
Augustana gets $1.1M grant for future teachers
Augustana College has received a $1.1 million grant to enhance the learning experience for STEM teachers in high-need districts.
Augustana College is proud of its success in producing well-prepared teachers. Evidence of success can be seen in many different ways, including statistics on students’ performance while they are in the education program, performance on assessments required for licensure, surveys of graduates and employers, and employment statistics.
Year | Number | GPA |
2017-18 | 36 | 3.59 |
2016-17 | 30 | 3.49 |
2015-16 | 51 | 3.55 |
Year | Number | ACT |
2017-18 | 47 | 25.7 |
2016-17 | 42 | 24.7 |
2015-16 | 38 | 26.2 |
Year | Total | "On time" | Percent |
2017-18 | 33 | 31 | 94 |
2016-17 | 32 | 26 | 81 |
2015-16 | 50 | 48 | 96 |
*The primary reason students do not graduate in four years is because they enter the program late. 100% finish in less than five years. Not all who graduate become program completers.
Year | Admitted | Completers | Percent |
2017-18 | 38 | 31 | 82 |
2014-15 | 43 | 31 | 72 |
2013-14 | 54 | 51 | 94 |
*The most common reasons for students to not complete the program include failure to meet GPA requirements and not submitting the edTPA.
In order to be eligible for a teaching license in the state of Illinois, teaching candidates must achieve at least a minimum score on a test of basic skills (either the ACT or SAT, with writing), a content test, and the edTPA (a performance assessment of teaching). Augustana students do very well on assessments required for licensure.
Year | Number | Percent |
2017-18 | 37 | 100 |
2016-17 | 30 | 100 |
2015-16 | 50 | 100 |
*This statistic is based on the number of graduates who attempted the edTPA.
Illinois passing score is 37 for 2017-18.
Year | Number | Augustana average | Illinois average | National average |
2017-18 | 19 | 47.6 | 45.7 | 44.3 |
2016-17 | 19 | 46.16 | 45.4 | 44.5 |
2015-16 | 32 | 45.97 | 45.5 | 44.4 |
In 2016-17, two candidates took and passed the 13-rubric edTPA, but they are too few to include averages.
Year | Number | Augustana average | Illinois average | National average |
2017-18 | 15 | 54.9 | 54.3 | 52.3 |
2016-17 | 9 | 57.3 | 54.9 | 53.5 |
2015-16 | 18 | 60.2 | 55.7 | 53.8 |
Year | Number | Percent |
2017-18 | 37 | 100 |
2016-17 | 30 | 100 |
2015-16 | 48 | 100 |
*Students must pass a content test prior to student teaching.
After education majors leave Augustana they are very successful in finding jobs in the education and they report high levels of satisfaction with the preparation they received at Augustana.
Year | Number | Percent |
2017-18 | 36 | 83 |
2016-17 | 30 | 83 |
2015-16 | 51 | 94 |
Augustana graduates are effective teachers. The state of Illinois does not provide data related to the effectiveness of our graduates, so we use three measures: how many of our graduates successfully renew their license, self-reported data from graduates, and surveys of principals.
• 92 percent of Augustana graduates renewed their licenses, based on a three-year sample of 182 graduates from 2010-2013.
• All graduates who completed our survey provided examples of how their teaching positively impacted the learning of their students, as well as specific examples of how their time at Augustana positively influenced their teaching.
Year | Number |
2014-17 | 4.03 |
2013-16 | 4.13 |
2012-15 | 4.07 |
*Survey administered yearly to students in their first three years of teaching.
• School principals (n=11) were asked in a survey to compare the performance of Augustana graduates with teachers from other institutions. Here’s what they said:
Comparing Augustana graduates to teachers from other institutions | Significantly better |
Better | Similar | Worse | Significantly worse |
Knowledge of content | 36.4 | 36.4 | 27.3 | 0 | 0 |
Knowledge of teaching methods | 36.4 | 45.5 | 18.2 | 0 | 0 |
Knowledge of the needs of diverse learners | 9.1 | 36.4 | 54.5 | 0 | 0 |
Ability to design instruction | 18.2 | 36.4 | 45.5 | 0 | 0 |
Ability to create a positive learning environment | 36.4 | 45.5 | 18.2 | 0 | 0 |
Ability to reflect on teaching practice | 45.5 | 36.4 | 18.2 | 0 | 0 |
Professionalism | 27.3 | 45.5 | 27.3 | 0 | 0 |
Augustana (all students) | 2.1 percent |
Private, four-year institutions nationally | 6.6 percent |
All institutions, nationally | 10.8 percent |
Augustana College has received a $1.1 million grant to enhance the learning experience for STEM teachers in high-need districts.
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