Moody School of Education

Outcomes

Baylor’s Moody School of Education is committed to producing graduates who have impact in the educational fields that they choose to serve. 

More about the School of Education's programs can be found on the Texas Education Association website at this Consumer Information link.

Teacher Education Program:

Baylor’s field-based undergraduate teacher-education program produces graduates who become leaders in education, whether in classroom teaching or administrative roles.

TEA Pass Rate:

Recent certification exam pass rates for Moody School of Education students are listed below. All percentages reflect the pass rates for all programs at Baylor University requiring TEA certification, whether undergraduate or graduate programs and whether housed in the School of Education or in other academic units.

The first number indicates pass rate for the PPR (Pedagogy and Professional Responsibility) exam, which is taken by candidates seeking initial certification. The second percentage includes all content and supplemental exams that candidates took for initial teacher certification. It also includes exams taken for principal or superintendent certification.

  • 2024-25 — 100% / 97%
  • 2023-24 — 98% / 97 %
  • 2022-23 — 98% / 99%
  • 2021-22 — 98% / 96%
  • 2020-21 — 99% / 98%
  • 2019-20 — 99% / 99%

Texas State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) Commendations:

In February 2022 and 2023, SBEC recognized Baylor in the following areas:

  • Rigorous and Robust Preparation — First Test Pass Rate, All exams (2020-2021)
  • First Test Pass Rate in teacher shortage areas (2020-2021)
  • Rigorous and Robust Preparation — First Test Pass Rate in teacher shortage areas (2021-2022)
  • Preparing the Educators Texas Needs — Percentage of prepared teachers in teacher shortage areas (2021-2022)

Award-winning student teachers:

National Student Teacher of the Year Award:

  • Ashlyn Bergethon, BSEd ’24 - story
  • Emily Blackwell, BSEd ’22 - story
  • Lauren Hornbeak, BSEd ’19 - story

Texas Student Teacher of the Year Award:

  • Bella Buncher, BSEd ’25 - story
  • Ashlyn Bergethon, BSEd ’24 - story
  • Debbie Chou, BSEd ’23 — story
  • Alexandra Ronnenberg, BSEd ’21 — story
  • Lauren Hornbeak, BSEd ’19 — story
  • Rachel Vaughn, BSEd ’17 — story and video
  • Stephanie Wright, BSEd ’16, MSEd ’17 — story

Award-winning field program:

Baylor School of Education is the only university to be honored back-to-back by the National Association of Professional Development Schools (NAPDS) with the "Exemplary Professional Development School Achievement Award for its two partnerships with local school districts. Baylor students conduct field work in Midway and Waco ISDs under the leadership of Baylor-trained mentor teachers with on-site supervision from Baylor SOE faculty, a Baylor University Liaison, and a school-based Site Coordinator.
2017 Exemplary Award with Midway ISD
2018 Exemplary Award with Waco ISD

Employment for educator-preparation program graduates:

Employment data for Baylor University graduates is maintained by Baylor's Career Center and can be found here:

Results may be filtered by graduate or undergraduate, academic unit, and major to see SOE grads. The data for 2023-24 academic year showed a success rate of 100% for SOE undergraduates in teacher-education* programs. This exceeds Baylor's overall placement rate for undergraduates.

Several graduate programs also show a 100% success rate.

*The SOE overall undergraduate rate includes students in a non-teacher-education program.

Graduate Education:

Baylor Graduate School’s annual evaluation of graduate education has consistently found that School of Education programs are highly productive academically and that graduates are satisfied with their education.

Research Publications by PhD Students:

Educational Leadership doctoral students in the Higher Education Studies & Leadership (HESL) PhD program ranked top in the university in annual research publications per capita. Doctoral graduates of Curriculum & Instruction rank among the most satisfied at Baylor, with a 4.7 out of five, tying for second place.

Doctoral Graduation Rates of PhD programs:

100% after six years* **
• PhD in Curriculum & Teaching
Department of Curriculum & Instruction
• PhD in Higher Education Studies and Leadership
Department of Educational Leadership
*Two of only four programs university-wide

72% after six years
• PhD in Educational Psychology
Department of Educational Psychology

**from incoming cohorts of 2012-2014, latest available

Academic Analytics Rankings of Faculty for 2021

Baylor Graduate School's Annual Report calculates citations, awards, and grant dollars of every graduate faculty member in PhD programs.

• HESL faculty have the university’s highest ranking of Academic Analytics, with 100 percentile.
• Educational Psychology PhD faculty ranked at 85 percentile. And Curriculum & Instruction at 64.

Program Growth:

Launched in 2018, the EdD Online in Learning & Organizational Change in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction is the university’s largest doctoral program. Its inaugural cohort graduated in August 2021. With 84% of students graduating within three years, the cohort beat the national doctoral completion rate, which is 50% after 10 years. The EDD-LOC was a 2022 winner of the Program of the Year Award from CPED, the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate, which noted the program's innovation, social justice pursuits, diversity of faculty and students, and preparation of scholarly practitioners to lead change initiatives that promote equity.

The MA in School Leadership graduated its first cohort in December 2022 with a 100% completion rate for the cohort and 100% placement rate.

The SOE also launched an EdS program in School Psychology located in Dallas at the campus of the Baylor School of Nursing. Its first cohort graduated in May of 2023.

ABA Program Placement

Graduates of the Applied Behavior Analysis master’s programs have a 100% placement rate.

Award-Winning Graduate Students:

Moody School of Education

 
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