Faculty Driven Assessment Karla Guilford Shipp Tidewater Community College Virginia Beach, VA

TCC Facts 14th largest public two-year community college in the U.S. The second largest provider of undergraduate public education in Virginia Largest undergraduate African American enrollment in Virginia higher education— 7th largest associate degree producer among two-year colleges for African American students The 164th largest associate degree producer in the U.S. among two-year institutions 12 nationally accredited degree programs 55% White, 34% African American, 11% other minorities 56% receive financial aid

Four Campuses ChesapeakeVirginia Beach

Four Campuses NorfolkPortsmouth

Dr. Daniel DeMarte The man with a dream.

Our Mission Revamp Assessment at TCC from the Ground Up Get everyone at TCC involved and on board Develop an Assessment Plan To complete 10 years of assessment in 5 years.

Assessment at TCC SACSCOC Accreditation Requirement SCHEV/VCCS Core Competency Assessments Transfer & Career Technical degree program TCC graduates Select group of TCC graduates for non-random standardized test (from JMU) No faculty/curriculum connection nor student stake = no measure of student learning Before

The Plan Develop the foundation and implementation of a strategic plan - for evaluating and assessing student learning outcomes in 7 core competencies - approved in policy by the State Board for Community Colleges – a critical part of the College’s reaffirmation of accreditation by SACS

Pitfalls No common Course Outlines Outlines without measurable learning outcomes How to use VCCS Competencies

Solution Faculty Workshop: Creating Measurable Course-level Learning Outcomes Faculty discussions and collaboration Standardized format for all courses taught at TCC Mapping of General Education competencies in all course outlines Fall ‘11

“ ” So that we are all on the same page, how should we assess our methods? Answers 1. Make one assignment for every course. 2. Use Portfolios 3. Make our own rubrics 4. This too shall pass.

Solution

College Wide Faculty Training Spring ‘12 AAC&U presentation Introduction of Rubrics Rubric revision breakout sessions for Written Communication, Quantitative Reasoning and Information Literacy (IL) Pilot assessment for Written Communication & IL in fall ‘13 Student work products = projects, essays, papers, e-portfolios, etc.

First Scoring Session

Results Teacher assignments did not cover content of rubrics Did not train adjunct faculty i-INCURR Curriculum Portal implementation Fall and Spring Learning Institutes focus totally on Assessment Development of the TOOL (Tidewater Online Outcomes Logistic) ’12-’13

Present Day Assessment All notifications/work products are electronically submitted General Education Assessment Resource System (GEARS) is set up Faculty Assessment coaches work directly with campuses Rubric Result Uses Program Reviews Division Goal setting Individual Professional Development plans

Conclusion

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