Overall Percentage of Providers Per Performance Category
2017In 2017, 33 programs received a scored report cardPerformance Category 1: 5.1 percentPerformance Category 2: 33.3 percentPerformance Category 3: 28.2 percentPerformance Category 4: 17.9 percent2016In 2016, 30 programs received a score report card.Performance Category 1: 13.3 percentPerformance Category 2: 36.7 percentPerformance Category 3: 26.7 percentPerformance Category 4: 23.3 percentSource: 2017 Tennessee Teacher Prepartion Report Card
Staff photo by Doug Strickland / A clip reading “I make a difference” is magnetized to a board beneath a door labeled “Teachers HELP” inside Hunter Hall, home of the UTC School of Education, on the school’s campus Friday, July 22, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn.Program rankings
Programs are ranked on a scale of 1 to 4 in each of four categories, but are evaluated and compared based on their overall performance categories.Lee UniversityOverall Performance: 2Candidate Performance: 2Employment: 1Program Impact: 2Memphis Teacher ResidencyOverall Performance: 4Candidate Performance: 3Employment: 3Program Impact: 4Middle Tennessee State UniversityOverall Performance: 3Candidate Performance: 2Employment: 4Program Impact: 3Southern Adventist UniversityOverall Performance: N/ACandidate Performance: 2Employment: N/AProgram Impact: N/ATeach for America – MemphisOverall Performance: 4Candidate Performance: 4Employment: 4Program Impact: 4Teach for America – NashvilleOverall Performance: 4Candidate Performance: 4Employment: 4Program Impact: 4University of MemphisOverall Performance: 3Candidate Performance: 4Employment: 4Program Impact: 3University of Tennessee – ChattanoogaOverall Performance: 2Candidate Performance: 3Employment: 3Program Impact: 2University of Tennessee – KnoxvilleOverall Performance: 4Candidate Performance: 3Employment: 4Program Impact: 4University of Tennessee – MartinOverall Performance: 2Candidate Performance: 1Employment: 4Program Impact: 1Vanderbilt UniversityOverall Performance: 3Candidate Performance: 4Employment: 1Program Impact: 3Source: 2017 Tennessee Teacher Preparation Report Card
Despite slight improvement in several categories, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s School of Education remains among the bottom half of the state’s teacher preparation programs, according to this year’s report on the effectiveness of teacher training programs.
The school has plans underway, though, to improve its ranking, including the addition of a new K-5 certification and English as a second language degree program and a revamp of its partnership agreement with the Hamilton County Department of Education.
This is only the second year since the state launched its revamped report card, which gives detailed information about new teachers’ readiness for success in the classroom, in an effort to bolster programs across the state.