The TEA Annual Report

The TEA Annual Report

An Annual Report is required of Educator Preparation Programs (EPP) in Texas. The Academic Year (AY) 2009-2010 was a pilot year for submitting the report in preparation for an official submission of the Annual Report AY 2010-11. The data for an academic year are submitted in the Annual Report to the Texas Education Association (TEA) on September 15, following the end of the academic year. Sam Houston State University's (SHSU) EPP is required to submit data from four areas:

• GPA/Entrance Exam Data – data are submitted for each candidate admitted to the EPP program in AY 2010-2011. The data include:
• Overall grade point average
• Grade point average in specific subject areas
• Scores required for program admission
• The admission score on the TASP/THEA
• Status for Educator Preparation Program Candidates, AY 2010-2011:
• Program Finishers
• All but Clinical
• Other Enrolled
• Field Observations – field observation of interns, those serving as a classroom teacher of record on a probationary certificate.  The compliance measure is based on a percentage of candidates with at least three observations, out of all candidates.
• Demographic information, criteria-based, on the number of candidates in the EPP:
• Applications from all persons who applied to EPP.
• Admittance of all candidates formally or conditionally, to enter the EPP in AY 2010-2011.
• Retention of candidates admitted to the EPP for AY 20010-2011 , but have not yet finished or left the program.
• Finishers of all program requirements in AY2010-2011.

GPA/Entrance Exam Data

Status for Educator Preparation Program Candidates

Field Observations