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Annual Goals
This report lists the annual improvement goals reported to ESE in the educator preparation program provider’s state annual report. Providers may report up to three goals for the upcoming year and are asked to report on progress made toward the prior year’s goals. Annual goals are reported in May of the academic year listed.
Data last updated May 14, 2026.
| Annual Goals - 2023 |
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Educator preparation program improvement goals for the upcoming program year |
| Goal #1 |
To better align with national licensure standards, in March 2023, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education changed the licensure levels for School Counseling from two separate bands (PK-8 and 5-12) to one band (All Levels). To best prepare our candidates for careers as school counselors, and to better align with this new licensure level, the Department of Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology will review the current program of study and identify areas for future growth. Presently, candidates in Boston College's graduate program in School Counseling are required to take APSY7418: Applied Child Development (3 credits) or APSY7419: Applied Adolescent Development (3 credits). Faculty will examine the current coursework to determine how to best ensure that candidates are successfully prepared to support all PK-12 students. |
| Goal #2 |
In response to feedback from program completers, the Office of Field Experience and Partnership Outreach plans to pilot a year-long practicum experience for candidates enrolled in PK-12 post-baccalaureate programs. Currently, candidates complete a one-semester early field experience and then a 14-week, full-time practicum. As a result of the increased state requirements, program completers identified the need for additional time to successfully demonstrate competency on the Massachusetts Candidate Assessment of Performance (CAP); to earn endorsement from Boston College for licensure in Massachusetts, candidates must successfully meet the performance thresholds on the CAP. A year-long practicum experience will provide candidates with a richer, more holistic field experience and augmented opportunities to assume full responsibility of the classroom. |
| Goal #3 |
In alignment with the national trends in reading, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced a series of initiatives focused on early literacy in educator preparation; this work included the release of newly developed Early Literacy Program Criteria, with the expectations that all programs begin to implement these requirements in the 2024-2025 academic year. Boston College's Department of Teaching, Curriculum, and Society will be conducting a formal needs assessment, in conjunction with the Lynch School of Education and Human Development Dean's Office, to determine the staffing needs, as well as curricular and field placement impacts, of the Early Literacy Program Criteria. This strategic work will ensure that the teacher education programs at Boston College are well positioned to successfully implement the Early Literacy Program Criteria in the 2024-2025 academic year. |
| Annual Goals - 2022 |
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Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year |
| Annual Goals - 2021 |
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Educator preparation program improvement goals from the prior year |
| Goal #1 |
To increase the number of diverse candidates in the BPS Teaching Fellowship, we will align our ACTT (Accelerated Community to Teacher) program to replace our pre-practicum. After a full year in the ACTT program, selected candidates will join the BPS Teaching Fellowship. As a result of this adjustment, we project that 85 % of our teacher candidates will be educators of color. |
| Goal #2 |
We will increase our MTEL support by providing greater access to courses. We will increase the number of courses, interventions, and financial support (MTEL vouchers) to candidates so that 100% of the pre-practicum candidates will clear their provisional licenses by passing their necessary MTELS |
| Goal #3 |
We will add a BPS Teaching Fellowship specialist position to our program. Along with coaching and mentoring the candidates, the BPS TF specialist will also focus on growing and improving the BPS Teaching Fellowship. |
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Annual Goals