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Indiana = University=20 Northwest
Traditional Program
2009-10

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Program Information

Section I.a Program Admission

For each element listed below, check if it is = required for=20 admission into any of your initial teacher certification program(s) at = either=20 the undergraduate or postgraduate level.

Element	Undergraduate	Postgraduate
Application	Yes	Yes
Fee/Payment	Yes	Yes
Transcript	Yes	Yes
Fingerprint check	No	No
Background check	No	Yes
Experience in a classroom or working with children	No	Yes
Minimum number of courses/credites/semester hours completed	Yes	Yes
Minimum high school GPA	No	No
Minimum undergraduate GPA	No	Yes
Minimum GPA in content area coursework	Yes	Yes
Minimum GPA in professional education coursework	Yes	Yes
Minimum ACT score	Yes	No
Minimum SAT score	Yes	No
Minimum GRE score	No	No
Minimum basic skills test score	Yes	Yes
Subject area/academic content test or other subject matter =20 verification	Yes	Yes
Minimum Miller Analogies test score	No	No
Recommendation(s)	No	Yes
Essay or personal statement	No	No
Interview	No	Yes
Resume	No	No
Bechelor's degree or higher	No	Yes
Job offer from school/district	No	No
Personality test (e.g.,Myers-Briggs Assessment)	No	No
Other (specify:=20 )	No	No

Provide a link to your website where = additional=20 information about admissions requirements can be = found:
www.iun.edu=20

Indicate when students are formally admitted = into your=20 initial teacher certification program:
Freshman year =20 Postgraduate

Does your initial teacher certification = program=20 conditionally admit students? No

Please provide any additional about or exceptions = to the=20 admissions information provided above:

Undergraduate students are admitted as Freshman through the Office of = Admissions but the postgraduate initial preparation are admitted as = graduate=20 students through the School of Education.

Section I.b Program Enrollment

Provide the number of students in the teacher = preparation=20 program in the following categories. Note that you must report on the = number of=20 students by ethnicity and race separately. Individuals who are=20 non-Hispanic/Latino will be reported in one of the race categories. = Also note=20 that individuals can belong to one or more racial groups, so the sum of = the=20 members of each racial category may not necessarily add up to the total = number=20 of students enrolled.

Total number of students enrolled in 2009-10:	464
Unduplicated number of males enrolled in 2009-10:	116
Unduplicated number of females enrolled in 2009-10:	348

2009-10	Number enrolled
Ethnicity
Hispanic/Latino of any race:	43
Race
American Indian or Alaska Native:	1
Asian:	3
Black or African American:	62
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander:	0
White:	323
Two or more races:	32

Section I.c Supervised Experience

Provide the following information about supervised = clinical=20 experience in 2009-10.

Average number of clock hours required prior to student = teaching	225
Average number of clock hours required for student teaching	528
Number of full-time equivalent faculty in supervised clinical = =20 experience during this academic year	0
Number of full-time equivalent adjunct faculty in supervised = clinical =20 experience during this academic year (IHE and PreK-12 = staff)	0
Number of students in supervised clinical experience during this = =20 academic year	29

Please provide any additional information about or = descriptions of the supervised clinical experiences:

The above numbers are for our elementary program. Secondary students = complete=20 160

Section I.d Teachers Prepared

Provide the number of teachers prepared, by = academic major=20 and subject area prepared to teach in 2009-10. (=C2=A7205(b)(1)(H))

Academic major	Number prepared
Elementary Education	15
Secondary Education	9
TOTAL	24

Subject area	Number prepared
Elementary Education	15
English Education	1
Mathematics Education	2
Mild Interventions	15
Social Studies Education	6
TOTAL	39

Section I.e Program Completers

Provide the total number of initial teacher = certification=20 preparation program completers in each of the following academic = years:

2009-10: 30

2008-09: 53

2007-08: 42

Section II. Annual Goals

Each institution of higher education (IHE) that = conducts a=20 traditional teacher preparation program (including programs that offer = any=20 ongoing professional development programs) or alternative routes to = state=20 certification or licensure program, and that enrolls students receiving = Federal=20 assistance under this Act, shall set annual quantifiable goals for = increasing=20 the number of prospective teachers trained in teacher shortage areas = designated=20 by the Secretary or by the state educational agency, including = mathematics,=20 science, special education, and instruction of limited English = proficient=20 students. IHEs that do not have a teacher preparation program in one or = more of=20 the areas listed below can enter NA for the area(s) in which the IHE = does not=20 have that program.

