Student Learning Assessment Report Submitted by: Usha Rajdev ...

Academic Year : 2009-2010 Program: Administration and Supervision
application of concepts and theories related to finance and development. As a result all students received a score of 4.00 in both of the
standards measured.
The final Portfolio that students now complete for the CSLP also offers students an opportunity to self-reflect and evaluate their own
progress so that they know the areas where they need to put forth more effort to grow and develop. They also learn to recognize their
areas of experience or confidence.
Discuss planned curricular or program improvements for this year based on assessment of outcome:
In general, the On-Site evaluation is one that continues to develop. Because students are full time teachers or principals and do
internships in their own schools, it can be difficult to motivate the On-site Advisor to work with the intern in providing a variety of
real life-like experiences. The evaluations given by On-site advisors are subjective based on what they have or have not observed.
Lack of observation is often due to the fact that the On-site Advisor does not provide the opportunity for a given experience. This is
especially true if the candidate is a teacher; whereas those who are principals are engaged in their daily administration of the school
under the guidance of their superintendent. The Coordinator of the Catholic School Leadership Program will continue to fine tune the
responsibilities of the On-site Advisors and provide suggestions for candidate experiences.
Though meeting expected standards, the lowest scores for this Learning Outcome were for the “Coping with stress and
communicating with faculty.” This is hard even for most experienced principals, especially in Catholic schools where administrative
staff is often quite limited. The students rate themselves on this and acknowledge that they know they need to do more with in these
areas. These are the areas where candidates learn by doing. Working with On-site Advisors to give students more experiences where
they can take the lead, learn to communicate with faculty, and cope with daily stress levels may help to buld up student confidence in
these areas.