A Tour of CCSSE and SENSE Tools

1. A Tour of CCSSE and SENSE Tools 2012 CCCSE Workshop

2. Courtney Adkins, Survey Operations Coordinator 512-475-6142 adkins@ccsse.org Meagan Cusack, College Liaison 512-232-8431 cusack@ccsse.org Adrienne Dellinger, College Liaison 512-232-6454 dellinger@ccsse.org

3. Center Surveys: Collecting Data from a Variety of Sources

4. Designed to help colleges: • Assess the quality of their work • Identify and grow educational practices • Identify areas in which to improve • Provide context: a data-derived picture of institution • Shift the focus to an institutional locus of control

5. Center Tools • High levels of student engagement are the product of an institution-wide commitment, not discrete initiatives. In other words, quality education is not an event — it’s a culture. • The Center is committed to helping you build that culture at your college, and we provide CCSSE and SENSE Tools as a key resource for those efforts.

6. Faculty Predictions: An Exercise 65% 29% 62% 13% 48% 57% 52%

7. Student Services Staff Predictions: An Exercise 29% 16% 52% 41% 19% 28% 40% 23 % 46% 27% 15% 51%

8. One College’s Approach • North Hennepin Community College (MN) translated the Faculty Predictions exercise into an electronic format and used personal response "clickers.” The format provided immediate feedback after each survey response percentage was predicted. • After an initial discussion of the data, everyone was divided randomly into benchmark groups and asked to identify two priorities for change at the college in that area. These priorities for change are now worked into the college’s assessment plan initiatives.

9. Tools Web Pages CCSSE http://www.ccsse.org/tools/ SENSE http://www.ccsse.org/sense/tools/ Tools are organized based on survey participation timeline

10. Preparing for Administration Communicate, communicate, communicate • CCSSE Administration Guide: Tips for Success • CCSSE Talking Points • CCSSE Participant News Release

11. Working with and Sharing Results Engage, engage, engage • Faculty Predictions Exercise • Student Services Staff Predictions Exercise • College Connections Inventory

12. Drop-In Overview Templates • Drop-In Overview Report Template • Drop-In Overview Presentation Template

13. Data Narrative Exercise • Data Narrative Exercise

14. Data Narrative Exercise • Choose a scribe to take notes. • Designate a reader at your table. • Read through each survey item out loud, examining the percentage responses. • Frame the data. • Ask questions, speculate.

15. Data Narrative Exercise Step One: Open Envelope #1 • Look at the information inside. Do these data surprise you? What factors do you think are driving these data? Step Two: Open Envelope #2 • Look at the information inside. How are these data related to the data in Envelope #1? Step Three: Open Envelope #3 • Look at the information inside. How are these data related to the data in Envelopes #1 and #2? Step Four: Conclusion • What story do the data in these three envelopes tell?

16. Please provide feedback on this session in the workshop evaluation. Thank you!