Transcript Educational Program Assessment

Educational Program
Assessment
Fall 2013 Convocation
Kris Ogden
Goals
Review Educational Program Assessment
Annual Schedule
 Providing and Reviewing General
Education and Program Assessment Data
 Next Steps
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Outcomes for Today
Identify your role in educational program
assessment.
 Access the schedule of important dates
and deadlines.
 Apply assessment results in evaluating
programs.
 Acknowledge a better understanding of
general education outcomes and program
outcomes.
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Program Coordinators
A faculty member academically qualified in
the field will be assigned to degree and
certificate programs. The primary
responsibility of program coordinators is
for program coordination, as well as
curriculum development and review.
Program Coordinators
Program
Accounting - AAS
Coordinator
Linda Mallory
Administration of Justice AAS
Administrative Support
Technology - AAS
Business Administration AA&S
Business Management CSC
Criminal Justice - CSC
Jason Ferguson
Culinary Arts - AAS&
CERT
General Clerical - CSC
Health Technologies
IST - Programming - AAS
Management - AAS
Medical Coding - CSC
Brent Lester
Ernie Wade
Program
Communication Design AAS
Education - AA&S
General Studies AA&S &
General Education – CERT
Liberal Arts - AA&S
Coordinator
Donna Hobbs
John McCullough
Matt Poteat
Charles Poff
Lynn Dillard
Jason Ferguson
Computer Numerical
Control - CSC
Engineering - AS
Dominick Launi
Engineering Tech -AAS
Kirk Gomes
Paul Morrison
Brent Lester
Jane Pearson
Paul Forrest
Paul Morrison
Brent Lester
Kirk Gomes
Heating, Ventilation, & Air
Conditioning - CSC
Machine Tool Diploma &
Machine Shop - CERT,
Science - AA&S
Mike Alderman
Welding - CSC
Jewel Newman
Lynn Dillard
Tim Rhoads
Program Heads
Certain programs, particularly in Allied
Health, are mandated by outside accrediting
agencies to have a designated program
head.
Program Heads
Program
Program Head
Emergency Med TecIntermediate - CSC
Emergency Medical Tech Basic - CSC
EMS - Paramedic - AAS
Jason Ferguson
Medical Laboratory
Technology - AAS
Pharmacy Technology CSC
Radiologic Technology AAS
Respiratory Therapy
Technology - AAS
Jason Ferguson
Jason Ferguson
Robin Levandoski
Jason Ferguson
Cheryl Cunningham
Wendy Ayers
Department Coordinator
A faculty member qualified in the field will
be assigned to coordinate the
department. The overall purpose of a
Department Coordinator is to ensure
quality instruction within the field of study.
Department Coordinators
Department Coordinator
Discipline
David McGee
History
James Patterson
Humanities
Gary Randolph
English
Tim Rhoads
Science
Tom Sparhawk
Social Sciences
Ernie Wade
Business
Cindy Wallin
Mathematics
General Education Task Force
Affirm the general education competencies
as defined by the VCCS
 Identify CVCC general education student
learning outcomes
 Review results of the CVCC’s general
education assessments
 Identify the extent to which associatedegree graduates have attained general
education outcomes
 Identify action steps for continuous
improvement
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Annual Schedule
Program
Goal
Student
Learning
Outcomes
Evidence of
Improvement
CVCC
Assessment
Cycle
Actions
Based on
Results
Assessment
Measures
Results and
Findings
Target Goals
Schedule
Activity
Due Date
Person Responsible
Provide program and General
Education Assessment Data.
By August 15
Office of Institutional
Effectiveness and Planning
Review results and enter
findings.
By September 15
Program Coordinators and
Program Heads
Share results and findings
with Division Deans,
Advisory Boards and other
program faculty. Develop
actions steps.
By October 15
Program Coordinators and
Programs Heads
Make improvements based on
action steps.
By November 1
Program Coordinators and
Program Heads
Review and update program
goals, program outcomes,
curriculum maps,
program specific student
learning outcomes, target
goals, and assessment
measures.
By November 15
Program Coordinators and
Program Heads
Schedule (cont.)
Activity
Due Date
Person Responsible
Program Coordinators,
Program Heads, and
Division Deans are
responsible for the
implementation of
Action Steps and
communicating them.
Ongoing
Program Coordinators,
Program Heads,
Department
Coordinators and
Division Deans
Implement, document,
and evaluate the success
of the action steps and
enter follow-up on
action steps.
