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Convergence Technology Center Year 5 Evaluation Highlights

Convergence Technology Center Year 5 Evaluation Highlights. Evaluation Questions. To what extent is the project achieving its goals? Is it making an impact and reaching its intended audience? How effective is it when it reaches its intended audience and constituency?

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Convergence Technology Center Year 5 Evaluation Highlights

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  1. Convergence Technology CenterYear 5 Evaluation Highlights The Saflund Institute

  2. Evaluation Questions • To what extent is the project achieving its goals? • Is it making an impact and reaching its intended audience? • How effective is it when it reaches its intended audience and constituency? • Are there ways the project can be significantly improved? The Saflund Institute

  3. Evaluation for Meaning The Saflund Institute

  4. C T C Goals • Curriculum • Faculty Development • Attract and educate under-served populations • Mentor and disseminate The Saflund Institute

  5. High Points • University of North Texas Partnership • Program metrics continue trending up • Curriculum development progress • Mentor program mature • Articulation opportunities expand • F P D focused – expands footprint • Website stabilize and mature • Evidence of Leadership & Impact The Saflund Institute

  6. Curriculum The Saflund Institute

  7. Professional Development • Making reputation in FPD • 10% of Working Connections attendees now from out of state • Sharpened focus on Convergence • Attendance improved measurably • 217 (2008) up from 170 (2007) • Very high level of initial satisfaction >96% • Strong intent to use what they’ve learned >90% • Follow up shows impact • CTC working with ATE community for FPD • Teaching Technicians . Org The Saflund Institute

  8. Mentoring • Effectively scaled mentoring • Synergy 2008 ‘Getting To Scale’ • Focus on cohorts = efficiency • Impact • Using CTC Curriculum products • Attending cohort meetings • Taking advantage of FPD The Saflund Institute

  9. Recruiting and Underserved • A number of initiatives • TechKnowFire • xTreme Techno Camp • Tech - Prep • Technology Student Forum • Pizza nights • C T Workshops • Target Audiences • Undeclared majors already enrolled in college • High school students • Clients of CBOs • Parents • Many funded in part by CTC but also through other Federal (Title III, V) and State sources. The Saflund Institute

  10. Convergence EnrollmentHistorical The Saflund Institute

  11. Convergence EnrollmentIncludingProjected The Saflund Institute

  12. Under-represented Populations • Improvement in all ethnic subcategories • Black up 55% • Hispanic up 175% • White up 71% • Female up 114% • Black males? • Retention and persistence within ethnic subcategories The Saflund Institute

  13. Declared Majors / Grads(programs to date) • Convergence Declared Majors • This Year 55 • Last Year 42 • Convergence Graduates • 2007 = 1 • 2008 = 3 • 2009 = > 3 The Saflund Institute

  14. Convergence Students The Saflund Institute

  15. Recruiting The Saflund Institute

  16. xTreme Techno CampAre we selling ‘em? • Attendee Feedback • Valuable Experience (89%) • Would attend a similar event in future (75%) • Would recommend to a friend (89%) • Gained better understanding (93%) The Saflund Institute

  17. Enrollment Influences The Saflund Institute

  18. Website • > Let visitors see samples • > Invite contact & registration for full view / download • Develop contact following for registrants • Track downloads The Saflund Institute

  19. BAC Distribution The Saflund Institute

  20. Overall Impact • Employer satisfaction • Students are getting jobs • Promotions and internships • Student satisfaction • Retention stats good – average 86% • Satisfaction with courses and instructors • Infrastructure support • Hardware and equipment • Software • Institutional support • National uptake of work and influence The Saflund Institute

  21. Future Considerations • Center focus & Brand • Convergence • ICT / IT • Educational pathways • Recent HS, incumbent workers, re-careering, • What credentials does industry want • Workforce skills • Market • Will industry commit to the US workforce? • Scale and mass The Saflund Institute

  22. Leadership Evidence • Mentor program – National impact • Interlink – Economic development • Community Colleges – Convergence and ICT • Developed & Extended Brand • Website – dissemination - influence The Saflund Institute

  23. ThanksSpecial thanks to CTC Team Q & A www.saflund.org peter@saflund.org The Saflund Institute

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