The Teacher Candidate Artifact System (TCAS) for Education Program Provider Continuous Improvement

• In Event: Innovations in Elementary Education

Abstract

The Education Program Provider Chair’s objective was to create a student legacy artifact archival, retrieval system. The goal was to have the database system operational by Spring Semester, 2019. The purpose of the new system was to house and index student product across performance levels reflective of the program’s key assessments. Program continuous improvement was the intended result of the new system. The Chair and a Senior Computer Science Major met 10 times, using a 16-stage process to create the new Teacher Candidate Artifact System (TCAS). Scored student artifacts were the study instruments. Evaluators improved ability to score student artifacts through their use of the system. Students’ reviews of prior student artifacts improved the product. Faculty accessing the system improved their writing of rubric performance levels. TCAS enhanced program continuous improvement. Knowledge regarding implementing such a system is valuable to all Education Program Providers

Author

• David W Moffett, Franklin College