Education Salaries - $767,544.66
Travel Expenses - $2,000
General Operating Expenses - $6,000
Services & Contracts (ASL & CAEP)- $11,065
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
- Praxis Testing impact on EPP enrollment
- Secondary Education programs
- 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
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 and upgrading various Exum areas that occupy SEHDCS students
- 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, Student Teaching Coordinator)
Functional
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