Rejected!

Rebounding From and Moving Forward Following a Monitoring Report Requirement

Presenters

Lisa Rainey Assistant to the Vice President for Instruction Harford Community College [email protected]

443-412-2158 Deborah Cruise, Ph.D.

Vice President for Student Development and Institutional Effectiveness Harford Community College [email protected]

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Shock – Rebound – Clarity

2007 2008 2009 Accreditation Reaffirmed; Monitoring Report Attended P.D.

sessions; moving forward Implemented changes; Wrote Monitoring Report In Shock!

Rebound and Get to Work!

Strengthen and Clarify!

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SHOCK! What happened?

JUNE 2007 –

PRR (Periodic Review Report) due to MSCHE

NOVEMBER 2007 –

Accreditation reaffirmed through PRR, but, MSCHE requests Monitoring Report . . .

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SHOCK! What were we required to do?

Document progress in the implementation of – (1)

Standard 2 – a comprehensive institutional strategic plan, which links long-range planning with decision making and budgeting

(2)

Standards 7 & 14 – an organized, comprehensive, and sustained process for the assessment of institutional effectiveness and student learning outcomes, including the use of direct measures and evidence that assessment information is linked to strategic planning and used to improve teaching and learning

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SHOCK! Recent Accreditation Actions

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NOVEMBER 2007 – 41 Actions

22 Required no follow-up (9 were commended for quality) 18 Required Progress Letters 11 Required Monitoring Report (3 with visits) Standard 14 = 25 Standard 7 = 20 Standard 3 = 10 Standard 2 = 6 6

Rebound! Keep Moving Forward

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Attended P.D. Sessions:

President and Executive Staff attended MSCHE “Integrating Higher Education Planning & Assessment” HCC representatives attended  MSCHE “Addressing Public Needs” accreditation update for Middle States member colleges  “MSCHE Annual Conference”  MSCHE “Fostering a Campus Culture of

Assessment”

VP began “SCUP Planning Institute” certification 7

Rebound! Communication

• MSCHE Liaison/VP • President • VPs Campus and Board of Trustees Campus at Open Forum Posted on internal network drive for campus Faculty at Faculty P.D. Session Students through S.G.A.

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Rebound! Strengthening Learning Outcomes Assessment - Standard 14

Assessment Plan

 Updated in2008 and aligned with the Middle States Expectations for Assessing Student Learning (Student

Learning Assessment- Options

and Resources, Chapter 4 )

Faculty Professional Development

 Breakout Sessions devoted to Student Learning Assessment and Program Goals 9

Rebound! Strengthening Learning Outcomes Assessment - Standard 14

SLOA’s

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• Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment (SLOA)

Tied to Academic Outcomes or Program Goals.

End of Year Reports/ Updates

• Evidence that assessment information is shared and used to improve teaching and learning 10

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Rebound! Strengthening Learning Outcomes Assessment - Standard 14

• Program reviews are completed in a 5 year cycle.

Program Reviews

• Assessment processes are ongoing, systematic and sustainable.

Curriculum Work

• Course, certificate or program creation or modification.

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Program Reviews Curriculum Work End of Year Reports/ Updates Strategic Plan, Academic Outcomes, Program Goals Assessment Plan SLOA’s Faculty Professional Development

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Rebound! Strengthening Standards 2 & 7

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Implementation of new Strategic Plan

Approved by Board of Trustees in August 2007 Unveiled at College Convocation in August 2007  All employees received a 3-ring S.P. binder  College and community received slick S.P.

brochure  All new employees oriented to S.P.

Strategic Planning Assessment Committee created Currently in 4 th year of 5-year S.P.

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Rebound! Strengthening Standards 2 & 7 Planning – Budgeting – Assessing – Improving Time Line

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Clarity! Writing the Report

Four main writers:

• Instruction – VP and Assistant VP • Institutional Effectiveness – VP and Coord for Assess - Coordinated the work - Created outline using MSCHE guidance - Clarified systems/processes - Strengthen systems/processes - Documented system/processes 17

Clarity! Writing the Report

Involved input from many areas:

• 27 appendices from Instruction • Strategic Planning Committee, College Advisory Council, • Finance, Institutional Research, President’s Executive Staff • Academic Divisions • Administrative and Service Units 18

Clarity! Writing the Report

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Commendation from MSCHE

NOVEMBER 2009 –

Monitoring Report accepted with commendation for progress:

Middle States Commission on Higher Education acted to accept the monitoring report, to commend the institution for progress to date, and to request that the self-study, in preparation for the 2011-2012 evaluation visit, document (1) (2) ongoing implementation of a comprehensive institutional strategic plan that links long-range planning to decision making and budgeting processes (Standard 2) and ongoing implementation of an organized and sustained process to evaluate and improve student learning and institutional effectiveness (Standards 7 & 14).

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Recent Accreditation Actions

JUNE 2010 – 27 Actions

• 6 required no follow-up  1 commended for quality  2 received no comments  3 had specific directions for PRR

78% Required Follow-Up:

• 16 required Progress Letters • 5 required Monitoring Reports • Standards 7 & 14 = most of them 21

Resources

Assessing Student Learning and Institutional Effectiveness: Understanding Middle States Expectations

This brochure clarifies Middle States expectations regarding Standard 7: Institutional Assessment and Standard 14: Assessment of Student Learning in Characteristics of Excellence. (2005, 8 pgs).

Student Learning Assessment: Options and Resources (2nd Edition, 2007)

This handbook serves as a resource for institutions seeking a bridge between the Commission’s standards for accreditation and the practical daily challenges of assessment and continuous improvement.

Characteristics of Excellence in Higher Education- 2009 Edition

Requirements of Affiliation and Standards of Accreditation [This edition applies to all institutions being evaluated in academic year 2009-10 and thereafter]. This edition contains the new Requirements of Affiliation that became effective March 1, 2009 (pages xii and xiii). http://www.msche.org/myche/public/publications/publicationorderform.aspx

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Presenter Contact

Lisa Rainey Assistant to the Vice President for Instruction Harford Community College [email protected]

443-412-2158 Deborah Cruise, Ph.D.

Vice President for Student Development and Institutional Effectiveness Harford Community College [email protected]

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