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Kilgore College’s Quality Enhancement Plan. QEP. The centerpiece for reaffirmation of our accreditation Must change the learning environment Must be measurable and quantifiable. QEP.
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QEP • The centerpiece for reaffirmation of our accreditation • Must change the learning environment • Must be measurable and quantifiable
QEP • Must focus on measurable student learning outcomes (not student achievement – retention, grades, graduates, etc.) • Must be instructor driven • Must be an institution-wide initiative • Constitutes a 5-year plan
Questions we have asked: • Where could KC make a great deal of improvement? • What data exist to indicate our problems or lack of success? • Where could we make the greatest impact? • And others…
We have conducted focus groups with • Faculty • Staff • Students • Community members • Retirees • Board members
What did we learn from these groups? Top ranked subjects on a scale of 1-5 were: • Students in any developmental class: 3.71 • Students in developmental reading: 3.34 • Students in developmental math: 3.23 • Students in developmental English: 2.63 • Students in classes with low success rates, including pre-health career courses: 2.37
What does the data show? • Of Fall total 5149 students – • All areas complete: 3397 or 66%* • Incomplete in at least one area: 1752 or 34% • *Caution: the 66% figure includes students who still need math 0308 and those students in certificate classes whose program does not require them to be TSI complete
First Time in College (FTIC) Students • Total: 1188 • All areas complete: 529 or 44.5%* • Incomplete in at least one area: 659 or 55.5% *Same comment as above re: math 0308 and certificate programs
Initial Testing Results Of those who take the THEA or other placement test, • Approximately 63-73% of math fail (variation depends on semester) • Approximately 38-49% of writing fail • Approximately 51-53% of reading fail • Approximately 69% failed at least one section • And… 21.5% of all those who needed testing fail all three areas
Student success in developmental courses – earned grade of A,B, or C in Spring ’07 • Math: 36.7% • Writing: 52.6% • Reading: 61.2%
Advantages/Disadvantages of each of the top three choices All developmental education: • probably too broad • would have to be narrowed • might include only first time in college students • might need to look at one level – such as all 0306 classes • could still be too broad • however, addresses all three areas
Advantages/Disadvantages Reading: • smaller cohort and manageable • only one full time reading teacher and many adjuncts • students have other ways to leave reading – through success in other college courses • reading skills critical to almost all other course work • students in developmental reading have highest rate of success, so is it our area of most critical need?
Advantages/Disadvantages Math: • much larger cohort; • sheer numbers are challenging • student success the lowest in math • we may have our least success in math • it could be the greatest challenge • how to narrow the QEP and have numerous faculty lead the initiative.
Challenges for KC • How to move from “language of deficiency” to “language of assets” • How to embrace an institution-wide, faculty driven initiative focused on creating significant success in student learning outcomes
Next steps: • Conduct this next round of faculty focus group balloting • Work more intensely with select groups of faculty to narrow the topic • Faculty-produced proposal moves forward for final faculty/staff approval • Select QEP team and begin to study best practices and formulate the Plan