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2016-2017 School of Education Destination Survey Report

The following packet contains a detailed overview of graduates from the teacher education programs and the Health, Sport, and Exercise Science program at the School of Education. Data presented represents only the undergraduates who graduated in August 2016, December 2016, and May 2017. The data provided in this report comes from a variety of sources including the School of Education, the National Student Clearinghouse, surveys of the graduates, and LinkedIn. The University Career Center (UCC) uses discretion when including data from external sources such as LinkedIn. It’s the UCC’s goal to use quality, verifiable data. Overview School of Education

• We received data through surveys, National Student Clearinghouse, and School of Education for 280 School of Education graduates and graduates entering K-12 education. Their outcomes include:

o 58.57% (164) of graduates are employed full-time; 36.43% (102) are continuing their education; 1.79% (5) are employed part-time; 1.07% (3) is employed other (contract/temporary/self/freelance); .71% (2) are seeking employment; .71% (2) are in the military; and .71% (2) are taking a gap year.

• Their average salary is $38,884. The median salary is $40,006. • The majority of graduates are remaining in Kansas with Missouri, Illinois, and Colorado being population destinations. • The University of Kansas (Lawrence and Medical Center campus) is the most popular university for graduates to continue their education. The most

popular graduate degree programs are physical therapy, special education, higher education administration, nursing (BSN), and medicine (MD or DO).

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2016-2017 Teacher Education Destination Survey Report

Overview Teacher Education Candidates

• We received data through surveys, National Student Clearing House, and School of Education for 155 teacher education graduates. Their outcomes include:

o 87.1%* (135) of graduates are employed full-time; 7.74% (12) are continuing their education; 1.94% (3) are employed part-time; 1.29% (2) are seeking employment; 1.29% (2) are in the military; and .65% (1) is employed other (contract/temporary/self/freelance)

• Kansas City Kansas Public Schools is the top employer for SOE teacher education graduates and K-5 is the top job title for graduates. • Graduates are spending on average 2.95 months job seeking. • Their average salary is $39,876. • The majority of graduates are remaining in Kansas with Missouri, Illinois, and Colorado being population destinations. • The University of Kansas is the most popular university for graduates to continue their education. The most popular graduate degree programs are

curriculum and instruction, special education, and higher education administration.

*Six percent of the teacher education graduates who are employed full-time are not employed in K-12 education.

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Employed Full-Time K-12 Employed Outside K-12 Education Attending Graduate School Employed Part-Time K-12

Military Seeking Employment Employed Other

2016-2017 Teacher Education Graduates (n = 155)

1.09%

45.65%52.17%

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$30,001 -$35,000

$35,001 -$40,000

$40,001 -$45,000

$45,001 -$50,000

Salary Ranges of Graduates*

*2016-2017 District Pay Schedules were used to calculate the data.

Major Respondents in Major

Total Respondents Employed or Attending Grad School

Employment Rate

Art 4 4 4/4 (100%) Elementary 61 56 56/61 (92%) Foreign Language 5 7 7/8 (88%) Middle Level Education 5 5 5/5 (100%) Music 13 12 12/13 (92%) Physical/Health Education 10 10 10/10 (100%) Secondary Education 24 23 33/34 (97%) Unified Early Childhood 7 7 7/7 (100%)

TOTAL 146 138 138/146 (94.5%)

Average Salary: $39,876 UKanTeach Average Salary:

$38,882 *2016-2017 District Pay Schedules were

used to calculate the data.

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2016-2017 Destination Survey of Teacher Education Graduates Job Search Data (n=20)

How many school districts have you applied to? How many job offers have you received?

Mean: 8.35 Median: 6 Range: 1-20 Mean: 2.15 Median: 1.5 Range: 1-6

How many employers have you interviewed with? How many job offers have you rejected?

Mean: 6.15 Median: 5 Range: 1-20 Mean: 1.15 Median: 2.5 5 Range: 1-7

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Job Offers from Education Career Fair

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2016-2017 Destination Survey of Teacher Education Graduates Job Search Data Continued

Did you attend Education Interview Day (n = 23)? Did you attend Education Career Fair (n = 23)?

Did you receive any job offers from Education Interview Day (n = 18)? Did you receive any job offers from Education Career Fair (n = 18)?

71%

29%

Education Interview Day Attendance (May 2017)

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No

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69%

Job Offers from Education Interview Day

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No

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Education Career Fair Attendance (November 2016)

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KU Career Connections

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Education Career Fair

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2016-2017 Destination Survey of Teacher Education Graduates Job Search Data Continued (n = 20)

Number of Months from First Application to Acceptance How did you first learn about your job?

Month Accepted Primary Positions

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2016-2017 HSES Destination Survey Report

Overview • There was a total of 189 HSES graduates. We received data through surveys, the National Student Clearinghouse, and School of Education efforts for 125

HSES graduates (66% knowledge rate). Their outcomes include: o 72% (90) are continuing their education; 23.2% (29) of graduates are employed full-time; 1.6% (2) are employed part-time; 1.6% (2) are taking

a gap year; and, 1.6% (2) are employed other (contract/temporary/self/freelance) • 85% (52/61) of HSES graduates participated in 1 or more internship during their time at KU. • 79% (48/61) of HSES graduates worked while attending KU for an average of 21 hours per week. • The majority of graduates are remaining in Kansas with Missouri and Illinois being population destinations. • The University of Kansas (Lawrence campus & Medical Center) is the most popular university for graduates to continue their education with 30% of the

graduates attending. Other popular institutions include Johnson County Community College and University of Saint Mary. • The most popular graduate degree programs are in the health care professions (30). Of the 30 known graduates pursuing health care, 17.78% are

studying physical therapy; 5.56% are studying medicine (MD/DO), and 6.67% are studying nursing (BSN). Other health care fields include dental therapy, physician’s assistant, and prosthetics-orthotics. Outside of health care the most popular areas of study are special education, law, and higher education administration.

