Secondary Teacher Education Program (STEP)
The Secondary Teacher program is comprised of students declared in the teacher education degree programs linked to MN teacher licensure aligned with grades 5-12 and grades K-12 in the Department of Education at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
These majors include:
- Art Education: K-12 Visual Arts
- Music Education: K-12 Instrumental & Classroom Music OR K-12 Vocal & Classroom Music
- Physical Education: K-12 Physical Education
- Public Health-School: 5-12 Health Education
- Teaching Communication Arts & Literature: 5-12 Communication Arts and Literature
- Teaching Earth & Space Science: 5-8 General Science & 9-12 Earth & Space Science
- Teaching Earth & Space Science Post Bac: 9-12 Earth & Space Science (Requires Bachelor's Degree)
- Teaching French: K-12 World Languages Cultures: French
- Teaching German: K-12 World Languages Cultures: German
- Teaching Life Science: 5-8 General Science & 9-12 Life Science
- Life Science Post Bac: 9-12 Life Science (Requires Bachelor's Degree)
- Teaching Mathematics: 5-12 Mathematics
- Teaching Physical Science-Chemistry: 5-8 General Science & 9-12 Chemistry
- Chemistry Post Bac: 9-12 Chemistry (Requires Bachelor's Degree)
- Teaching Physical Science-Physics: 5-8 General Science & 9-12 Physics
- Physics Post Bac: 9-12 Physics (Requires Bachelor's Degree)
- Teaching Social Studies: 5-12 Social Studies
- Teaching Spanish: K-12 World Languages Cultures: Spanish
This program licenses students in the license field aligned with their above major. The Secondary Teacher Education program faculty work collaboratively with the content departments across the University of Minnesota Duluth campus. The Department of Education faculty facilitate a robust curriculum in the required core Teacher Education courses (the "Blocks") and the content curriculum is prepared predominately in the associated content department. Along with the curriculum for creating effective teachers, the program/major also performs ongoing assessment of student learning to ensure the program/major delivery is preparing highly qualified teachers. The MN Professional Educator Licensing & Standards Board requires all Teacher Education Programs in the State of Minnesota to complete ongoing program assessment as part of the bi-annual PERCA review process and ongoing unit review process. Assessment components are required to be completed at both the unit and program/major level.
Systematic Assessment of Secondary Education Candidates Decision Points
Program level data review schedule (Fall and Spring Semester)
Data Review Schedule
Key Assessments
PELSB requires the monitoring and assessing candidates' attainment of standards at a minimum of three identified checkpoints after admission throughout the professional education sequence. Also, a unit collects, aggregates, analyzes and uses aggregated data from its key assessments to evaluate program effectiveness and to make program improvement changes as part of the PERCA process.
- Fall semester key assessment courses aligned to assessment tool in TK20
- Spring semester key assessment courses aligned to assessment tool in TK20
Key Assessment Faculty Expectations:
- Faculty establish an Assessment Tool (rubric, etc) with the Accreditation Officer who add it to the TK20 Key Assessment library. This must occur during the semester prior to the Assessment Tool's use. Faculty use common unit level rubrics for unit plan and lesson plan.
- Each semester, faculty ensure the Assessment Tool (rubric, etc) is accurate by conferring with the Accreditation Officer. Any known changes to the existing rubric must be communicated to the Accreditation Officer as soon as possible.
- Each semester, faculty must meet the deadline to enter required Key Assessment scores into TK20. Deadline is on or before two weeks after the end of the semester.
