CAEP Accountability Measures

a. Completer impact in contributing to P-12 student-learning growth

Data indicates that WMU prepared pre-service (intern) teachers positively impact P-12 student learning and development. MDE Annual Performance Score data indicated that WMU prepared teachers positively impacted student learning. 

• Intern teacher impact on P-12 student learning and development 
• Performance score data on the impact of WMU prepared teachers on P-12 student learning.

b. Completer effectiveness in applying professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions

WMU prepared teachers are consistently rated Highly Effective or Effective by their principals during their first three years of teaching. 

• Effectiveness Ratings for WMU completers, 2020-2024
• Administrators' assessment of WMU first-year teachers' professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions

Satisfaction of employers

Employers are very satisfied with WMU prepared teachers (initial programs) and administrators (advanced programs).

• Administrator survey data on first-year teachers (initial programs)
• MDE effectiveness ratings for WMU prepared teachers, 2019-2024 (initial programs)
• The Michigan Department of Education provides three years of effectiveness ratings for (1) Michigan teachers who added additional teaching endorsements through WMU and are teaching in those new areas and (2) CAEP advanced program completers (e.g. Reading Specialist, P-12 Administration, and School Counseling) who are working in their new areas. That data is not publicly available because there were fewer than 10 completers rated in any of those areas in 2023-24. 

Stakeholder involvement

The programs highlighted below are examples of collaborations between WMU and our stakeholders

• Grow Your Own partnerships
• Urban Teacher Residency Program
• Teach Kalamazoo
• Promise Neighborhood Project

WMU program completers demonstrate competency through evaluation in their final internship; Michigan Department of Education competency survey data from cooperating teachers, clinical supervisors, and teacher candidates; and passing scores on the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (initial and advanced level).

• Michigan Test for Teacher Certification 3-year cumulative pass rates (initial and advanced programs)
• Final Internship Evaluation data (initial programs)
• Survey data from cooperating teachers, clinical supervisors, and teacher candidates (initial programs)

WMU education program graduates find jobs they like in their areas of preparation.

• WMU post-graduation activity report information (initial and advanced programs)
• MDE year out survey results related to employment preparation