Georgia Professional Standards Commission
Annual Questionnaire of Educator Preparation
2001-2002 Title II Report

Table of Contents:

Section 1 - Institutional Information:

Section 1: Step 1 - Institution and Education Unit - General Information
A. Name of Institution:   KENNESAW STATE UNIVE
B. Location of Institution:  Suburban
C. Congressional District in which Institution is located:  Sixth
D. Type of Institution:  Public
E. Carnegie Classification of your Institution:   Master's
F. Total Number of Full-time Faculty Employed at your Institution:  389
G. Total Number of Part-time Faculty Employed at your Institution:  271
H. Total Number of Adjunct Faculty Employed at your Institution:  0
I. Total Number of Undergraduate Students enrolled at your Institution:  1243
J. Total Number of Graduate Students enrolled at your Institution:  1519
 
Section 1: Step 2 - Institutional Program Information
A. Name of Education Unit:   professional teacher education unit and bagwell college of education
B. Title of the Unit Head:   dean, bagwell college of education
C. Total Number of Full-Time Profession Education Faculty:  57
D. Total Number of Part-Time Profession Education Faculty:  50
E. Total Number of Adjunct Profession Education Faculty:  19
F. Total Number of Students in all Regular Teacher Preparation Programs:  739
G. Total Number of Students in all Alternative Teacher Preparation Programs:  27
H. Total Number of Students in all Education Graduate Programs:  235
I. Total number of Students enrolled in Preparation Programs for Service Fields:  0
J. Total number of Students enrolled in Preparation Programs for Leadership:  0
K. Total number of Students enrolled in Advanced Preparation Programs:  235

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Section 2: Education Programs - General Information, Faculty Composition, Student Composition, Student Teaching Information
A. Types of Education Programs
  1. Levels of Teacher Preparation:
    Initial Preparation - Baccalaureate
Initial Preparation - Certification Program
Initial Preparation - Endorsement
Advanced Preparation - Masters
  2. Levels of Service Preparation:
     
  3. Levels of Leadership Preparation:
    Initial Preparation - Certification Program
B. Current Accreditation/Approval Status
  1. Type of Accreditation/Approval for the Education Unit:  NCATE Unit Approved
  2. Status of Unit Accreditation/Approval:  Accredited-Approved
C. Faculty Composition for the Education Unit
  1. Gender of full-time, part-time, and adjunct faculty in the Education Unit:
    a. Number of male faculty members: 30
    b. Number of female faculty members: 77
  2. Race of full-time, part-time, and adjunct faculty in the Education Unit:
    a. Number of white faculty members: 93
    b. Number of black faculty members: 10
    c. Number of hispanic faculty members: 1
    d. Number of asian faculty members: 3
    e. Number of american indian faculty members: 0
    f. Other: 0  Specify: n/a
  3. Degree Status of faculty in the Education Unit:
    a. Total Number of faculty with terminal degrees in their areas of assignment: 59
    b. Total Number of faculty without terminal degrees in their areas of assignment: 48
D. Student Composition
  Regular Initial Teacher Preparation Program
  1. Regular Program Student Classification:
    a. Total number of seniors in education who are admitted to education: 562
    b. Total number of juniors in education who are admitted to education: 155
    c. Total number of sophmores in education classes who have declared a major or interest in education: 339
    d. Total number of freshman who have declared a major or interest in education: 279
    e. Total number of Master's of Arts (MAT) students admitted to education: 0
  2. Race:
    a. Total number of students who are white: 673
    b. Total number of students who are black: 36
    c. Total number of students who are hispanic: 9
    d. Total number of students who are asian: 9
    e. Total number of students who are american indian: 2
    f. Other: 10  Specify: multi-racial
  3. Gender:
    a. Total number of students who are male: 118
    b. Total number of students who are female: 621
  Alternative Initial Teacher Preparation Program
  1. Race:
    a. Total number of students who are white: 19
    b. Total number of students who are black: 1
    c. Total number of students who are hispanic: 6
    d. Total number of students who are asian: 1
    e. Total number of students who are american indian: 0
    f. Other: 0  Specify: n/a
  2. Gender:
    a. Total number of students who are male: 8
    b. Total number of students who are female: 19
E. Student Teacher Information for 2001 - 2002
  1. List the top Georgia five school systems, in terms of number of student teachers placed and most frequent use, in which your teacher candidates teach.
    Bartow County, Cherokee County, Cobb County, Fulton County, Paulding County
  2. Do you have a partnership collaborative school with any of these school five systems?
    yes
  3. Supervision of Student Teaching:
    a. Total number of students (regular and alternative teacher preparation programs) in supervised student teaching during 2001 - 2002: 339
    b. Total number of students in service programs who received supervision in intership programs: 0
    c. Total number of students in leadership programs who received supervision in intership programs: 0
    d. Total number of all faculty who supervised student teachers in the fall and spring for the 2001 - 2002 program: 49
    e. Total number of supervising faculty (appointed full-time in professional education - who works full-time in an education unit and spends at least part time of the time supervising student teachers): 8
    f. Total number of supervising part-time faculty (appointed part-time in professional education and full-time in the institution): 19
    g. Total number of part-time faculty not otherwise employed by the institution-may be part time university faculty, P-12 teachers (do not include teachers who receive Capstone money): 22
    h. Total number of supervising teachers who receive Capstone funds each year for student teaching: 356
  4. The student faculty ratio for supervising student teachers:
    Ratio (Total number of students in student teaching/total number of supervising faculty): 6.91
  5. Total number of weeks required for student teaching: 15
  6. What is the maximum amount of semester hours of the student teaching period that students teachers spend teaching in the P-12 classroom: 12

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Section 3: Regular Program Information - Students in the Regular Initial Teacher Preparation Program for 2001 - 2002
  1. State of Origin
    a. Total Number of Students from GA:  715
    b. Total Number of Students not from GA: 24
    c. Total Number of Students Attending on HOPE Scholarship Money: 238
  2. Attendance Status:
    a. Percent of full-time students: 69
    b. Percent of part-time students:  31
  3. Admission Policy:
    Min SAT / 1000
Min ACT / 22
Passing Praxis I
Other / n/a
  4. Average Age of Students: 28.2
  5. Academic Profile of the 2001 - 2002 Class of Regular Program Completers:
    a. Average SAT Scores: 1001
    b. Average ACT Scores: 20
    c. Average GPA for entry into teacher education: 3.27
  6. Academic Profile of the 2002 - 2003 Class of Regular Program Completers:
    a. Average SAT Scores: 995.3
    b. Average ACT Scores: 20
    c. Average GPA for entry into teacher education: 3.47
  7. Student Advisement:
    Through Advisement Centers
By Certification Officer
Assigned Faculty Member
  8. Most frequently selected certification field for teacher preparation:
    a. For Females: Early Childhood Education (ECE)
    b. For Males: Broad Field Social Science
  9. Basis for Curriculum Decisions on Content for the Certification Field:
    Alignment with national learned society content standards
Alignment with PSC content specific state standards
Alignment with the Quality Core Curriculum (QCC) guidelines
Alignment with the appropriate Praxis II test objectives
  10. Exit Requirement Policy:
    Other / gpa, completed all required course work


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Section 4: Alternative Program Information - Students in the Alternative Teacher Initial Preparation Program
  1. State of Origin
    a. Total Number of Students from GA:  21
    b. Total Number of Students not from GA: 6
  2. Attendance Status
    a. Percent of full-time students: 0
    b. Percent of part-time students: 100
  3. Admission Policy
    Other / hired by school system and completed appropriate course work
  4. Average Age of Students: 35.8
  5. Academic Profile of the 2001 - 2002 Class of Alternative Program Completers:
    a. Average SAT Scores: 1032
    b. Average ACT Scores: 
    c. Average GPA for entry into teacher education: 3.74
  6. Academic Profile of the 2002 - 2003 Class of Alternative Program Completers:
    a. Average SAT Scores: 1105
    b. Average ACT Scores: 
    c. Average GPA for entry into teacher education: 3.78
  7. Student Advisement:
    Assigned Faculty Member
  8. Most frequently selected certification field for teacher preparation
    a. For Females: Spanish
    b. For Males: Spanish
  9. Basis for Approving Content for the Certification Field:
    Passing of the Praxis II Test Appropriate Field
Completion of a degree in the major or concentration
Analysis of the Student Transcripts
Application of Work Experience
  10. Exit Requirement Policy:
    Other / evaluation of completed academic plan


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Section 5: Advanced Preparation Program Information - Graduate Students in the Advanced Preparation Programs
  1. Average Age of Students: 36.8
  2. Minimum GRE required for Entry: 800
  3. GPA required for Entry: 2.75
  4. Most frequently selected area of study
    a. For Males: Interrelated Special Education
    b. For Females: Interrelated Special Education
  5. Graduate Student Advisement
    By Certification Officer
Assigned Faculty Member
  6. Curriculum Decisions on Content for the Certification Field
    Other
Alignment with national learned society content standards
Alignment with PSC content specific state standards
  7. Exit Policy
    Portfolio Review/Evaluation
Other / degree completion

