Continuous Improvement and Accreditation

About the Team

Cari Maguire is the Continuous Improvement and Accreditation Director, Jamie Utt-Schumacher is the Accountability Analyst, Kelly Meyer is the School Partnerships and Clinical Learning Coordinator, and Paige Silfugarian is the Project Specialist. The team focuses on data collection, analysis, communication, school partner engagement, and projects for continuous improvement. They support all UMN Twin Cities teacher licensure programs across the college and campus. 

• • • Cari Maguire directs the continuous improvement team, and is responsible for assisting programs with new program proposals and program renewals (PERCAs and RIPAs), facilitating unit and programs'  administrative rule and standards work, and assisting programs in developing and assessing their continuous improvement goals.

    • Jamie Utt-Schumacher's primary focus is to ensure the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) meets all reporting requirements with the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB).  In addition, they provide data for all external reporting requirements. 

    • Kelly Meyer works across OTE's Clinical Partnerships and Continuous Improvement teams to ensure robust participation from school partners in improving teacher preparation. 

Enrollment, Retention, and Completion

We gather assessment and survey data from and about teacher candidates from the beginning of their program through program and teacher education licensure completion.  In addition, the Office of Teacher Education (OTE) follows new teachers into their first few years of teaching. When a teacher candidate exits the program (for any reason), Licensure program leads must report this using the OTE form "When Students Leave" to ensure Teacher Ed Management System records and PeopleSoft are updated.   

Data Requests (for Program Evaluation and Research)  

Requests for OTE data outside of the regularly reported programmatic information require a Data Request Form.  For IRB Approved Research  use this request form.  For program improvement data requests, use this request form.  This form ensures all FERPA and Human Subjects rules and regulations are met.  If you have questions, contact Jamie Utt-Schumacher.

Distributing and Reporting Candidate Data Covered by FERPA 

For information on distributing candidate edTPA or MTLE scores, or assessment data, refer to the Candidate Information Resources document.