This presentation summarizes research on teacher quality in North Carolina. It finds that teachers prepared by UNC teacher preparation programs generally perform as well or better than teachers prepared through other pathways. However, some specific alternative programs like Teach For America produce teachers that are more effective, especially at the elementary level. The presentation recommends expanding support for new teachers, strengthening clinical practice in teacher preparation programs, improving recruitment and selection criteria, and using a dashboard to monitor program outcomes. It also reviews recommendations from a UNC Board of Governors subcommittee on increasing collaboration between UNC institutions and improving teacher and leader quality.
1. Preparing More, Higher Quality
Teachers and School Leaders
for North Carolina’s Public Schools
State Board of Education Presentation
May 5, 2015
Alisa Chapman
University of North Carolina
2. • Demographic Information
• 2014 Teacher Portals Analysis
• Teacher Retention by Portal
• Out of State Prepared Teachers
• New Initially Licensed Teachers
• 2013 Program Effectiveness Summary Data
• UNC Board of Governors Recommendations on
Teacher and School Leader Quality
Presentation Topics
4. Research Models
• TQ Impact Model(s)
– Compare the effectiveness of UNC teacher preparation programs with other
routes of preparation, as well as individual program effectiveness analysis
• TQ Persistence Model
– Assess the retention of teachers prepared by UNC teacher preparation
programs and their employment in NC public schools
• TQ Entry Model
– Assess the entry patterns and distribution of teachers prepared by UNC
teacher preparation programs and their employment in NC public schools
• Research Use to Drive Program Improvements
– Identification of promising practices, focused discussions with campus
leaders, and evidenced-based program improvements
5. A Strategic Priority of the University
UNC Overall Goal:
Preparing More, Higher Quality Teachers and School
Leaders for North Carolina Public Schools
Key Strategies to Address the Goal
– Recruitment
– Preparation
– New Teacher Support
– Teacher Quality Research – Outcomes / Impact
6. Teacher Supply and Demand
Magnitude of the Teaching Profession
− Teachers comprise the second largest employed
profession in the US [degreed professionals]
− 3.7M employed teachers nationally
Need for Teachers in North Carolina
– Overall Supply / Geographic Distribution
– Highest Need Licensure Areas – Mathematics, Science,
Middle Grades and Special Education
– Need for New Teachers Driven Primarily by Turnover – 90%+
7. 480
858
5,679
11,955
14,013
27,565
34,984
0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000
Teach For America
Visiting International Faculty
Unclassifiable
NC Private University
Alternative Entry
Out-of-State
UNC System
North Carolina Teachers by Preparation Category
Number of Employed Teachers 2011-12 - 95,543
8. 0.00%
5.00%
10.00%
15.00%
20.00%
25.00%
30.00%
35.00%
40.00%
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
UNC System
NC Private University
Out-of-State University
Teach For America
Visiting International Faculty
Alternative Entry
UNC System
Out-of-State
Alternative Entry
NC Private
VIF
TFA
2004-05 through 2011-12:
Percentage of NC Public School Teachers by Portal
9. 36.62 %
63.38 %
2011-12: NC Public School Teachers by
Preparation Category
UNC System
All Other Sources
NC Employed Public School Teachers
Number of Employed Teachers - 95,543
Characteristics of UNC System Prepared
Teachers Employed in NC Public Schools
– 83% Female
– 15% Minority
– Age in 2011 - 38.7
– Teaching Experience - 12 Yrs
– Tested Subject – 30%
– School FRL – 59%
– School Minority – 47%
School Level Percentages:
– Elem & Elem/Middle School – 56%
– Middle School – 18%
– High School – 26%
10. UNC Teacher Productivity
UNC’s Fifteen Teacher Education
Programs prepare approximately
4,500 teachers each year
Approximately 65% are prepared
through undergraduate traditional
preparation programs
About one third are prepared in
high need licensure areas –
mathematics, science, middle
grades, and special education
UNC Teacher Preparation Pipeline
Fall 2012 / 2013 Enrollment in Education Programs
(Graduate and Undergraduate)
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
Fall 2012 Fall 2013
- 94
- 126
- 337
- 91
- 224
- 257
- 23
- 54
- 87
- 155
- 125
- 51
+ 22
+ 60
+ 164
12. Teacher Portals Analysis: Purpose, Data and Methods
We set out to answer:
How does the performance of teachers prepared by the
UNC System compare to the performance of teachers who
enter NC classrooms with other types of preparation, for
example, out-of-state, alternative entry, TFA?
