A Multi-Disciplinary Internship Model for Assessment CIEC 2006 San Antonio, Texas

Introduction  Daphene Koch Assistant Professor, Construction Technology  Adam Siurek Director of Computer Graphics Technology  Josh Killey Coordinator Internship and Cooperative Education Programs

Background  Student enrollment increasing without the addition of faculty to meet needs.  Expectation for the graduation students has been elevated.  Challenge from chancellor to double the number in internships by 2010.

Need  Develop a centralized internship program Match students with companies Document the outcomes Produce data for continuous improvement analysis  Develop curricula to include mandatory internships and CO-OP experiences  Match the outcomes with ABET criteria

Development  A comprehensive study of similar tools must first be researched.  Review the first tool that was used for a company.  The goal of this study will be to build a centralized tool for the campus to use.  Taking the outcomes from ABET accreditation and applying to the emplyer’s evaluation.

Development  Original tool that was used for a company.

Assessment Process  Growing number of Internships and Co-Ops within the school  Summer Spring 2006: 201  Summer 2003-Spring 2004 Engineering: 43% Technology: 57%  Summer 2004-Spring 2005 Engineering: 61% Technology: 39%  Summer 2005-Spring 2006 Engineering: 52% Technology: 48%

Assessment Process  Following is the beginning of the draft currently being developed.  Broken into four stages.

Assessment Process  Part I

Assessment Process  Part I

Assessment Process  Part II

Assessment Process  Part III

Assessment Process  Part III

Assessment Process  Part IV

Further Development  After the initial research and collaborations Create an assessment tool that will bring consistency and ease to students and industry. Create an assessment tool for entire campus to use. Allow for accurate records of student and industry involvement.

Conclusion  Student population growing more and more each day.  A need for an instrument to assess in vital to the growing demands of both students and industry.  By assessing the current process, we can begin building a campus-size model centralizing the process.

Thank you  Questions?