Science: Middle Level Education, BA
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Justification for the Program
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- How will this new program enhance the curriculum of your department, college, and the university?
- What specific needs are being addressed that are not being met in other programs?
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Justification*
Science and math education in Washington State and nationwide are experiencing a 20+ year shortage, a teacher drought that is expected to continue. Considering how essential science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are to our economy and modern way of life, we desperately need highly trained STEM teachers to help our children succeed. This Middle-level Science Teaching major was revised to better integrate with the new STEM Teaching minor and the revised Middle-level Mathematics major. This new major will allow well prepared students to easily double major in Middle-level Science and Middle-level Mathematics Teaching, as well as get the new STEM Teaching minor. This will be a valuable degree because there is a shortage of middle school science and mathematics teachers in Washington as described in https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/pol/tsa.pdf.
Due to recent changes on the state requirements in the Science endorsement, we significantly revised our Middle-level Science Teaching major and eliminated the minor in 2015. In the two years surrounding this change, our enrollment in Middle-level science dipped. But with the new STEM Teaching minor based on the UTeach curriculum plus a STEM Teaching program revitalized by the $2.2M WSOS grant, we expect enrollment to approach and exceed the peak 2010-2015 levels when we averaged 24 students/year in the Middle-level Science and Mathematics program. Here is our student enrollment estimate.
Year 0 (current): 5
Year 1: 8
Year 2: 22 (assuming starting the program at a university center)
Year 3: 24
Year 4: 26
Year 5: 28
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Program Impacts, Costs, and Revenues
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Additional Data for Graduate Programs Only
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Thesis - Projected Enrollment
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Project or Exam Options
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Graduate AssistantshipsEstimated number of graduate assistantships.
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Please indicate in the field below your faculty's ability to oversee thesis, project, or exam options as Regular, Associate, or Affiliate Graduate Faculty or qualifications to obtain Graduate Faculty status.
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Faculty Ability to Oversee Graduate Qualifications
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Program Proposals will no longer be required to have learner outcomes for the Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee's approval, however they will still be required for review by the college dean whose college will house the proposed program, the Office of the Associate Provost for Accreditation, Academic Planning, and Assessment, and for graduate level programs, by the School of Graduate Studies and Research.
The preferred format for this is the "Student Learning Outcomes and Assessments" form. For assistance or questions please email curriculog@cwu.edu.
While not required, it is suggested to copy and paste the completed text of that form in the field that follows.
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Student Learning Outcomes and Assessments
Student Learning Outcome (performance, knowledge, attitudes)
Related CWU Strategic Outcome(s)
Method(s) of Assessment (What is the assessment?)*
Who Assessed (Students from what courses - population)**
When Assessed (term, dates)***
Standard of Mastery/ Criterion of Achievement (How good does performance have to be?)
1. Demonstrate an ability to individually and collaboratively engage in inquiry using science and engineering practices.
1.1.1 Students will achieve programmatic learning outcomes.
- SCED 311 Inquiry Project
- One self-selected significant assessment artifact, with reflection, from each science course
- All Middle-level Science majors
- All Middle-level Science majors
- SCED 311
- SCED 354
- Proficient in all areas of the Inquiry Project rubric (3 on a 5-point scale)
- Proficient for all assignments/reflections on the science artifact rubric (3 on a 5-point scale)
2. Use disciplinary core ideas and cross-cutting concepts to provide evidence-based explanations of the natural world.
1.1.1 Students will achieve programmatic learning outcomes.
- Benchmarked core content assessment
- Entry and exit NGSS self evaluation surveys and reflection
- All Middle-level Science majors
- All Middle-level Science majors
- SCED 311
- Upon acceptance to the major and completion of the program
- 70% equivalency of benchmarked score
- Proficient (3 on 5-point scale) on reflection addressing growth score from entry to exit NGSS self evaluation survey
3. Students will effectively communicate science to an audience of their children, peers, experts, or the public.
1.1.1 Students will achieve programmatic learning outcomes. 1.1.3 Students and faculty will be increasingly engaged in the learning process in and outside the classroom.