• On average, graduates applied to 3.52 institutions of higher education (range 0 - 10). On average, graduates were admitted to 1.42 schools (range 0-6)/

What are some weaknesses of your academic program? • Curriculum • A lot of information covered overlaps in many classes. • At KU, try and keep the grading curriculum the same between the different classes. • Curriculum wasn’t challenging at times. • Exposure to more medical relevant topics-exercise and sepsis, exercise and CHF etc. • of the classes could have been optional so we could have taken more electives within the program to choose what we wanted. • I think that some of the classes were very relevant while some classes in the program were more geared towards specific career paths. I think that some

I did not feel prepared for some classes such as Biomechanics due to no prior physics experience. • I do not believe that parts were challenging enough or varied enough. Many of the classes were similar. • I thought the science courses outside of the degree was harder and more challenging. • It is a new program which still is undergoing change. • Most classes were taught by GTAS. Lack of diversity in class types available – needs less emphasis on athletes and sports, maybe more on healthcare

opportunities or jobs available within that field • Needs to be more intellectually challenging. One-page double spaced paper on the super bowl isn’t really challenging • Repetitive classes Not many/teacher professors Still seemed like a very new program • Repetitive, not always challenging • Repetitive, not very challenging

• Repetitive • Some classes seemed too easy. At times it seemed like my Business minor classes were harder than my Sports Management classes. • Some of the classes were easier than they should have been (the classes earlier in the program), but I also like to be academically challenged (hence

medical school). Also, some of my peers frequently cheated on online quizzes/exams and that was upsetting for those of us who completed them based on our own knowledge

• Some weaknesses of my academic program were conflicts in communicating. • Very repetitive among difference classes.

• Faculty • Bad instructors in last academic semester • Focus too much on tests. Some professors aren’t passionate about the material. Some professors try teaching more than is required for the class, making

it difficult to learn • KU Exercise Science – No relationship between professors and students, professors not outwardly supportive of student success, lots of classes taught by

exercise science graduate students that I felt were incompetent. • New faculty teaching some of the courses so they didn't really know how to teach it or how to best run the class • Unqualified new instructors teaching classes in the program • Very little relationship or communication with the professors, so people are afraid to ask questions during class or after class. Academic advisors

weren't all that helpful in planning for graduate school applications and for class schedules.

• Career Development • Although I loved my Community Health Program, I wish during the career fairs there were more of out of state companies. I found it hard to find a job

when my full-time internship experience was in Kansas. I felt that a course in post-grad experiences would have been helpful. • Career Advising • Possibly have individuals with different jobs come in and speak and provide advice on how to find jobs and learn what they do on a day to day basis. • Real-life job experiences • Unpaid internship. It would be nice to get paid while working 40 hours a week. • There are no jobs with this degree unless I go to graduate school.

• Miscellaneous • Lack of resources. • Nothing

What suggestions would you recommend for increasing the effectiveness of your academic program? • Curriculum • A broader education in the health department. • Allowing students to take the internship semester sooner, or to split it up to shadow at multiple places. Also, having more resources and help for

applying to graduate schools • Diversify the curriculum • Exposure to more medical literature. • I did not like online classes. I did not learn much from those classes at all so I would recommend getting rid of them or altering them in some way. Like I

said previously, my peers found it easy to cheat on the online quizzes and exams and that was frustrating. I would look into changing the format of the exam taking.

• I wish I could have done a Business Major with a Sport Management Minor instead of a Sport Management Major and Business Minor. • Letting students know about the additional classes offered in the program would be very helpful because I didn't know about them until I was too far in

the program to work them in my schedule. • Look into varying the curriculum to make individuals more rounded in all areas of sport. • Make sure proper prerequisites are in place. • More business-related work and real-world application • More coordination between professors so they aren’t all teaching the same thing. It’s easy to lose interest when you’re sitting through the same lecture

in every class. • More diversity among HSES curriculum, don't want to hear the same thing in every class. • More hands on. More lab work. Smaller class sizes. • More practical information, career building • More varied classes and more activities outside of class for my major. • More work opportunities. Networking opportunities. More general science requirements. • Smaller classes, more interactive learning styles, don't have graduate students teach courses • None- all teachers are really great, most of the classes we interactive and you got to do projects that really apply the knowledge • To spread the word of the program of Dental Therapy to increase the acceptance rate.

• Faculty • Better instructors in senior fall semester • Better/more instructors. More guidance within the program of post-graduate opportunities • Keep Dawn Emerson around forever. She turned the program around and will continue to do so as long as it exists.

• Career Development • Different Internship Opportunities. Better job placement help.

• Needs more direction on what types of jobs or opportunities are available after obtaining that degree- esp healthcare or continuing education options. • See above. As the program grows, there will be more opportunities for career choices but was hard to find positions with my experience and area. •

• Miscellaneous

• Nothing it helped me get into grad school! • Stricter details • They did a great job and are improving.