1 Moving from Program Assessment to Core Curriculum Assessment Moving from Program Assessment to Core Curriculum Assessment Vicky L. Putman, Ph.D. Collin College TAIR 2008
2 Background on Collin College $ 2 year college in Collin County $ Fall 2007 credit headcount = 20,143 Spring 2008 credit headcount = 19,273 Spring 2008 credit headcount = 19,273 $ Multi-campus district, steady growth
3 Previous Assessment Process $ Academic programs assessed separately strategic plan, personnel, budget action plan internal and external review $ Needed to make process more relevant and streamlined
4 Switch to Assessing Core $ Re-alignment of administrators “Departments” and “Divisions” became hard to define with growth of the college $ Student Learning Outcomes and WEAVEonline
5 Assessment Group $ Faculty members selected by Vice- President/Provosts and Deans $ Representative of core disciplines
6 Course Specific Section $ Enrollment and Completion $ Course Success Rates $ Course Objectives and Measurement of Student Learning Outcomes
7 Core Area Section $ Enrollment and Completion Patterns $ Course Success Patterns $ Basic Competencies and Exemplary Learning Objectives $ Compare Core Areas
8 Cohort Analysis Section $ Persistence $ Graduation and Core Completion $ Transfer Data $ Community College Learning Assessment (CCLA) Data
9 SACS Core Requirements & Comprehensive Standards (Related to Core Curriculum) $ Answers to Previous Sections as Context $ Group Discussion of Standards $ Continuous Reflection on SACS Concepts
10 Strategic Planning $ Assessment Group Creates Recommendations and Innovations to Strengthen Collin’s Core Curriculum $ Connect with College’s Goals & Objectives Measurement of Results for Milestones Part of College’s Process for Reporting on Strategic Plan Status
11 Status at Collin $ Finishing WEAVEonline setup of course and program hierarchy $ Creating connections from student learning outcomes to assessment questions
12 Next Assessment Changes $ Workforce Education programs $ Administrative & Support Services departments
13 Any questions or comments? Thank you for attending! Vicky Putman Collin College (Office)