FAU Teacher Prep à£à£Ö±²¥Ğã Ranked No. 1 in the State
Florida Atlantic University ’sÌı Elementary Education/ESOL/ReadingÌıprogram shares the No. 1 ranking for teacher prep programs in the state of Florida. Findings for 2020 were published in anÌıÌıprepared for theÌıÌı²ú²âÌı.Ìı“Florida Teacher Preparation à£à£Ö±²¥Ğãs: A Summary and Analysis of à£à£Ö±²¥Ğã Performance†reported the results of each approved teacher preparation program’s annual progress on established performance measures, as well as each program’s current approval status.
“The College of Education does an outstanding job preparing teachers for public schools.ÌıÌıWe are thrilled that the Florida Department of Education has documented the success of our à£à£Ö±²¥Ğã — taught by a first-rate faculty — who are improving the lives of K-12 à£à£Ö±²¥Ğã throughout South Florida and beyond,†saidÌıStephen Silverman, Ed.D., dean of FAU College of Education.
At the elementary level, the top-ranked program was Elementary Education/ ESOL/Reading offered byÌıFAU College of Education. The third largest program reviewed, Elementary/ESOL/Reading had the greatest increase in summative score, rising from a 2.6 in 2019 to a 3.8 this year, the highest overall summative score for 2020. In addition, it was one of two programs to earn the highest score of 4.0 for student learning growth on state wide assessments.
“These incredible rankings are the result of hard work on the part of our à£à£Ö±²¥Ğã and our dedicated faculty. Their unwavering commitment to quality has been the driving force in achieving this impressive accomplishment,â€Ìısaid Paul Peluso, Ph.D., interim chair of FAU Teaching and Learning.
For 2020, there were 91 providers of 397 teacher preparation programs in Florida.ÌıFAU offers 15 teacher preparation programs. To learn more about teacher prep at FAU, visitÌıFAU | Department of Teaching and Learning.
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