TAMIU Annual Report 2018

2018 Annual Report / IMPACT Principals Give Thumbs Up to TAMIU College of Education Grads, First Year Teachers TAMIU College of Education graduates working as first-year teachers in Texas are impressing school principals with their high level of professional readiness. They scored above the State’s average in the latest Texas Education Agency (TEA) survey that gauges principals’ satisfaction level with teachers’preparedness. In the 2016-2017 TEA Principal Appraisal of First Year Teachers, TAMIU College of Education graduates’ results, which were 81 percent, exceeded the State benchmark of 70 percent and the State average of 73 percent. Results were gleaned from a survey of 57 participating principals. The report further indicates that the percentage of first-year teachers appraised as Sufficiently or Well Prepared from 2015 to 2017 has also increased overall by six percent from 2014 in these areas: Classroom Environment, Instruction, Students with Disabilities, English Language Learners, Technology Integration and Using Technology with Data. TAMIU College of Education dean Dr. James O’Meara said the Educator Preparation program at TAMIU is distinctive because it prepares educators to achieve quality learning outcomes in Hispanic-serving schools districts with some of the highest levels of economically disadvantaged, at-risk, English Language Learners in the state.  “This preparation includes a degree plan for timely completion, a certification plan for career readiness, and the opportunity to earn micro- credentials by completing free online modules,” he noted, “Collectively, these innovative program elements contribute to the majority, or 80% of TAMIU graduates being career educators employed locally and remaining employed in Texas public schools for at least 10 years.” College of Nursing and Health Science, Dr. F. M. Canseco School of Nursing Class of 2017 recipients of the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) graduate degree posted a 100% passing rate on their first attempt on Board Exams from the AmericanAcademy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board. This is the third consecutive year that TAMIU FNP graduates score 100% success on their Board Exams on first attempt. Front row from left to right: Eunyoung Lee, Maria Vinegar, Kurt Cuellar, Chantilly Mae Demasiado, andAna Laura Cantú. Back row left to right: Miranda Ramírez, Jesús Jiménez Sánchez, Mario Ramírez, Alex Cavazos, and Ricardo Rodríguez. 15