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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. Background on Collin College. 2 year college in Collin County Fall 2007 credit headcount = 20,143 Spring 2008 credit headcount = 19,273

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Moving from Program Assessment to Core Curriculum Assessment

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  1. 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 • 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 VPutman@ccccd.edu 972-377-1058 (Office)

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