Teacher shortage area	Goal for increasing prospective teachers trained
Mathematics	Academic year: 2009-10 Goal: Increase enrollment by = 3% Goal met? Yes Description of strategies used to achieve = goal: Faculty members attend all University recruitment events. Description of steps to improve performance = in meeting=20 goal or lessons learned in meeting goal: =20 Faculty members attend recruitment activities at 9-12=20 schools.
Science	Academic year: 2009-10 Goal: Increase enrollment by = 1% Goal met? Yes Description of strategies used to achieve = goal: Faculty members attend all University recruitment events. Description of steps to improve performance = in meeting=20 goal or lessons learned in meeting goal: =20 Faculty members attend recruitment activities at 9-12=20 schools.
Special education	Academic year: 2009-10 Goal: Increase enrollment by = 3% Goal met? Yes Description of strategies used to achieve = goal: Faculty members attend all University recruitment events. Description of steps to improve performance = in meeting=20 goal or lessons learned in meeting goal: =20 Faculty members attend recruitment activities at 9-12=20 schools.
Instruction of limited English proficient = students	Academic year: 2009-10 Goal: None Goal met? No Description of strategies used to achieve = goal: This is not a program that we have at our institution. Description of steps to improve performance = in meeting=20 goal or lessons learned in meeting goal: =20 Program does not exist at our institution.
Undergraduate Enrollment	Academic year: 2009-10 Goal: Increase retention by = 6% Goal met? Yes Description of strategies used to achieve = goal: Assign full-time faculty with good pedagogy skills to teach = benchmark =20 entrance course. Description of steps to improve performance = in meeting=20 goal or lessons learned in meeting goal: =20 Rotate full-time faculty with good pedagogy to teach entrance = =20 course.

Provide any additional comments, exceptions and = explanations=20 below:

Section II. Assurances

Please indicate whether your institution is in = compliance=20 with the following assurances.

Training provided to prospective teachers = responds to=20 the identified needs of the local educational agencies or States where = the=20 institution=E2=80=99s graduates are likely to teach, based on past = hiring and=20 recruitment trends.
Yes

Training provided to prospective teachers is = closely=20 linked with the needs of schools and the instructional decisions new = teachers=20 face in the classroom.
Yes

Prospective special education teachers = receive=20 coursework in core academic subjects and receive training in providing=20 instruction in core academic subjects.
Yes

General education teachers receive training = in=20 providing instruction to children with disabilities.
Yes

General education teachers receive training = in=20 providing instruction to limited English proficient = students.
No

General education teachers receive training = in=20 providing instruction to children from low-income = families.
Yes

Prospective teachers receive training on how = to=20 effectively teach in urban and rural schools, as = applicable.
Yes

Describe your institution=E2=80=99s most = successful strategies in=20 meeting the assurances listed above:

Students training to be Elementary Generalists are also dually = trained to be=20 Special Education teachers. We have a postgraduate program called the = Urban=20 Teacher Education Program which trains teachers with a focus in the = Urban=20 setting.

