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Program Evaluation Results. Prepared for Annual Faculty Retreat 4/06 by D. Detzel (who wishes she could be there!). Rating System of Evaluation. 1 = excellent 2 = good 3 = average 4 = fair 5 = poor The lower the score, the better!. Academics. Teaching at the ELI
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Program Evaluation Results Prepared for Annual Faculty Retreat 4/06 by D. Detzel (who wishes she could be there!)
Rating System of Evaluation 1 = excellent 2 = good 3 = average 4 = fair 5 = poor The lower the score, the better!
Academics • Teaching at the ELI • For Session III, the average was 1.82 • 89.8% (141/157) of the students rated ELI teaching in the excellent/good categories. • Teaching has scored a 1.9 average across the three sessions we have used this evaluation.
Tutoring • ELI tutoring was rated at 2.02 in Session III. • 77% of the students gave an excellent/good rating for their tutoring experience. • 104 of 135 students claimed this a good experience. • 17 students (23%) thought the tutoring was about average, and 8 (5.9%) rated the experience as fair/poor. • Average over 3 sessions = 1.96
SALC • The SALC earned a 1.92 • 33% say it is excellent • 47% say it’s good • 12.77% rank it as average • 9% gave it a fair • One student thought it was poor. • Average over 3 sessions = 1.96
Staff and Administrative Help • The help given by administrators and office staff received an overall average of 2.05 for session III06. • The average over three sessions was 2.17.
Admissions process • The survey asks about the admission process – the information and help received before arriving here. • average = 2.36 • 58.6% (89 of 152 students) rate the process as excellent/good. • 33.5% (51 students) said it was average • 8% (12 of the 152) wish they had had a better admissions experience • Average over 3 sessions = 2.45
New student orientation • The evaluation led 151 students to rank the orientation they received as a new ELI student – from help with housing, learning about how the program works, to introduction to the campus and community- a pretty broad question: • 62.9% rated orientation as excellent/good • 31.8% said it was average • 7% (10 students) did not get the orientation they expected • Score given to orientation for Session III=2.29 • Score over 3 sessions = 2.43
Academic advising from teachers, administrators and staff • This question addresses the help students received in choosing classes or other academic advice: • 61% (71 of the 116 students) said the help they received was excellent/good. • 34.4% (40 students) said it was average. • 5 students that session thought the help was only fair • No one received poor advice or reported being poorly advised. Whew! • Average over 3 sessions = 2.48
Orientation: ELI activities and trips • In session III, orientation activities received a 2.34. • 86% rated excellent/good (19 and 67 students respectively) • 12.23% gave a fair/poor (10 and 5 students, respectively) • Average given for orientation trips and activities over 3 session = 2.48 • ELI students want more activities!
Housing of ELI students • In answer to where our students lived for Session III, 142 of the 163 students who did the survey didn’t mind sharing the info: • 35 of 142 said they lived in the dorm • 55 lived in homestays • 40 lived in apartments • 11 lived with family members • 1 student lived somewhere not listed above • 21 didn’t like such a personal question (presumably :)
Comparing the homestay and dorm experience in Session III06 Dorms Homestay 2.38 average 2.0 average The percentages: 58% excellent/good 79.65% 36% average 16.95% 6% fair/poor 3.38% Averages over 3 sessions: 2.45 2.31
Opportunity to speak English in dorm vs. homestay ENGLISH Dorm Homestay 2.77 average 2.11 average 47% excellent/good 69.5% 24.5% average 25.4% 28.3% fair/poor 5.08% Averages over 3 sessions: 2.76 2.23
Miscellaneous tidbits of statistical information from the III06 evaluation • Host Families earned 1.92! • ELI facilities earned a 2.41 rating (Plans for improvement are underway.) • Language Partner ranked 2.95 (We’ve got to do better at this!)
Our overall rating • Session III average was 2.09 • 17 of 143 (12%) students rank their experience here as excellent • 99 of 143 (69%) had a good experience • 26 students (17.5%) felt it was average • 1 student (.7%) had a fair time • And 1 (.7%) rated his/her experience as poor. • Average over 3 sessions = 2.18
Numbers top to bottom over last three ELI sessions (III06 compared to average of 3 prior sessions) • Teaching 1.90 1.82 • Tutoring and SALC 1.96 2.02/1.92 • Staff/administration 2.05 2.17 • Host Families 2.17 1.92 • Overall ELI experience 2.18 2.09 • English in homestays 2.23 2.11 • Homestay living 2.31 2.0 • ELI facilities 2.41 2.41 • New student Orient. 2.43 2.29 • Admissions Process 2.45 2.36 • Dorm Living 2.45 2.38 • Orientation Activities 2.48 2.34 • Academic Advising 2.48 2.29 • Language Partners 3.46 2.95
Recommendations/goals • Expand and improve Language Partner Program • Make advising a planned, integrated activity • Involve students in orientation planning? • Discern from students what would improve dorm experience • Evaluate admissions process end of week one • Evaluate new student orientation end of week one • Upgrade existing facilities, request the construction of a new annex
Goal for 2007 • Improve ratings in all areas by 10% • Improve overall rating (average of all categories, currently at 2.2) by 10% to 2.0