Secondary Teacher Education Program Key Assessments:
(Access Restricted to Program Faculty)
Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan Rubric (Unit Level Common)
- Music Education (MU 3608-Teaching Elementary Music I)
- Administered Fall Semester
- Physical Education (PETE 4100-Elementary PE Methods)
- Administered Spring Semester
- Art Education, Public Health, Tch Comm Arts Lit, Tch Earth/Space Science, Tch Life Science, Tch Math, Tch Physical Sci (Physics/Chemistry), Teaching Social Studies, Tch World Lang & Culture (Spanish, French, German) [EDSE 4204-Designing Learning Environments & Lessons]
- Administered Fall and Spring Semester
Unit Plan
Unit Plan Rubric (Unit Level Common)
- Art Education (Art 3815-Art in Secondary Education)
- Administered Fall Semester
- Music Education (Instrumental and Vocal) (MU 3609-Teaching Elementary Music II)
- Administered Fall Semester
- Physical Education (PETE 4255: Supervised Teaching II: Implementation and Class Mgmt)
- Administered Spring Semester
- Public Health School (HLTH 3302: School Health Methods)
- Administered Spring Semester
- Teaching Communication Arts & Literature (ENGL 4922: Teaching Literature and Communication)
- Administered Fall Semester
- Teaching Mathematics (EDSE 4222: Teaching Mathematics: Grades 5-12)
- Administered Fall Semester
- Teaching Sciences (Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Life Science, Physics, General Science) (EDSE 4255 Teaching Science: Grades 5-12)
- Administered Spring Semester
- Teaching Social Studies (EDSE 4244: Teaching Social Studies: Grades 5-12)
- Administered Spring Semester
- Teaching World Language & Culture (Spanish, French, German) (EDUC 4040: World Language Teaching Methods)
- Administered Spring Semester
Student Teaching Evaluation
Student Teaching Evaluation Rubric (Administered Fall and Spring Semester)
- Art Education (EDSE 4600 and ELED 4650)
- Music Education (Instrumental and Vocal) (EDSE 4600 and ELED 4650)
- Physical Education (EDSE 4600 and ELED 4650)
- Public Health (EDSE 4600)
- Teaching Communication Arts & Literature (EDSE 4600)
- Teaching Mathematics (EDSE 4600)
- Teaching Sciences (Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Life Science, Physics, General Science) (EDSE 4600)
- Teaching Social Studies (EDSE 4600)
- Teaching World Language & Culture (Spanish, French, German) (EDSE 4600)
Collaborative Exit Interview
(Art Education, Music Education, Public Health, Tch Comm Arts Lit, Tch Earth/Space Science, Tch Life Science, Tch Math, Tch Physical Sci (Physics/Chemistry), Teaching Social Studies, Tch World Lang & Culture (Spanish, French, German)
Collaborative Exit Interview Rubric
- EDSE 3206-Apprenticeship: Secondary School
- Administered Fall and Spring Semester
Professional Assessment & Dispositions for UMD
Physical Education Majors Only
- Professional Assessment & Dispositions for UMD PE Majors-Elementary (PETE 4125: Apprenticeship: Elementary)
- Administered Spring Semester
- Professional Assessment & Dispositions for UMD PE Majors-Middle School (PETE 4225: Apprenticeship: Secondary)
- Administered Fall Semester
edTPA (Access Restricted to Program Faculty)
The edTPA is a teacher performance assessment that all teacher education graduates are required to complete in order to be eligible for licensure. The MN Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board requires the edTPA to be submitted but there isn't a required cut score for the license applicant to be recommended for licensure. Instead, the MN Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board has set cut scores that the higher education institution must work towards having their teacher candidates meet as part of the PERCA program renewal process. The below cut scores have been established, all MN higher education institutions are expected to be at a 70% pass rate.
edTPA Passing scores for all programs except World Lang and Culture:
Task 1: Planning [students must achieve a cut score of 13 or higher]
Task 2: Instruction [students must achieve a cut score of a 13 or higher]
Task 3: Assessment [students must achieve a cut score of a 12 or higher]
edTPA Passing scores for World Lang and Culture:
Task 1: Planning [students must achieve a cut score of 10 or higher]
Task 2: Instruction [students must achieve a cut score of a 13 or higher]
Task 3: Assessment [students must achieve a cut score of a 9 or higher]
PELSB requirement is that ALL License programs must have an edTPA pass rate of 70%.
Data Analysis:
- Unit Level
- STEP Program Level
- Handbooks:
- Art Education: Visual Arts edTPA Handbook
- Music Education (Instrumental & Vocal): K-12 Performing Arts edTPA Handbook
- Physical Education: Physical Education edTPA Handbook
- Public Health School: Health edTPA Handbook
- Teaching Communication Arts & Literature: Middle Child English, Language, Arts edTPA Handbook OR Secondary English, Language, Arts edTPA Handbook
- Teaching Mathematics [Middle Child Mathematics edTPA Handbook OR Secondary Mathematics edTPA Handbook]
- Teaching Sciences (Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Life Science, Physics, General Science) [Middle Child Science edTPA Handbook OR Secondary Science edTPA Handbook]
- Teaching Social Studies [Middle Child Social Studies edTPA Handbook OR Secondary Social Studies edTPA Handbook]
- Teaching World Language & Culture (Spanish, French, German) [World Language edTPA Handbook]
MTLE (Access Restricted to Program Faculty)
MN Teacher Licensure Exam pass rates for content and pedagogy exams aligned with each licensure area.
