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Rejected! Rebounding From and Moving Forward Following a Monitoring Report Requirement. Presenters. Lisa Rainey Assistant to the Vice President for Instruction Harford Community College [email protected] 443-412-2158 Deborah Cruise, Ph.D. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Rejected!Rebounding From and Moving
Forward Following a Monitoring Report Requirement
Presenters
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Lisa RaineyAssistant to the Vice President for InstructionHarford Community [email protected] 443-412-2158
Deborah Cruise, Ph.D.Vice President for Student Development and Institutional EffectivenessHarford Community [email protected]
Shock – Rebound – Clarity
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2007
Accreditation Reaffirmed; Monitoring
ReportIn Shock!
2008Attended P.D.
sessions; moving forward
Rebound and Get to Work!
2009
Implemented changes; Wrote
Monitoring Report
Strengthen and Clarify!
SHOCK! What happened?
JUNE 2007 –PRR (Periodic Review Report) due to MSCHE
NOVEMBER 2007 –Accreditation reaffirmed through PRR, but, MSCHE requests Monitoring Report . . .
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SHOCK! What were we required to do?Document progress in the implementation of – (1) Standard 2 – a comprehensive institutional strategic
plan, which links long-range planning with decision making and budgeting
(2) Standards 7 & 14 – an organized, comprehensive, and sustained process for the assessment of institutional effectiveness and student learning outcomes, including the use of direct measures and evidence that assessment information is linked to strategic planning and used to improve teaching and learning
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SHOCK! Recent Accreditation Actions
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NOVEMBER 2007 – 41 Actions• 22 Required no follow-up (9 were commended
for quality)• 18 Required Progress Letters• 11 Required Monitoring Report (3 with visits)• Standard 14 = 25• Standard 7 = 20• Standard 3 = 10• Standard 2 = 6
Rebound! Keep Moving Forward
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Attended P.D. Sessions:• President and Executive Staff attended MSCHE
“Integrating Higher Education Planning & Assessment” • HCC representatives attended
MSCHE “Addressing Public Needs” accreditation update for Middle States member colleges
“MSCHE Annual Conference”MSCHE “Fostering a Campus Culture of Assessment”
• VP began “SCUP Planning Institute” certification
Rebound! Communication
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• MSCHE Liaison/VP
• President Campus and Board of Trustees
• VPs Campus at Open Forum
Posted on internal network drive for campus
Faculty at Faculty P.D. Session
Students through S.G.A.
Rebound! Strengthening Learning Outcomes Assessment - Standard 14
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Assessment Plan
Updated in2008 and aligned with the Middle States Expectations for Assessing Student Learning (Student Learning Assessment- Options and Resources, Chapter 4 )
Breakout Sessions devoted to Student Learning Assessment and Program Goals
Faculty Professional
Development
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Rebound! