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Direct Connection to Policy Area 5 of The Illinois Commitment CADRE (CAreer Development Reinforcing Excellence) Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy What issue or need is addressed by the effective practice? CADRE improves IMSA’s ability to attract, retain, and develop high quality faculty by providing the accountability and collegial support necessary to maintain the highest standards of teaching excellence. The CADRE processes are designed to ensure that IMSA faculty fosters student growth and learning. Through ongoing dialogue about teaching and learning, we create a collaborative laboratory environment and a methodology of professional assessment based upon openness, creativity, and trust. Description of the effective practice: CADRE is the system for professional development, supervision and evaluation of faculty at IMSA. CADRE specifies three progressive contractual relationships between IMSA and its faculty which are characterized by collaborative supervision, mentoring, and instructional facilitation by colleagues, with a focus on teaching and learning. Faculty members who successfully complete both an initial two-year and subsequent three-year contract enter into a renewable, continuing contract. How does this practice achieve sustainability? A standing CADRE committee composed of representative faculty members from all the academic disciplines, chaired by the Principal, and the Director of Curriculum, Assessment, and Research meet on a regular basis to review procedures and contract language. Teachers submit and share a three-year Plan of Professional Growth that demonstrates evidence of deep knowledge of their discipline, thorough understanding of the science and art of teaching, and the abilities to develop learning for understanding. The CADRE documents serve as the faculty member’s employment contract with IMSA. What are the results/measurable outcomes? The CADRE process has a positive impact on classroom teaching as measured by direct observation and student surveys. As a result of CADRE all faculty members receive intensive mentoring and critical advice on their teaching practice from their colleagues as they progress through the first five years of their employment at IMSA. All faculty are required to reflect on their practice in writing and share these reflections with their colleagues and the Principal. Faculty on a continuing contract regularly demonstrate to their peers progress in their personal professional development plans which are, in turn, guided by IMSA’s Expectations for Teachers. The CADRE process also has a positive effect on teacher recruitment and retention. Though faculty salaries have been shown by IBHE to have a mean below high school salaries in the five county Chicago area, IMSA’s faculty has a markedly low turn over of 5.4%. In addition, 29% of faculty is NBPTS certified, a distinction that is encouraged and rewarded by the CADRE process. Contact Information Name: Eric McLaren, Ed.D Email: ericmac@imsa.edu Phone: (630) 907-5000 140
Direct Connection to Policy Area 5 of The Illinois Commitment Career Research and Presentation Project Prairie State College What issue or need is addressed by the effective practice? One factor that contributes to low levels of retention is students’ lack of career focus. Most students who enroll at Prairie State College have no clearly defined career goals: they haven’t completed a career assessment to uncover their personal interests and skills, they lack knowledge of career opportunities and they don’t understand the academic preparation required for the career of their choice. This Career Research and Presentation Project (CRPP) was designed to enhance student retention by providing students with career counseling and addressing students’ need to see the connection between program completion at PSC and their career goals. Description of the effective practice: The staff in our Career Development Center (CDC), the Communications faculty and the librarians collaborated to ensure that every student who graduates with an associate’s degree from PSC has completed a comprehensive career exploration program. Professors who teach Communications 101, an introductory speech course required in all degree programs, made the CRPP as one of four required speeches. Career advisors from the CDC first administer a career assessment to all students in each class and then present and interpret the results during classtime. Based on that information, each student selects three possible careers for preliminary study. Communications faculty accompany their students to the CDC (which adjoins the Library), where career advisors and reference librarians work with students to research their chosen fields. Each student then hones in on one career as the topic for their speech. In addition to traditional research for their chosen career, students must also conduct an interview with a practitioner in that field. The project culminates in each student delivering a research based speech about all facets of his/her chosen career. How does this practice achieve sustainability? What started as a pilot project by two professors has now gained the support of the entire department as a required component of every speech class. Funds from the Perkins and Tech Prep grants are used to build the reference materials and fund the career assessments What are the results/measurable outcomes? Faculty administered a post project survey to assess student satisfaction with the CRPP project. The results were impressive: 83% of the students reported that the project provided them with new knowledge about their career and confidence in taking control of their own career developments. When asked if the CRPP had fostered a change in career decision status, all 62 students who had been undecided responded “very much.” Contact Information Name: Linda F. Uzureau Email: luzureau@prairiestate.edu Phone: (708) 709-3542 141
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