EPSB - University of the Cumberlands

Recommendation for Standard 4Initial Teacher PreparationAdvanced PreparationMetMetCorrections to the Institutional Report:Table 4c.2.1 (first column/row 11 the percentage should be 33%)Some of the notes from the editor are still visible in the IR document p. 76 (see 4.c.2).Standard 5: Faculty Qualifications, Performance, and DevelopmentFaculty are qualified and model best professional practices in scholarship, service, and teaching,including the assessment of their own effectiveness as related to candidate performance; they alsocollaborate with colleagues in the disciplines and schools. The unit systematically evaluates facultyperformance and facilitates professional development.Information reported in the Institutional Report for Standard 5 was validated in the exhibits andinterviews. (If not, provide an explanation.)X Yes□ No5a. Qualified FacultyQualified Faculty – Initial Teacher PreparationQualified Faculty – Advanced PreparationAcceptableAcceptableSummary of Findings:There are 17 full-time Education Department faculty members, 17 full-time university facultywho are part-time to the unit, and 37 part-time faculty members in the unit. Of the full-timefaculty, 14 hold terminal degrees. The remaining three full-time faculty members have a Rank Iand substantial experience in P-12 classrooms, and all three have received awards for excellencein teaching. A review of faculty vitae and transcripts indicates that all have expertise in thecourses in which they teach. All full and part-time faculty teaching at the advanced level hold aterminal degree.Out of a total of 429 school-based faculty who supervise clinical experiences in initial programs,427 are licensed in the fields in which they teach. On-site interviews verify that these two facultyhave substantial expertise that qualify them for their clinical assignments. Of the school-basedfaculty who are serving during the current academic year, over half have received training in the23