Focus Group Findings

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Focus Group Findings Department Assessment
Planning

• Patricia Miceli

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Concerns

• Preparing students for college
• First impressions on campus, the phone and
  internet.
• Registration and advising
• Retention in the classroom

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More concerns

• Tutoring encouraging use and increasing
  availability
• Tenure process
• Lack of community among faculty
• Resources for technology

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Even more concerns

• Placement in proper courses
• Validity of placement and exit exams
• Lack of shared governance in decision making
• Calendar and deadlines inconsistent

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Department Meetings 1015 - noon

• Biology S225 Library - A306
• Business - A301 Phy. Sci. A310
• English A303 Soc. Sci A316
• HPVEC A304 Visual/Perf. Arts A319
• Humanities A305 Math A307
• Nursing/OTA/Radiograph A308

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What to do

• Select Department Assessment Coordinator
• Complete Assessment form heading, parts A and
  part B
• Template available at http//wright.ccc.edu/depart
  ment/assessment/ex_sum.asp

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Heading

• Program/Discipline
• Instructional Manager Marilyn Young
• Semester/Year
• Department Chair
• College Mission
• Program Discipline Mission

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Part A. Departmental Concerns

• Evidence list data which indicate a need for
  further investigation
• Area of Focus Choose the most pressing need to
  investigate at this time.

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Part B. Program/Discipline Assessment Plan

• Course(s) of interest/involved in the plan
• Intended Program SLO to be measured
• Departmental Assessment Coordinator(s)
• Assessment Process
• What approach will be used?
• Why was this process selected?
• How will student learning be measured?
• When will data collection be completed?
• Who will analyze the results?
• Criteria for Success

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Part C. Assessment Results and Action Plan

• Not to be completed until spring 2008!!!!
• Summary of results and analysis of data
  collected.
• Action plan based on results and analysis.