For the report, we analyzed 2.9 million test scores, 1.4
million students, and over 28 thousand teachers with less
than 5 years of experience from all school districts in NC
Value-added effects were estimated using multi-level
models with 23 student, 9 classroom/teacher, and 12
school variables
13. Teacher Portal Impact Summary:
Value-Added Findings for Teacher Preparation Categories
Teacher Preparation
Category
Less Effective than
UNC System
Prepared Teachers
More Effective than
UNC System
Prepared Teachers
No Different than
UNC System
Prepared Teachers
NC Private University 3 0 8
Out-of-State University 5 0 6
Teach For America 0 9 2
Visiting
International Faculty
1 2 6
Alternative Entry 3 0 8
14. Teacher Portal Summary:
Value-Added Findings by Level and Subject
Level/Subject
Teacher Categories Less
Effective than UNC System
Prepared Teachers
Teacher Categories More
Effective than UNC System
Prepared Teachers
Elementary Math Out-of-State TFA, VIF
Elementary Reading --- VIF
Elementary Science NC Private, Out-of-State TFA
Middle Math NC Private TFA
Middle Reading --- TFA
Middle Science NC Private TFA
Middle Algebra 1 --- TFA
High School English --- ---
High School Social Studies Out-of-State, Alt Entry TFA
High School Math Out-of-State, VIF, Alt Entry TFA
High School Science Out-of-State, Alt Entry TFA
18. 2011-12: All Teachers
New York 3666 teachers
Pennsylvania 2645 teachers
Ohio 2343 teachers
Virginia 2215 teachers
South Carolina 2186 teachers
Michigan 1543 teachers
Florida 1433 teachers
West Virginia 1089 teachers
Tennessee 917 teachers
Indiana 695 teachers
2011-12: Teachers with Less than
Five Years Experience
New York 786 teachers
Ohio 688 teachers
Pennsylvania 621 teachers
Michigan 619 teachers
South Carolina 352 teachers
Virginia 309 teachers
Florida 191 teachers
Georgia 163 teachers
Indiana 150 teachers
Arizona 149 teachers
Out of State Prepared Teachers in NC Public Schools
20. 120
175
518
613
1271
2554
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000
Visiting International Faculty
Teach For America
Alternative Entry
NC Private University
Out of State
UNC System
2011-12: First Year NC Public School Teachers by Portal
22. NC New Teacher Support Program
• Essential Components of the Program
– For beginning teachers with no prior teaching experience
– Provides support in first 3 years of service
– Summer Institute (TFA model and 5 days)
– Instructional Coaching (classroom-based)
– Customized Professional Development
– Use of CLASS observational instrument
– Offered to lowest performing schools as a priority
• Yr 1 - 35; Yr 2 - 450; Yr 3 - 1,150, Yr 4 serving 1,000
23. Quality by Preparation Program:
2013 UNC Teacher Preparation Program
Effectiveness Outcomes
24. Program Effectiveness Analysis: Report on All Programs
Eleven models for student test scores outcomes:
− Elementary School – Mathematics, Reading, Science
− Middle School – Mathematics, Reading, Science, Algebra I
− High School – Algebra I/II, English I, Science (Biology and Physical
Science, Social Studies (U.S. History and Civics & Economics)
Each UNC traditional preparation program was compared
to All Other Sources of non-UNC Teachers
28. Transforming Research into Action
• UNC is taking ownership and responsibility for “evidence based”
program improvements
- Improve existing UNC teacher preparation programs
- Develop, pilot and evaluate innovations in UNC preparation programs
- Increase UNC productivity of new teachers to off-set dependency on lesser
performing portals
- Improve recruitment and selection into UNC teacher preparation programs
• Identifying gaps in lower performing portals that could be
addressed through strategies with UNC preparation programs
• Coordinating with our K12 partners to develop, pilot, and
evaluate innovations
30. Recommendations from the
UNC Board of Governors Subcommittee on
Teacher and School Leader Quality
(January 2015)
31. Subcommittee Recommendations
1. Develop a UNC Educator Quality
Dashboard to monitor and measure
the performance of UNC’s fifteen
nationally accredited teacher
education programs.
