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Department and Program Review: The Key to Student Success

Department and Program Review: The Key to Student Success. Lakeland Community College June 2008. Goals of the Presentation. To demonstrate the components of the academic Department And Program Review process (DAPR) To discuss strategies that facilitate “buy-in” of the process.

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Department and Program Review: The Key to Student Success

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  1. Department and Program Review: The Key to Student Success Lakeland Community CollegeJune 2008

  2. Goals of the Presentation • To demonstrate the components of the academic Department And Program Review process (DAPR) • To discuss strategies that facilitate“buy-in” of the process

  3. Goals of the Presentation (Cont.) • To examine the process, structure, coordination and integration of the assessment plan into institutionalplanning and budgeting • To discuss approaches which facilitate development of assessment strategies within each department and program

  4. History of Program Review • Manual process • Excel format • Work with outside company • Internal web design

  5. The Components of DAPR

  6. Admin Access Participant Access Public Access

  7. Public Access Two ways to get to a Data Summary

  8. Admin Access Participant Access Public Access

  9. PARTICIPANT ACCESS Basic Dates for Successful Completion of Review 6 Steps to Complete Review process

  10. PARTICIPANT ACCESS

  11. PARTICIANT ACCESS

  12. PARTICIPANT ACCESS

  13. Admin Access Participant Access Public Access

  14. ADMIN ACCESS

  15. ADMIN ACCESS

  16. Strategies to Facilitate “Buy-in” • User-friendly process • Multiple discussions with department/program chairs • Pilot programs with subsequentsharing of the process • Designated DAPR coordinatorwho facilitates the process

  17. Strategies to Facilitate “Buy-in”(Cont.) • Suggesting that chairs use the data for accreditation visits and advisory board or part-time faculty meetings • Provost publicly summarizes resultsof review process • Meeting individually with interested departments and programs to complete the review and develop an assessment plan

  18. Integration of the Assessment Process Into Institutional Planning and Budgeting • Yearly data summary and review ofaction plans • Formal review every five years • Focus is on continuous improvement • Dedicated assessment coordinator • Role of the division deans

  19. Integration of the Assessment Process Into Institutional Planning and Budgeting(Cont.) • DAPR meeting with provost • Role of the Student Success Committee • Pilot phase for development of assessment plan • Potential for assessment process to be part of strategic plan aligned with AQIP

  20. Strategies to Facilitate Development of an Assessment Plan at the Department & Program Level • Development of a template • Create manageable components within the assessment plan • Facilitate a series of conversations with each department and program to develop their plan • Work with administration to ensure that the assessment plan is valued

  21. The Assessment Plan

  22. Visibility to Stakeholders Internal stakeholders • Data summary available on the intranet Internal and external stakeholders • Outcomes page on LCC website • Learning outcomes page on LCC website • Ohio Board of Regents SSP website

  23. http://www.regents.ohio.gov/studentsuccess/

  24. Ohio Board of Regents Student Success Plan • Points of pride • Student success in general education • Student success in major programs

  25. Participant Sharing • Critique the process– Strengths– Suggested areas for improvement • Sharing of alternative approaches

  26. Contact Information Fred Law, Ph.D. Executive Vice-President and Provost Lakeland Community College Kirtland, OH 44094 flaw@lakelandcc.edu 440-525-7089 Katie Mahoney RN, MSN Assessment Coordinator Lakeland Community College kmahoney@lakelandcc.edu 440-525-7416

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