1. 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. 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. 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. 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. 5 Assessment Group $ Faculty members selected by Vice- President/Provosts and Deans $ Representative of core disciplines

6. 6 Course Specific Section $ Enrollment and Completion $ Course Success Rates $ Course Objectives and Measurement of Student Learning Outcomes

7. 7 Core Area Section $ Enrollment and Completion Patterns $ Course Success Patterns $ Basic Competencies and Exemplary Learning Objectives $ Compare Core Areas

8. 8 Cohort Analysis Section $ Persistence $ Graduation and Core Completion $ Transfer Data $ Community College Learning Assessment (CCLA) Data

9. 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. 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. 11 Status at Collin $ Finishing WEAVEonline setup of course and program hierarchy $ Creating connections from student learning outcomes to assessment questions

12. 12 Next Assessment Changes $ Workforce Education programs $ Administrative & Support Services departments

13. 13 Any questions or comments? Thank you for attending! Vicky Putman Collin College VPutman@ccccd.edu 972-377-1058 (Office)