33. • Education Enrollment Trends
• Productivity of New Initially Licensed Teachers
• Distribution of Employed UNC Education Graduates across NC
• Academic Profile Comparison – Education / Other Graduates
• Teacher Portals
• Program Effectiveness by Institution / Program
• Teacher Retention (3 / 5 Year Benchmarks)
• University – School Partnerships
• Job Placement Rates and Recent Graduate Survey Data
• Licensure Exam Results
• Time-to-Degree
• Clinical Practice
• Selection Criteria
Indicators / Outcomes
34. Subcommittee Recommendations
2. Accelerate collaboration among UNC
Colleges of Education and Arts & Sciences
in a more formalized process. Advancement
of this work will be coordinated by
UNC General Administration.
35. Subcommittee Recommendations
3. Strengthen partnerships between
UNC Colleges of Education and PK-12
schools to achieve meaningful and
mutually beneficial collaboration.
36. 1 USTEP
2 USTEPs
3 Or More USTEPs
Stokes
Guilford
Anson
Burke
Avery
Surry
Wilkes
Rowan
Davie
Cabarrus
Stanly
Davidson
Moore
Caswell
Harnett
Martin
Yancy
Gates
Cherokee
Clay
Graham
Swain
Macon
Jackson
Polk
Caldwell
Ashe
Alleghany
Yadkin
Iredell
Lincoln
Catawba
Rockingham
Union
ChathamRandolph
Lee
Hoke
Person
Bladen
Columbus
Sampson
Pender
Johnston
Brunswick
Duplin
Onslow
New
Hanover
Franklin
Warren
Wilson
Wayne
Halifax
Lenoir
Pitt
Jones
Craven
Beaufort
Pamlico
Hyde
Tyrrell
Greene
Bertie
Haywood
Scotland
Vance
Chowan
Perquimans
Pasquotank
CurrituckCamden
Madison
Buncombe
Watauga
Nash
Orange
Forsyth
Robeson
Pitt
Hertford
Dare
Durham
Cumberland
McDowell
Rutherford
Cleveland
Gaston
UNC-G
ASU
UNC-A
WCU
WSSU
NCA&T NCCU
NCSU
FSU
UNC-C
UNC-CH ECU
ECSU
UNC-P
UNC-W
Edgecombe
Wake
Henderson
Northampton
Formal University-School Teacher Education Partnerships
37. 4. Improve teacher preparation by
taking the following actions:
I. Expand high-quality, clinical practice;
II. Use research-based evidence to guide
measurable improvement in teacher
preparation programs;
III. Link candidate performance with valid
and reliable performance assessments
that are data- and evidenced-based
Subcommittee Recommendations
38. 5. Improve the selection process and
criteria for entry into principal
preparation programs, redesign
programs where necessary, and apply
best practices for school leader
preparation and development.
Subcommittee Recommendations
39. 6. Strengthen recruitment and selection
criteria of teacher candidates:
I. Establish a public-private teacher
scholarship program;
II. Support a pay differential for NC public
school teachers with in-field advanced
degrees;
III. Develop campus-based recruitment plans
that reflect current market research and
regional school district needs
Subcommittee Recommendations
40. 7. Improve support for early-career teachers
by adopting and expanding statewide the
NC New Teacher Support Program.
Subcommittee Recommendations