Section III. Assessment Rates

ETS0011 -ELEM ED CURR INSTRUC ASSESSMENT = =20
Educational Testing Service (ETS)
All program = completers, =20 2008-09 ETS0011 -ELEM ED CURR INSTRUC ASSESSMENT = =20
Educational Testing Service (ETS)
All program = completers, =20 2007-08 ETS0041 -ENG LANG LIT COMP CONTENT = KNOWLEDGE =20
Educational Testing Service (ETS)
Other enrolled = students ETS0041 -ENG LANG LIT COMP CONTENT = KNOWLEDGE =20
Educational Testing Service (ETS)
All program = completers, =20 2009-10 ETS0041 -ENG LANG LIT COMP CONTENT = KNOWLEDGE =20
Educational Testing Service (ETS)
All program = completers, =20 2008-09 ETS0041 -ENG LANG LIT COMP CONTENT = KNOWLEDGE =20
Educational Testing Service (ETS)
All program = completers, =20 2007-08 ETS0061 -MATHEMATICS: CONTENT KNOWLEDGE = =20
Educational Testing Service (ETS)
Other enrolled = students ETS0061 -MATHEMATICS: CONTENT KNOWLEDGE = =20
Educational Testing Service (ETS)
All program = completers, =20 2009-10 ETS0061 -MATHEMATICS: CONTENT KNOWLEDGE = =20
Educational Testing Service (ETS)
All program = completers, =20 2008-09 ETS0061 -MATHEMATICS: CONTENT KNOWLEDGE = =20
Educational Testing Service (ETS)
All program = completers, =20 2007-08 ETS0730 -PRAXIS I MATHEMATICS =
Educational =20 Testing Service (ETS)
Other enrolled = students ETS0730 -PRAXIS I MATHEMATICS =
Educational =20 Testing Service (ETS)
All program completers, = 2009-10 ETS0730 -PRAXIS I MATHEMATICS =
Educational =20 Testing Service (ETS)
All program completers, = 2008-09 ETS0730 -PRAXIS I MATHEMATICS =
Educational =20 Testing Service (ETS)
All program completers, = 2007-08 ETS0710 -PRAXIS I READING
Educational = =20 Testing Service (ETS)
Other enrolled students ETS0710 -PRAXIS I READING
Educational = =20 Testing Service (ETS)
All program completers, = 2009-10 ETS0710 -PRAXIS I READING
Educational = =20 Testing Service (ETS)
All program completers, = 2008-09 ETS0710 -PRAXIS I READING
Educational = =20 Testing Service (ETS)
All program completers, = 2007-08 ETS0720 -PRAXIS I WRITING
Educational = =20 Testing Service (ETS)
Other enrolled students ETS0720 -PRAXIS I WRITING
Educational = =20 Testing Service (ETS)
All program completers, = 2009-10 ETS0720 -PRAXIS I WRITING
Educational = =20 Testing Service (ETS)
All program completers, = 2008-09 ETS0720 -PRAXIS I WRITING
Educational = =20 Testing Service (ETS)
All program completers, = 2007-08 ETS0300 -READING SPECIALIST =
Educational =20 Testing Service (ETS)
Other enrolled students ETS0300 -READING SPECIALIST =
Educational =20 Testing Service (ETS)
All program completers, = 2009-10 ETS0300 -READING SPECIALIST =
Educational =20 Testing Service (ETS)
All program completers, = 2008-09 ETS0300 -READING SPECIALIST =
Educational =20 Testing Service (ETS)
All program completers, = 2007-08 ETS0081 -SOCIAL STUDIES: CONTENT KNOWLEDGE = =20
Educational Testing Service (ETS)
Other enrolled = students ETS0081 -SOCIAL STUDIES: CONTENT KNOWLEDGE = =20
Educational Testing Service (ETS)
All program = completers, =20 2009-10 ETS0081 -SOCIAL STUDIES: CONTENT KNOWLEDGE = =20
Educational Testing Service (ETS)
All program = completers, =20 2007-08

Assessment code - Assessment name Test Company = Group	Number taking tests	Avg. scaled score	Number passing tests	Pass rate (%)	State Average pass rate (%)	State Average scaled score
ETS0133 -ART CONTENT KNOWLEDGE = Educational=20 Testing Service (ETS) Other enrolled = students	2				90	165
ETS0133 -ART CONTENT KNOWLEDGE = Educational=20 Testing Service (ETS) All program completers,=20 2008-09	2				100	173
ETS0133 -ART CONTENT KNOWLEDGE = Educational=20 Testing Service (ETS) All program completers,=20 2007-08	2				100	172
ETS0235 -BIOLOGY CONTENT KNOWLEDGE = =20 Educational Testing Service (ETS) All program = completers, =20 2007-08	1				100	170
ETS0245 -CHEMISTRY CONTENT KNOWLEDGE = II =20 Educational Testing Service (ETS) Other enrolled = students	1				75	162
ETS0353 -ED OF EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS: CORE = CK =20 Educational Testing Service (ETS) All program=20 completers, 2008-09	10	176	9	90	99	173
ETS0353 -ED OF EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS: CORE = CK =20 Educational Testing Service (ETS) All program=20 completers, 2007-08	8				100	173
ETS0542 -ED OF EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS: = MTMD =20 Educational Testing Service (ETS) All program = completers, =20 2008-09	10	179	10	100	100	181
ETS0011 -ELEM ED CURR INSTRUC = ASSESSMENT =20 Educational Testing Service (ETS) Other enrolled = students	28	174	26	93	89	178
ETS0011 -ELEM ED CURR INSTRUC = ASSESSMENT =20 Educational Testing Service (ETS) All program = completers, =20 2009-10	12	172	11	92	98	179
20	178	20	100	98	179
2				99	180
10	172	9	90	94	175
1				100	176
2				100	179
6				100	177
3				85	155
2				97	156
2				99	157
4				98	157
90	180	89	99	99	182
16	180	16	100	100	182
24	181	23	96	100	182
39	181	39	100	100	182
90	180	90	100	98	180
18	180	18	100	99	180
26	179	24	92	99	180
39	181	39	100	100	180
92	176	92	100	99	177
16	176	16	100	100	177
26	175	26	100	100	177
38	176	38	100	100	177
28	487	28	100	100	519
12	488	12	100	100	522
20	515	20	100	100	521
21	504	21	100	100	526
8				95	168
3				100	166
3				100	168

