IU South Bend CAMPUS ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
2001-2002

School of Education - Survey Development

In October 2001, the School of Education received a $1,000 grant to distribute surveys to students, alumni, area teachers, and area administrators. The purpose of the surveys was to obtain input from a variety of stakeholders regarding our current teacher education programs. Stakeholder input is critical as we revise our programs in response to new state standards and a new licensure framework.

We originally predicted that the surveys would be distributed in the spring of 2002, but due to personnel changes within the School of Education and the complexity of the new licensure framework, surveys were not mailed until May 2003. The distributed surveys complied with the original protocol submitted to the Institutional Review Board. At that time, 116 surveys were mailed to the previously listed constituents. The original grant request had also been amended to cover mailing costs along with student pay. This was approved by the University Assessment Committee.

The survey deadline has passed and 106 surveys have been returned. This is a response rate of 91%. Our student worker prepared the surveys for the mailings and has started to prepare them for our analysis. She has worked a total of 20 hours on this project.

I am submitting this report to closeout the grant even though all of the awarded funds have not been spent. The student worker will be paid $200 plus 7% of the required costs associated with benefits. Mailing costs were also covered by the grant, but due to some confusion about account numbers, an exact amount is not available at this time. I anticipate that the total amount spent was far less than the original $1000 award.

I would like to thank the University Assessment Committee for supporting the School of Education on this project. The results will be critical as we continue to work on revising our teacher education programs and as we prepare for our accreditation visit scheduled for October 2004.

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