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Working towards Course Completions

Working towards Course Completions. Working towards Course Completions. Presented by Andy Jenkinson I spend my TAFE time attempting to be a head teacher That includes encouraging students to get all of their course work done Then they will pass… Everyone will be happy.

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Working towards Course Completions

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  1. Working towards Course Completions

  2. Working towards Course Completions • Presented by Andy Jenkinson • I spend my TAFE time attempting to be a head teacher • That includes encouraging students to get all of their course work done • Then they will pass… • Everyone will be happy Lunch Bytes June 2012

  3. Working towards Course Completions • We offer courses in music performance, sound production, music business and performing arts • Delivering training and assessment for any creative activity is challenging • Creating fair assessments for creative activities is challenging • Our assessment strategy can be divided into two styles • individual assignments or examinations • group based activities Lunch Bytes June 2012

  4. Working towards Course Completions So… What did we do about our low completion rate? Lunch Bytes June 2012

  5. Working towards Course Completions • Research • We conducted exit surveys • we found out that our courses were very well liked • but many students do not complete the course…? • but they enjoyed themselves while they were doing it • many did not seem to care that they had not completed the course – they had found out what they needed to know anyway Lunch Bytes June 2012

  6. Working towards Course Completions • Research • we called students who had left during the course and asked them why they left? • we found out that there were lots of reasons for leaving the course: • life pressures, needing to get paid work, follow other opportunities, family pressures • but they enjoyed the course that they were doing… Lunch Bytes June 2012

  7. Working towards Course Completions • Research • we asked students who were still attending at the end of their course why they hadn’t done all of their course work? • many said that they were busy and couldn’t get the work done • … we had a good look at our course content and assessment activities • … we “dumbed it down”, made it more holistic, less writing, more practical work • … many still didn’t pass Lunch Bytes June 2012

  8. Working towards Course Completions • Strategy • Call up the students who were still with us at the end of the course and encourage them to get the last bits of work done • … many still didn’t care, or get themselves organised • … some did care and promised to bring in the missing work • Some got it together by the end of February (stats deadline) • We didn’t chase the AWOL students • … some re-enrolled later… most didn’t Lunch Bytes June 2012

  9. Working towards Course Completions • Strategy • Graduation “round up” • We call many students who could pass and push them really hard to get us the work • … many do and we have more course completes! • We discover some administrative oversights: • RPL’s missing, auto-credits not applied due to duplicate student numbers, some mysterious “open” students who should be “complete”… and more Lunch Bytes June 2012

  10. Working towards Course Completions • Data • We looked at our completion rate data and found Warehousesaid 26% (not very good) • … but we were suspicious that this data didn’t fit well with our casual observations • … we know that completion rate numbers in Warehouse are a snapshot of completions at the end of February the year following • So: • Steve Bull (my fellow HT) and Lauren (our DSO) did lots of gathering of numbers… Lunch Bytes June 2012

  11. Working towards Course Completions • Data • Questions that needed answers: • what % of students dropped out during the course • what % of students who attended the full course did not complete • what is our actual pass % of completing students • increase in pass % driven by graduation roundup? Lunch Bytes June 2012

  12. Working towards Course Completions • What we found: • Here is an example of how we put information together: Lunch Bytes June 2012

  13. Working towards Course Completions • What we found: • This example shows a large increase in completions prior to graduation • (in this case it was incomplete auto-credit forms combined with small numbers of missing course work) Lunch Bytes June 2012

  14. Working towards Course Completions Outcomes of data analysis Lunch Bytes June 2012

  15. Working towards Course Completions • Summary • A large drop out rate… but the drop outs were happy with the part of the course that they did • Drop outs are included in the completion rate data on warehouse • Analysis of course completion rates with the drop outs removed yields a more positive outcome • A significant number of course completions occur after the completion census date. This is stimulated by an intensive pre-graduation drive to course complete students. • It is easier for staff to follow up on students or respond to students late submissions of work after the intense beginning a new semester is over. Lunch Bytes June 2012

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