Transcript QEP Update
QEP Update Primary Outcomes 1. Measurable improvement of students’ critical thinking skills at the course, program, and curricular levels 2. Enhanced instructional practices that promote critical thinking and life-long learning 3. Improved strategies for assessing student learning outcomes 4. More effective professional development opportunities for faculty and support staff “Improvement of students’ critical thinking skills . . .” Percentage of ENG 111 Common Final Exams at Competent & Advanced Levels of CT: 2006: 24% 2007: 27% 2008: 35% 2009: 50% “Improvement of students’ critical thinking skills . . .” Percentage of artifacts from sampled General Education Core courses at Competent & Advanced Levels of CT: • For 2009, 41% (80 out of 197) of student artifacts were assessed as being at the “Competent” level or higher. This is up from 37% in 2008. • The overall CT average for all assessed artifacts from 16 Gen Ed sections was 2.31 (Developing/Competent), up from 2.23 in 2008. “Enhanced instructional practices that promote critical thinking and life-long learning.” CT learning outcomes, best practices, and assessment strategies have been documented for 95 courses in Arts & Sciences and Technical/Vocational divisions “Improved strategies for assessing student learning outcomes.” Assessing student perceptions of critical thinking emphasis via course evaluations (including DL courses) and surveys, including campus forum surveys Survey Results from Spring Forum “Being Human?” (108 respondents, courtesy of R. Sutton) Did this forum challenge any of your preconceptions about this topic? 69% Yes Did this forum help to clarify the central issues and ideas on this topic? 87% Yes Did this forum improve your ability to think critically about this topic? 89% Yes Would you like to see more of these forums? 97% Yes “More effective professional development opportunities for faculty and support staff.” 145 full-time faculty have completed a CT course (approximately 60%) QEP Update Fall 2010/ Spring 2011 Priorities 1. Continue implementing professional development activities for faculty: • Revised SPOC 201 for Tech/Voc faculty • Spring In-Service: Best Practices • Adjunct & New Instructor Support • Virtual Teaching & Learning Center QEP Update Fall 2010/ Spring 2011 Priorities 2. Increase campus/student awareness of and engagement with CT: • More Campus Forums • Speakers Bureau • Newsletter QEP Update Fall 2010/ Spring 2011 Priorities 3. Document efforts for 5-year impact report: • Revised CT SLOs at the course level • CT Best Practices A-T-C • Gen Ed and ENG 111 assessment data • Indirect assessments (student & faculty surveys) QEP Update Questions? Comments? Thank You!