31.046 - Organizational Practices Supporting the Use of Data for Program Improvement in Teacher Education

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

In this symposium we report on a multi-site study of organizational conditions and practices that support the effective use of evidence for program improvement in teacher education. We present data from three diverse teacher education program “cases”, as well as a cross case analysis of 10 programs selected for variation in size, institutional mission, and state policy contexts. Our findings suggest that building organizational capacity and commitment to evidence-based decision making requires attention to the relationships between faculty motivation, organizational goals and practices, and the affordances and constraints of different types of data used to guide program improvement efforts

Sub Unit

• Division K - Teaching and Teacher Education / Division K - Section 9: Teacher Education Program Design and Innovations

Chair

• Charles A. Peck, University of Washington

Papers

• Case Study 1 (East Carolina University) - Linda Ann Patriarca, East Carolina University

• Case Study 2 (University of California, Santa Barbara) - Tine F. Sloan, University of California

• Case Study 3 (Alverno College) - Desiree Hood Pointer Mace, Alverno College

• Evidence-Based Decision-Making Practices in Teacher Education: A Cross-Case Analysis - Susannah Davis, University of Washington - Seattle

Discussant

• Pamela A. Moss, University of Michigan