Strategic Plan 2009-2014

STRATEGIC PLAN2009-2014

LOOKING BACK

The College of Education began over 100 years ago when the first professor of education was hired. The mission then was to prepare teachers with rich content knowledge and strong instructive skills.

Over the years that mission has expanded.

We are now the hub of teacher education at Purdue University. Undergraduate teacher education majors are dispersed across six colleges—we coordinate the clinical experiences of each student while our colleagues coordinate content knowledge. This collaboration ensures that all Purdue teacher education graduates receive the absolute best training.

Interwoven with our commitment to teacher preparation is our commitment to meaningful research and engagement. Our faculty and staff are discovering new ways to enhance learning and are implementing these pioneering methods in schools.

Through outstanding teacher preparation, scientific discovery in the field of education and partnerships—locally and beyond—we are launching the future.

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THE DIRECTION 3

Launching the future through the discovery and development of human potential

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THE ROUTE 5

To prepare exceptional teachers and intellectual leaders To improve educational outcomes through inspired teaching, research and public service To advance scientific discovery related to learning and human development

• Creating a culture of innovation • Delivering revolutionary and responsive curriculum • Empowering faculty, staff and students to effect positive change • Tackling critical educational challenges through cross-disciplinary collaboration • Influencing educational policies and governance • Attracting and retaining stellar, diverse faculty, staff and students

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THE GUIDES

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Integrity fuels every step on our path.

Values that are particularly important for our journey include: • Excellence in discovery, learning and engagement • Respect for both research and professional practice • Multiculturalism • Competence to enter diverse and dynamic professional environments • Creativity and the entrepreneurial spirit • Collaboration • Social responsibility

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GETTING THERE

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We will increase knowledge about what works in education in order to transform learning and enhance human development.

Selected strategies: • Increase externally funded research and faculty scholarship • Develop strong infrastructure support for faculty research and scholarship • Increase the research productivity and global impact of our centers • Secure competitive funding packages for doctoral applicants • Provide exemplary foundational coursework and individualized mentoring for doctoral students, the next generation of educational researchers

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GETTING THERE

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We will create and deliver outstanding educational programs, preparing professionals who will be intellectual leaders.

Selected strategies: • Recruit high-caliber students • Collaborate with P-12 schools and P-12 teachers to create outstanding learning experiences • Design and deliver alternative and online certification and master’s programs for teachers • Create systems to measure the effectiveness of each of our programs • Collaborate with P-12 schools and P-12 teachers to create experiences where high school students can explore teaching as a career • Update programs to include relevant faculty research about how students learn

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GETTING THERE

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We will forge partnerships to anticipate and respond to the real needs of the global community.

Selected strategies: • Develop engagement activities that are substantially beneficial to all parties • Emphasize the research outcomes of engagement activities • Increase and diversify external sources of funding for engagement activities • Develop and deliver meaningful professional development programs for the continual improvement of education professionals • Evaluate and enhance the impact of our centers’ engagement efforts with our P-12 partners

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GETTING THERE

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We will celebrate cultural and intellectual diversity.

Selected strategies: • Prepare P-12 students to live and work in a multicultural, global society • Identify and enact strategies for closing achievement gaps • Recruit, support and retain undergraduate and graduate students who reflect diversity of cultures to enhance the global experience of all students • Incorporate the international experiences of faculty and students participating in our classrooms • Secure private funding to support study abroad experience for students

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GETTING THERE

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We will sustain a positive work environment where outstanding faculty and staff can excel.

Selected strategies: • Recruit talented faculty and staff whose records of scholarship and productivity advance our mission • Create more endowed professorships • Provide competitive startup packages for newly hired faculty • Establish a system of incentives and awards for faculty who apply for and receive high-impact grants • Establish a system of incentives and awards for outstanding staff • Increase the diversity of faculty and staff

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ARE WE THERE YET?

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Throughout our journey we will check our progress by comparing our efforts to our peers.

Comparable Peers • University of Florida • George Mason University • University of Kentucky Aspirational Peers • Indiana University – Bloomington • University of Iowa • University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign • University of Connecticut • University of Kansas • University of Maryland – College Park • University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill Criteria for both sets of peers included: public institution with undergraduate and graduate professional preparation programs, similar in faculty size (45-95) and university size (>25,000), with a preference for land grant institutions. Comparable peers were ranked + or – 10 from Purdue University (78-58) with external funding per faculty full-time equivalent (FTE) comparable to Purdue University College of Education.

Aspirational peers were ranked 20-40 (28-48 places higher than Purdue) with external funding/faculty FTE higher than that of Purdue University College of Education.

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COME ALONG FOR THE RIDE!

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Read the complete 2009-2014 strategic plan here: www.education.purdue.edu/strategic_plan 22

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