Iowa Department of Education

GOAL 1:  Reform and strengthen content area skills of secondary and middle school teacher candidates.

• Language Arts Team
  
• Middle School Content Team
• Reading and Writing in the Content Area Team

GOAL 2:  Prepare teacher candidates to support and teach diverse student populations (i.e. teaching English language learners).

• English Language Learners Team

GOAL 3:  Reform and improve teacher preparation programs through rigorous analysis of candidate and program performance data.

• Assessment Team
• Cross Articulation Team
• Dispositions Team
• Teacher Candidate Assessment
  
  

GOAL 4:  Prepare teacher candidates  to meet educational challenges for the 21st Century.

• Collaborative Plus Team
• Mentoring and Induction
• Summit & Regional Meetings