All students complete the same pedagogy exam:
- Secondary: Subtest 1
- Secondary: Subtest 2
Content: see below by major
Data Analysis:
- Unit Level
- By Major
- Art Education
- Content
- Visual Arts: Subtest 1
- Visual Arts: Subtest 2
- Content
- Music Education (Instrumental and Vocal)
- Content
- Instrumental & Vocal Classroom Music: Subtest 1
- Instrumental Classroom Music: Subtest 2
- Content
- Art Education
- Vocal
- Instrumental & Vocal Classroom Music: Subtest 1
- Vocal Classroom Music: Subtest 2
- Physical Education
- Content
- Physical Education: Subtest 1
- Physical Education: Subtest 2
- Content
- Public Health
- Content
- Health: Subtest 1
- Health: Subtest 2
- Content
- Teaching Communication Arts & Literature
- Content:
- Communication Arts & Literature: Subtest 1
- Communication Arts & Literature: Subtest 2
- Content:
- Teaching Mathematics
- Content:
- Mathematics: Subtest 1
- Mathematics: Subtest 2
- Content:
- Teaching Sciences (Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Life Science, Physics, General Science)
- Content (5-12 Sciences) All take Middle Level Science: Subtest 1 & 2 and below content exam specific to license area
- Chemistry: Chemistry: Subtest 1 AND Chemistry: Subtest 2
- Earth & Space Science: Earth & Space Science: Subtest 1 AND Earth & Space Science: Subtest 2
- Life Science: Life Science: Subtest 1 AND Life Science: Subtest 2
- Physics: Physics: Subtest 1 AND Physics: Subtest 2
- Content (9-12 Post Bac Sciences)
- Chemistry: Chemistry: Subtest 1 AND Chemistry: Subtest 2
- Earth & Space Science: Earth & Space Science: Subtest 1 AND Earth & Space Science: Subtest 2
- Life Science: Life Science: Subtest 1 AND Life Science: Subtest 2
- Physics: Physics: Subtest 1 AND Physics: Subtest 2
- Content (5-12 Sciences) All take Middle Level Science: Subtest 1 & 2 and below content exam specific to license area
- Teaching Social Studies
- Content:
- Social Studies: Subtest 1
- Social Studies: Subtest 2
- Content:
- Teaching World Language & Culture (Spanish, French, German)
- French: World Language & Culture: French-Subtest 1 AND World Language & Culture: French-Subtest 2
- German: World Language & Culture: German-Subtest 1 AND World Language & Culture: German-Subtest 2
- Spanish: World Language & Culture: Spanish-Subtest 1 AND World Language & Culture: Spanish-Subtest 2
Dispositions (Access Restricted to Program Faculty)
Professional Dispositions Rubric (Common Unit Level) previous version
Professional Dispositions 2020-Present
Data Analysis (Restricted to Program Faculty)
- Dispositions-Unit (starting 2018-2019 academic year) Fall 2018 Pilot Courses Block I (IESE-SPED 4310, STEP-EDSE 4204, UECH-SPED 3105)
- Secondary Teacher Education Program
Block Surveys (Access Restricted to Program Faculty)
Data Analysis (Restricted to Program Faculty)
Unit Level Additional Data Measures (Access Restricted to Program Faculty):
Data Analysis (Restricted to Program Faculty)
- Alumni Survey (1 year after graduation)-Unit and by major
- Employer Survey (1 year after graduation)-Unit and by major
- Graduate Exit Survey (final semester at UMD)-Unit and by major
Data Analysis for On-Going Program Review (Access Restricted to Program Faculty)
Data Analysis (Restricted to Program Faculty)
UMD Student Learning Outcomes (SLO's)
Assessment of Student Learning
Each program at UMD is required to have a Program Assessment Liaison (PAL) who is responsible for reviewing data and compiling a report to be entered into the Compliance Assist Assessment Program that aligns with the student learning outcome data reporting cycle. The Annual Program Assessment Report, completed in the Fall, includes program development recommendations for the program student learning outcome (SLO) assessed. The recommendations are based on the program faculty/staff interpretations of the assessment results.
Student Learning Outcomes crosswalk with Standards of Effective Practice (SEP's) and Review Schedule