Standard 5

Standard 5. Faculty Qualifications, Performance, and Development

A total of 18 faculty and other personnel are directly involved in the teaching, mentoring and support of our teacher candidates. We have nine Full Professors and four Associate Professors, all of whom are tenured. At the tenure-track, Assistant Professor-level, we have four faculty. We also have a full-time Coordinator of Educational and Clinical Experiences, which is a non-faculty position with the privilege of teaching a limited number of courses, as needed. While a majority of our faculty are tenured and have more than 10 years of experience each, we also have had 4 faculty retire, who have been honored with the title of Professor Emeriti. All of our current, full-time faculty have a terminal degree (Ph.D. or Ed.D.) in their cognate area, have several years of experience in P-12 school settings, are active in their field of scholarship and provide service to the university, the community and their professional associations.

Since its inception in 1889 as the Willimantic Normal School for training elementary school teachers, Eastern has not wandered from its fundamental core foci on teaching excellence. Engaged teaching is an important aspect of our vision and it is the number one responsibility and evaluation criteria for all faculty at Eastern. Eastern's faculty underscore their commitment to teaching with their professional and personal passion for scholarship, thereby ensuring that their teaching practices are current, scholarly and continuously propelling the field. Eastern's 2013 Conceptual Framework emphasizes this commitment through the proficiencies related to Content and Pedagogical Knowledge, Technology to Transform Teaching and the Integration of Knowledge. Our newly developed Candidate Learning Outcomes continue this focus with domains focusing on Intentional Teaching and Data Literacy.

5.1 Faculty Qualifications, Performance, and Development

5.1.a Qualified Faculty

5.1.b Modeling Best Professional Practices in Teaching

5.1.c Modeling Best Professional Practices in Scholarship

5.1.d Modeling Best Professional Practices in Service

5.1.e Unit Evaluation of Professional Education Faculty Performance

5.1.f Unit Facilitation of Professional Development

5.2 Areas for Improvement Cited in the Action Report from the Previous Accreditation Review

5.3 Exhibits of Evidence for Standard 5

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