE P-12 representatives as needed. The chair of the Assessment Committee is the Assessment Coordinator of the Educator Preparation Provider (EPP), as an appointed position with departmental program load hours assigned (Refer to QAS manual for further details).
Working Assumptions and Principles
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- QAS Maintenance and Revision: The committee is responsible for maintaining a QAS that is effective and in alignment with CAEP standards. The Committee may review suggestions for improvement of the system from anywhere within the EPP, and may also receive feedback on such proposals from anywhere within the unit. The Assessment Committee references policy proposals with the teacher education department program for information and discussion prior to presentation to COTE for approval. Final proposals for revising the QAS are drafted by the Assessment Committee; such proposals are considered to be a change in policy and, therefore, require the approval of COTE.
- Oversight of the QAS: The Assessment Coordinator, in conjunction with members of the Assessment Committee, provides each level of the EPP with notification of the assessment cycle, assessment instrument(s) to be used, and reporting procedures for the use of data to make decisions. The coordinator/committee provides the appropriate mechanisms for storage and recording of the use of data for decision-making purposes. The Coordinator/Committee may also review data usage reports for trends that may affect the EPP, and/or to determine if data should be shared for further analysis across parts of the EPP. Final responsibility for ensuring that members of the EPP carry out their responsibilities within the QAS rests with the Chair Director of Undergraduate Teacher Education and the Director of Graduate Teacher Education, as a supervisory function.
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The Graduate Education and Action Research (GEAR) Committee manages, assesses and makes policy recommendations regarding the culminating action research process of the graduate teacher education program. In addition, this committee advises the graduate department program on program items under consideration. Recommendations are forwarded to the teacher education department program and to the Committee on Teacher Education. The Director of Graduate Teacher Education chairs the committee serving as an ex-officio member. The Assistant Director of the Lancaster EMU site serves as a standing member. Also, two EMU tenure-track education faculty and one Lancaster action research mentor will serve two-year terms. The remaining three members are appointed by COTE for a two-year term and may include program graduates, school representatives, and action research mentors. The committee meets several times a year and serves the additional purposes of evaluating and updating "A Guide to Action Research Project."
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