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Ability of completers to be hired

(in positions for which they have prepared.)

Measure Four (Initial and Advanced)

100% of program completers for W&M initial and advanced programs meet licensure standards for Virginia and are eligible to apply for licensure. All advanced and initial programs are currently approved by the Commonwealth of Virginia for licensure purposes, and initial program graduates and Reading Specialist graduates must pass licensure examinations to graduate. Therefore, students in our initial programs, School Psychology, and Reading Specialist programs can be hired upon graduation in positions requiring those licenses.

Advanced program graduates in the School Counseling and K12 Administration program are not mandated to take and pass licensure examinations. For School Counseling licensure in Virginia, candidate completion of the CACREP approved program allows students to be eligible for licensure and therefore employment as a school counselor upon graduation. For the K12 Administration program, students must take and pass the SLLA examination to be eligible for licensure beyond central office. For those K12 Administration students that take the SLLA, we have a 100% pass rate.

The Commonwealth of Virginia does not provide sufficient data on program graduates to determine employment directly. To address this issue, we have begun surveying program completers at their graduation to determine their employment in the field in which they trained. We began surveying students in the initial teacher preparation program on their employment plans and found that by the last week of their education, 71% of initial teaching program graduates had found employment. Prior to graduation, 32% of school counseling students had found employment. To further understand employment of our completers, we plan on introducing exit surveys for our other licensure programs.