Assessing Progress on the QEP: Status Update Quality Enhancement Committee Meeting Department of Academic Effectiveness and Assessment

QEP Status Update on Improvement Opportunities One Year Ago… 1.GAP analysis on the QEP was conducted 2.Opportunities for improvement were identified 3.Quality Enhancement Cmte reviewed, approved, and made additional recommendations 4.Opportunities for improvement included required tasks, and some would be “nice to have” August 31, 2012Quality Enhancement Committee Meeting2

QEP Status Update on Improvement Opportunities QEP Initiatives  Initiative #1: Student Success (primary focus of the QEP)  Initiative #2: Professional Development (culminates with student success)  Initiative #3: Critical Thinking Resources (supports student success) August 31, 2012Quality Enhancement Committee Meeting3

Initiative #1: Student Success Quality Enhancement Committee Meeting

QEP Status Update on Improvement Opportunities Initiative #1: Student Success Goal 1-1: Enhance students’ critical thinking skills through “teaching for critical thinking” classroom activities across the curriculum.  Administer MAPP (institution-wide direct measure, last administered in 2007)  COMPLETED: Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Lower and Upper division  Hold a 2 nd ARC scoring workshop in spring semester (All College Day ‘11)  COMPLETED: Spring 2012  Consider critical thinking items on the SSI  COMPLETED: Aligned 2 items to Synthesis element; this may change  Documentation of student journaling (V. Reflection)  No new information. QEC – thoughts on focusing efforts here? August 31, 2012Quality Enhancement Committee Meeting5

QEP Status Update on Improvement Opportunities Initiative #1: Student Success Goal 1-2: Develop and use general and discipline-specific assessment tools and strategies for measuring students’ critical thinking skills.  “Clean up” of champion folios; obtain discipline-specific assessment examples  IN PROGRESS: (Janice) Goal 1-4: Implement critical thinking programs supported by key student organizations.  Increase documentation of Critical Thinking programs/events and feedback  IN PROGRESS: 2012 Great Debate, increased awareness among campuses/ SL&L coords, possibly start with Stud Gov’t Presidents August 31, 2012Quality Enhancement Committee Meeting6

Initiative #2: Professional Development Quality Enhancement Committee Meeting

QEP Status Update on Improvement Opportunities Initiative #2: Professional Development Goal 2-1: Provide professional development opportunities to assist faculty in developing class activities to support teaching for critical thinking.  Advanced CT seminars by discipline, as part of the fall CT Institute.  COMPLETED: Fall 2011  In , QEP office will work with CETL to get in touch with new faculty about CT  ONGOING: Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2012 August 31, 2012Quality Enhancement Committee Meeting8

QEP Status Update on Improvement Opportunities Initiative #2: Professional Development Goal 2-2: Develop in-house critical thinking expertise (i.e., faculty champions) using the “train-the-trainer” approach.  C&I 3-yr course review “teaching for critical thinking” checklist.  TABLED: due to forthcoming changes with the course review process, this has yet to be developed INSTITUTION-WIDE and will be addressed in the “what have we learned?” section of the impact report, to incorporate what has been done with online courses only. August 31, 2012Quality Enhancement Committee Meeting9

Initiative #3: Critical Thinking Resources Quality Enhancement Committee Meeting

QEP Status Update on Improvement Opportunities Initiative #3: Critical Thinking Resources Goals 3-1 (electronic resources), 3-2 (RLOs), and 3-4 (CT Resource Centers).  Survey faculty champions to identify implemented RLOs.  IN PROGRESS: Draft survey to be presented to QEC, Deans/Provosts, FGO. Fall  Consider focus groups of students  Proposed as a way to collect feedback on all 3 initiatives. QEC – guidance? Goal 3-3: Contribute to the critical thinking literature…  Survey SPC faculty for feedback re: Champion folios (literature, activities, resources)  IN PROGRESS: Draft survey to be presented to QEC, Deans/Provosts, FGO. Fall August 31, 2012Quality Enhancement Committee Meeting11

QEP Status Update on Improvement Opportunities August 31, 2012Quality Enhancement Committee Meeting12