Challenges Faced During the Past Fiscal Year- Provide a bulleted list of challenges highlights, and why, which may include:

Enrollment

• Conflicting information from several sources on campus as to actual number of students in our program.
• Student unpaid balance’s leading to a high percentage of students (freshman) dropping out (Retention Efforts need to be more intentional for 1^{st} time college students
• Praxis Testing impact on EPP enrollment
• KSU Enrolling students with no test scores (ACT)
• Secondary Education programs (Lack of interest within school district academies)
• National perspective on school safety
• Negative influence through media
• Political impact on the profession (Significant national teacher shortage & low numbers of high school students entering the profession, especially secondary)
• Seeking to operate a fully online educational program that coincides with current learning platforms (Operating two schools within one program). This will significantly increase the revenue of the school, thus providing revenue to hire & reshape the program
• University budget and financing
• Community and Regional Perception of University (Improving, and many hours spent changing the narrative internally- New Stakeholder Relationships)

Fiscal

• Lacked funds for technological upgrades to School of Education area and Model Classroom - Lacked funds for technological upgrades to School of Education area and Model Classroom
• Lack of equipment needs for Exercise Science Program
• Redesigning School of Education-NCEE- Lack of appropriate funding to move CPE initiative forward (NCEE initiative started but stopped after first meeting)
• Lack of funds to support departmental professional development
• Lack of funds for scholarships (Currently seeking outside funding source(s))
• Lack of funding to support faculty operating multiple positions within the program (i.e. EPP Coordinator, Clinical Coordinator, Student Teaching Coordinator, Administrative Assistant)

Functional

• Various Faculty members operating and managing roles without appropriate compensation outside of contract responsibilities
• Funding to support student exam fees and conference fee’s (Currently, using personal funding and stakeholder relationships to manage (No longer an option due to loss of Disability Appointment))