Section III. Summary Rates

Group	Number taking tests	Number passing tests	Pass rate (%)	State Average pass rate (%)
All program completers, 2009-10	18	17	94	98
All program completers, 2008-09	37	35	95	98
All program completers, 2007-08	44	44	100	99

Section IV. Low-Performing

Provide the following information about the = approval or=20 accreditation of your teacher preparation program.

Is your teacher preparation program = currently approved=20 or accredited?
Yes

If yes, please specify the organization(s) = that=20 approved or accredited your program:
NCATE

Is your teacher preparation program = currently under a=20 designation as "low-performing" by the state (as per section 207(a) of = the HEA=20 of 2008)?
No

Section V. Technology

Does your program prepare teachers to:

integrate technology effectively into = curricula and=20 instruction
Yes
use technology effectively to collect = data to=20 improve teaching and learning
Yes
use technology effectively to manage data = to=20 improve teaching and learning
Yes
use technology effectively to analyze = data to=20 improve teaching and learning
Yes

Provide a description of how your program prepares = teachers=20 to integrate technology effectively into curricula and instruction, and = to use=20 technology effectively to collect, manage, and analyze data in order to = improve=20 teaching and learning for the purpose of increasing student academic=20 achievement. Include a description of how your program prepares = teachers to use=20 the principles of universal design for learning, as applicable. Include = planning activities and a timeline if any of the four elements listed = above are=20 not currently in place.

Technology is infused in all methods courses in both the secondary = and=20 elementary programs. Data collection and use to improve learning is the = focus=20 of 2 courses in the elementary program. Data collection and use to = improve=20 learning is the focus of 1 course in the secondary program. Students = are taught=20 throughout methods courses to use data to drive teaching and = learning.

Section VI. Teacher Training

Does your program prepare general = education=20 teachers to:

teach students with disabilities =20 effectively
Yes
participate as a member of individualized = education=20 program teams
Yes
teach students who are limited English = proficient =20 effectively
Yes

Provide a description of how your program prepares = general education teachers to teach students with = disabilities=20 effectively, including training related to participation as a member of = individualized education program teams, as defined in section = 614(d)(1)(B) of=20 the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and to = effectively=20 teach students who are limited English proficient. Include planning = activities=20 and a timeline if any of the three elements listed above are not = currently in=20 place.

Our elementary program is a dual program between elementary and = special=20 education for the elementary. Also, our secondary student have special=20 education as part of their course work.

Does your program = prepare=20 special education teachers to:

teach students with disabilities =20 effectively
Yes
participate as a member of individualized = education=20 program teams
Yes
teach students who are limited English = proficient =20 effectively
Yes

Provide a description of how your program prepares = special education teachers to teach students with = disabilities=20 effectively, including training related to participation as a member of = individualized education program teams, as defined in section = 614(d)(1)(B) of=20 the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and to = effectively=20 teach students who are limited English proficient. Include planning = activities=20 and a timeline if any of the three elements listed above are not = currently in=20 place.

Our special education program is a stand alone comprehensive program = training=20 teachers in all areas of Mild Interventions.

Section VII. Contextual Information

Please use this space to provide any additional = information=20 that describes your teacher preparation program(s). You may also attach = information to this report card. The U.S. Department of Education is = especially=20 interested in any evaluation plans or interim or final reports that may = be=20 available.

Indiana University Northwest School of Education is an NCATE = accredited=20 program. As such we follow the guidelines for NCATE accredited = programs. We are=20 up for review in 2013.

Supporting Files

Indiana = University=20 Northwest
Traditional Program
2009-10

Title II, Higher Education Act
OMB = Control No.:=20 1840-0744 (exp. 9/30/2012)

Name of Institution:	Indiana University Northwest
Institution/Program Type:	Traditional
Academic Year:	2009-10
State:	Indiana

Address:	Hawthorn Hall 354
	3400 Broadway
	Gary, IN, 46408


Contact Name:	Dr. Stanley Wigle
Phone:	219-980-4278
Email:	swigle@iun.edu