Program Coordinators and Faculty

Program Improvement and Assessment Committee (PIAC)

The Program Improvement and Assessment Committee (PIAC) brings together Program Coordinators and faculty representatives from every Teacher Education major across the School of Education and four partner colleges:

• Agricultural, Life, and Physical Sciences
• Arts and Media
• Engineering, Computing, Technology, and Mathematics
• Liberal Arts

Working collaboratively, PIAC maintains a comprehensive assessment system to ensure programmatic alignment, ISBE state compliance, and national accreditation standards (CAEP).

Core Responsibilities:

• Shared Governance: A key guiding partner in the mission of SIU’s Teacher Education Program.
• Candidate Expectations: Defining and measuring the core values, professional commitments, and dispositions expected of teacher candidates across all coursework and clinical field experiences.
• Continuous Improvement: Monitoring data collection methods and evaluating the overall effectiveness of our assessment framework to support candidate and program success.

Assessment, Quality Assurance and Accreditation

Maintaining program quality and meeting national accreditation standards is a continuous, shared effort. This section centralizes the tools, rubrics, and reporting frameworks used across all licensure programs to track candidate outcomes, gather meaningful clinical data, and streamline institutional assessment.

Committee Resources and Policy Documentation

• Teacher Education Program Policies:
  • Clinical Practice Handbook
  • School Partner Handbook
• Program Committee Minutes and Meeting Agendas:
  • Calendar
  • Agendas
  • Minutes
• Contact and Leadership Directory