By April 1
Program Coordinators
and Program Heads
Final review and
approval of completed
education program
assessments.
By April 30
Program Coordinators,
Program Heads, Division
Deans, and VP for
Academic Affairs
Assessment Results
Tiger, Bud Blake
General Education
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General education is that portion of the
collegiate experience that addresses the
knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values
characteristic of educated persons. It is
unbounded by disciplines and honors the
connections among bodies of knowledge.
The associate degree programs within the
VCCS support a collegiate experience that
focuses on seven goal areas. The general
education goal areas outlined are to be
introduced in the foundational courses and
enhanced in program and elective courses.
~ VCCS Policy Manual Table 5-1A
General Education Goals
1.
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3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Communication
Critical Thinking
Cultural and Social Understanding
Information Literacy
Personal Development
Quantitative Reasoning
Scientific Reasoning
General Education Assessment
Results
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ETS Proficiency Profile – Abbreviated form
◦ Skills Subscores
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Reading
Writing
Critical Thinking
Mathematics
◦ Context-Based Subscores
 Humanities
 Social Sciences
 Natural Sciences
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Associate Degree Graduates
Associate Degree Graduate General Education Assessment
Results
2012-13
Natural Sciences scaled score
114
115
114
Socials Sciences scaled score
112
113
114
Humanities scaled score
114
116
115
Math scaled score
112
113
112
Writing scaled score
113
114
115
Reading scaled score
117
117
117
ETS National Norms
CVCC 2012 (N=211)
CVCC 2013 (N=392)
111
111
111
Critical Thinking scaled score
438
442
442
Total scaled score
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
500
Skills
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Mathematics
◦ Solving arithmetic problems with some
complications such as embedded ratios and
proportions.
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Writing
◦ Recognizing the most grammatically correct
revision of a clause, sentence or group of
sentences.
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Reading
◦ Recognizing factual material explicitly presented
in a reading passage.
Skills (Cont.)
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Critical Thinking
◦ Determining the relevance of information for
evaluating an argument or conclusion.
◦ Discerning the main idea, purpose, or focus of
a passage or a significant portion of the
passage.
Program Viability
Degree Programs
AAA, AAS
Agriculture &
Natural Resources,
Business, Arts &
Institutional Transfer (AA, AS,
Design, Public
Size
AA&S)
Service Technologies
FTES
1800 4999
FTES Grads FTES
22
15
16
AAS Engineering,
Mechanical and
Industrial
Technologies
AAS Health
Technologies
Certificates &
Diplomas
Grads
FTES
Grads
FTES
Grads
FTES
Grads
11
12
8
9
6
9
6
In order to meet the SCHEV/VCCS viability standard using
a 3-year average, programs must either meet the FTE or
the graduate standard.
Graduate Survey Results
Spring 2013
Will you transfer to a four-year college or university
in the academic year immediately following
graduation?
42.1%
Yes
No
57.9%
N=304
Students Earning a Transfer Degree
Will you transfer to a four-year college or university
in the academic year immediately following
graduation?
18.5%
Yes
No
81.5%
Will you be employed full-time upon graduation?
35.6%
Yes
No
64.4%
N=309
Will your employment be in a field related to your
program of study?
32.4%
Yes
No
N=108
67.6%
Other Program Outcomes
Success rate on certification exams
 Job placement
 Transfer rate
 Success after transfer
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◦ The top five colleges and universities for General
Studies AA&S transfer and graduation are: Lynchburg
College, Liberty University, James Madison University,
Old Dominion University,Virginia Tech
◦ Between 2006-2012 74% of General Studies AA&S
graduates enrolled in a 4-year college.
Next Steps
You want me to do what?
You want me to do what?
 Communicate
 Innovate
 Collaborate
 Document, Document,
Document
Documentation
E-mails or documentation of other types
of communication
 Examples of assignments
 Summarized Results
 Rubrics, Portfolio Assignments
 Meeting Minutes
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◦ Members present, including titles
◦ Date (including year), time, location
◦ Spell out acronyms
Important Links
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CVCC Employee Manual
https://employee.cvcc.vccs.edu/Manual/Pages
/Home.aspx
IE Website http://www.cvcc.vccs.edu/iesp/
VCCS Policy Manual Section 5
http://www.vccs.edu/Portals/0/ContentAreas
/PolicyManual/Sectn5.pdf
CVCC College Catalog
http://www.cvcc.vccs.edu/Academics/Catalog
/default.asp
SACS COC http://www.sacscoc.org/pol.asp