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Section 6: Collaborative Educational Efforts between Institutions and School Systems
    Collaborative Effort 1
    a. Type: Beginning Teacher Programs
    b. Program Title/Activity:  teacher apprentice program coordinators’ partner group
    c. Source of Funding, if any: 
    d. Names of Lead Faculty:  Dr. Vicki McLain, Ms. Anne Marie Fenton, teachers
    e. Duration of the project: ongoing
    f. Name of School Systems: Atlanta City, Bartow County, Cartersville City, Cherokee County, Cobb County, Dalton City, Fulton County, Gordon County, Marietta City, Paulding County
    g. Brief Description of the Purpose, Nature and Status of Project:
       The purpose of the teacher apprentice coordinators’ partner group is to work collaboratively to support youth apprentice programs in ten local school systems to recruit high quality, diverse high school students for the teaching profession. The group is composed of youth apprentice coordinators from partner school systems and meets approximately three times per year. Currently the group is planning a collaborative “future educators’ on-campus retreat” in which high school students will travel to ksu for a day of activities related to becoming a teacher
    Collaborative Effort 2
    a. Type: Induction Programs
    b. Program Title/Activity:  conference on learning engagement
    c. Source of Funding, if any: 
    d. Names of Lead Faculty:  Dr. Vicki McLain, Ms. Anne Marie Fenton, KSU faculty
    e. Duration of the project: annual
    f. Name of School Systems: Atlanta City, Bartow County, Cartersville City, Cobb County, Dalton City, Fulton County, Gordon County, Marietta City, Paulding County
    g. Brief Description of the Purpose, Nature and Status of Project:
       The purpose of the “students first: engaging all learners” conference is to provide staff development and teacher induction support for teachers in the eleven school systems served by the center. The conference is designed for one day of training for high school teachers, one day for middle school teachers, and one day for elementary school teachers. nine school systems were represented as session leaders, along with KSU faculty. The conference was held in the spring of 2002 with 490 in attendance.
    Collaborative Effort 3
    a. Type: Induction Programs
    b. Program Title/Activity:  conference on learning engagement
    c. Source of Funding, if any: 
    d. Names of Lead Faculty:  Dr. Vicki McLain, Ms. Anne Marie Fenton, KSU faculty
    e. Duration of the project: ongoing
    f. Name of School Systems: Atlanta City, Bartow County, Cartersville City, Cherokee County, Cobb County, Dalton City, Fulton County, Gordon County, Marietta City, Paulding County
    g. Brief Description of the Purpose, Nature and Status of Project:
       The purpose of the “esol” conference is to provide staff development and teacher induction support for teachers in the eleven school systems served by the center. The conference is designed for one day at the ksu center and one day of a similar program in Dalton, Georgia. KSU faculty delivered the conference sessions, along with representatives from two school systems. the conference was held in the spring of 2002 with 381 in attendance.
    Collaborative Effort 4
    a. Type: Professional Development
    b. Program Title/Activity:  KSU Children’s Literature Conference
    c. Source of Funding, if any: Sturgis Library and KSU Foundation
    d. Names of Lead Faculty:  Dr. Pam Cole
    e. Duration of the project: annual event (approximately 15 years)
    f. Name of School Systems: Atlanta City, Bartow County, Cherokee County, Cobb County, Dalton City, Fulton County, Gordon County, Marietta City, Paulding County
    g. Brief Description of the Purpose, Nature and Status of Project:
       This conference is designed for KSU students, faculty, public school teachers, public school students, and other university professors and librarians. Those involved learn innovative reading strategies and become acquainted with literature and authors for children and teens. The project has evolved from a ksu event to a state model
    Collaborative Effort 5
    a. Type: Professional Development
    b. Program Title/Activity:  project winning teams
    c. Source of Funding, if any: governor’s council for developmental disabilities, georgia department of education and the state board of education
    d. Names of Lead Faculty:  Dr. Kent Logan
    e. Duration of the project: three years
    f. Name of School Systems: Bibb County, Brooks County, Catoosa County, Coffee County, Dalton City, DeKalb County, Forsyth County, Houston County, Jones County, Lincoln County, Peach County, Pike County, Thomas County, Toombs County, Turner County, Valdosta City
    g. Brief Description of the Purpose, Nature and Status of Project:
       Project winning team (pwt), a general education accountability initiative, includes all stakeholders within a school working collaboratively to promote systems change supported by project wins services and on-site delivery of the interrelated add-on. Replication by valdosta state university and the university of georgia includes partnering with schools in their region to build capacity to educate an increasingly diverse student population in general settings.
    Evidence
    What evidence do you cite that these collaborative efforts result in positive changes:
       By employing the individualized approach to teacher induction and through our global partnership development with our two teacher conferences, the total number of teachers reached year-to-date may, 2002 is 1,249% over ytd may, 2001. In addition, quantitative and qualitative data are gathered, compiled, and analyzed after each event. Evaluation results by all collaborative partners and participants indicate positive impact as a result of participation. additional evidence is provided in the hard copy of this report.

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