More About the SUNY TEPA Project

The sixteen colleges and universities in the State University of New York (SUNY) that prepare new teachers are collaborating with SUNY System Institutional Research and the New York State Education Department (NYSED) to develop, implement, and enhance their campus assessment systems to improve teacher education programs and beginning teacher competency.  SUNY prepares about 5,000 new teachers/year in New York, about 25% of the total recommended for certification, so the impact of this project on P-12 student learning will be substantial. 

The three-year project is supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund to Improve Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE).  FIPSE will finance 41% ($682,769) of the project; SUNY will provide the remaining the remaining 59% ($984,016). FULL PROPOSAL

The SUNY FIPSE TEPA project is guided by an innovative and robust model of program assessment goals that applies to the full range of teacher preparation institutions in SUNY and across the country.  The project design provides for (1) collaboration among campuses through professional development symposia each semester that are designed to support (2) campus-level implementation of validated assessment and data management strategies by faculty and administrative assessment leaders.

The measurable project outcomes include: 

§  Increased quality of teacher education programs and their associated assessment systems;

§  Reallocation of institutional resources for program assessment;

§  Assessment of important candidate characteristics that are difficult to measure, such as professional dispositions and impact on K-12 learning;

§  Teacher certification exam analyses that support content area program improvements;

§  System and campus databases for managing teacher assessment data;

§  Increased collaboration among SUNY teacher education campuses to support assessment; and

§  Access to NYSED data on SUNY inservice teacher graduates.

The project provides funding to each of the sixteen SUNY campuses to support specific campus-level activities that address the overall project goals stated above.  SUNY System Institutional Research also receives funding to create a data management system with the campuses.  Finally, six collaborative symposia will be held to provide professional development for faculty assessment leaders and administrators to support the adoption of research-based best practice in teacher education assessment. Three of these symposia will be held in conjunction with statewide meetings of teacher educators, thus disseminating project results to faculty at an additional 45 teacher education institutions in the state.  Project results will also be disseminated by a project website, presentations at national meetings of teacher educators, and through peer-reviewed publications based on the project evaluation study.

The overall project director is Dr. Suzanne Weber, Associate Dean of the School of Education at SUNY Oswego.  Dr. John Porter, Associate Provost for SUNY System Institutional Research, is the overall project co-principal investigator.  Contact information for each of the overall and campus-level project directors is given below.

TEPA Project Directors

SUNY Oswego

Dr. Suzanne Weber, Associate Dean, School of Education
SUNY TEPA Project Director

sueweber@oswego.edu, 315-312-2102

356 Wilber Hall, Oswego, NY 13126

SUNY System Administration

Dr. John Porter, Associate Provost, Institutional Research

SUNY TEPA Project Co-Principal Investigator

john.porter@suny.edu, 518-443-5642

State University Plaza, Albany, NY 12243

Dr. Pamela Sandoval, Assistant Provost for K-16 Education
SUNY TEPA Project Co-Principal Investigator

pamela.sandoval@sysadm.suny.edu, 518-5505

State University Plaza, Albany, NY 12243

SUNY Albany

Dr. Michael Green, Assistant Dean, School of Education

mgreen@uamail.albany.edu, 518-442-4992

1400 Washington Ave (ED 239), Albany, NY 12222

SUNY Binghamton

Dr. Heather Sheridan-Thomas, Assistant Professor

hthomas@binghamton.edu, 607-777-4169

P O Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902

SUNY Brockport

Dr. Betsy Balzano, Distinguished Service Professor

bbalzano@brockport.edu, 585-395-5549

272 FOB, 350 New Campus Dr, Brockport, NY 14420

SUNY Buffalo

Dr. Julius Gregg Adams, Associate Dean, Teacher Education

jgadams2@buffalo.edu, 716-645-2461

375 Baldy Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260-1000

Buffalo State College

Dr. Rosalyn Lindner, Associate Vice Provost for Curriculum & Assessment, Academic Affairs

lindnera@buffalostate.edu, 716-878-5915

GC 519, 1300 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222

SUNY Cortland

Dr. Shawn Van Etten, Director, Institutional Research & Assessment

vanettens@cortland.edu, 607-753-5565

404 Miller Bldg, PO Box 2000, Cortland, NY 13045

SUNY Empire State
Dr. Mitchell Nessler, Associate VP for Academic Affairs
mitchell.nesler@esc.edu, 518-587-2100 x2201
One Union Ave, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

SUNY Fredonia

Dr. Michael Jabot, School of Education

michael.jabot@fredonia.edu, 716-673-3639

E272 Thompson Hall, Fredonia, NY 14063

SUNY Geneseo

Dr. Katie Rommel-Esham, Assistant Professor, School of Education

showers@geneseo.edu, 585-245-5325

229B South Hall, Geneseo, NY 14454

SUNY New Paltz

Dr. Karen Bell, Associate Dean, School of Education

bellk@newpaltz.edu, 845-257-2804

OM 104, 75 Manheim Blvd, New Paltz, NY 12561

SUNY Old Westbury

Dr. Kathleen Velsor, Associate Professor, Teacher Education
velsork@oldwestbury.edu, 516-876-3485

AC C013, 223 Stonehill Rd, Old Westbury, NY 11568

SUNY Oneonta

Dr. Joanne Curran, Assistant Dean, Division of Education

curranjm@oneonta.edu, 607-436-2541

205A Fitzelle Hall, Oneonta, NY 13820

SUNY Plattsburgh

Dr. Kathleen Whittier, Educational Studies & Services

whittiks@plattsburgh.edu, 518-564-5129

Sibley 200A, 101 Broad St, Plattsburgh, NY 12901

SUNY Potsdam

Dr. Eileen Raymond, Associate Dean,
School of Education & Professional Studies

raymoneb@potsdam.edu, 315-267-2535

114 Satterlee Hall, Potsdam, NY 13676

SUNY Stony Brook

Dr. Dorit Kaufman, Director, Professional Education Program

dkaufman@notes.cc.sunysb.edu, 631-632-7783

204 Harriman Hall, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3779

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