The Teacher Cadet program at Mount Vernon High School exceeds the local benchmark standards in the following areas:

• 100% of the students have achieved competency attainment since the beginning of the program six years ago
• 100% of the students have enrolled in college after graduating from high school
• Eleven students have earned duel enrollment credit at Shenandoah University since the program began in 2009-2010; six more students are enrolled in the program this year
• Twenty one students have received one or more college scholarships
• The course is co-curricular
  • Future Education Association (FEA) lessons are incorporated into the curriculum
  • Students have attended the National FEA Conference since the beginning of the program six years ago
  • Students attended the first Virginia FEA Conference last year; they plan to attend this April too
  • Students were asked to present a workshop on our club activities at the VA FEA Conference last year and again this year
  • Student participation in competitions at the National FEA Conference has increased
  • Mount Vernon FEA earned three awards at the National FEA Conference this year
    • Fourth place club – Energy Day
    • Second place club – Public Service Announcement
    • First place individual – Impromptu Speaking.

Fairfax County offered the NOCTI Education and Training Assessment to Teacher Cadets for the first time during the 2010-2011school year.  We were the only county in Virginia to take this assessment, so the only comparative data is the five schools that participated.

Facts:

• All of my seniors took the test, but two students were absent on the second day of testing and did not complete the assessment. 
• Two other students had scores a fraction of a percent below the cut score. 
• Only one student had a score of 57% and wasn’t even close to passing; this is a student who has test anxiety.  She is currently enrolled at Northern Virginia Community College because of her SAT scores.  She plans to transfer to George Mason her junior year when an SAT score won’t be needed.    
• If only two of my four failing students had passed, our school pass rate would have been 77%.