- Community outreach plan and reflection
- SCED 311 Inquiry Project presentation
- All Middle-level Science majors
- All Middle-level Science majors
- SCED 311
- SCED 354
- Proficient in all areas of the plan and reflection rubric (3 on a 5-point scale)
- Proficient in all areas of the Inquiry Project presentation rubric (3 on a 5-point scale)
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- 12/6/2016 5:38 PM
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- 12/6/2016
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- 12/7/2016
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- 12/21/2016 8:28 AM
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- 12/20/2016
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- 3/16/2017 2:02 PM
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- 3/16/2017
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- Barry Donahue
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- 5/1/2017 5:42 PM
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- 5/1/2017
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- 5/2/2017 1:02 PM
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- 5/2/2017
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- 5/2/2017 3:39 PM
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- 5/2/2017
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- Teacher Education Review
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- Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee
- FSCC May 4, 2017, for Review
- Ginny Blackson
- Jan Byers-Kirsch
- Jonathon Fassett
- Raymond Hall
- Toni Sipic
- Teresa Walker
- Keke Wu
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- 5/23/2017 11:14 AM
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- 5/23/2017
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- Faculty Senate Executive Committee
- Elizabeth Brown
- Eric Cheney
- Amy Claridge
- George Drake
- Seong-Jong Joo
- Lene Pedersen
- Sathyanarayanan Rajendran
- Cody Stoddard
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- 5/31/2017 6:55 PM
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- 5/31/2017
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- Linda Schactler
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- 7/5/2017 8:04 AM
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- Designee for the Board of Trustees
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- 9/28/2017 11:41 AM
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- 9/28/2017
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- 10/7/2017 2:44 PM
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- 10/7/2017
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- Curriculum Administrative Assistant
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Participants
- Rose Spodobalski-Brower
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- 10/9/2017 7:35 AM
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- 11/6/2017 3:00 PM
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- 11/6/2017
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- Integration Specialist - Academic Programs
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- 11/7/2017 8:00 AM
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- 11/7/2017
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- Catalog Coordinator
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Attachments for Science: Middle Level Education, BA
- Notification of Affected Chairs Revised Middle-level Science Teaching program.pdf (uploaded by Bruce Palmquist, 12/5/2016 5:50 pm)
- StudentLearningOutcomeAssessmentPlanMiddle-levelScience2017.docx.docx (uploaded by Bruce Palmquist, 12/5/2016 5:50 pm)
- Comments on need for Middle Level Science impacts, costs, benefits report.pdf (uploaded by Bruce Palmquist, 12/6/2016 4:36 pm)
- TEEC agenda MLS December 2016.pdf (uploaded by Bruce Palmquist, 12/6/2016 4:41 pm)
- Revised vs Current Middle Level Science program.docx (uploaded by Bruce Palmquist, 12/6/2016 4:48 pm)
Signatures for Science: Middle Level Education, BA
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- Bruce Palmquist12/06/2016
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- Stuart Boersma12/08/2016
- Anthony Diaz12/07/2016
- Carey Gazis12/07/2016
- James Johnson12/07/2016
- Bruce Palmquist12/06/2016
- Andrew Piacsek12/07/2016
- Denise Shaw Shaw12/07/2016
- Crystal Weddington12/07/2016
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- Ethan Bergman Bergman12/21/2016
- Michael Harrod12/20/2016
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- Barry Donahue03/16/2017
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- Rose Spodobalski-Brower05/01/2017
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- Bernadette Jungblut05/02/2017
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- Mindie Dieu05/02/2017
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- Linda Hoff05/23/2017
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- Janet Shields05/31/2017
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- Bernadette Jungblut09/28/2017
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- Linda Hoff10/07/2017
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- Nicole Burk Burk11/06/2017
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- Cindy Carleton11/07/2017
Crosslistings for Science: Middle Level Education, BA
- Science: Middle Level Education, BA (parent proposal)
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Decision Summary for Science: Middle Level Education, BA
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Comments for Science: Middle Level Education, BA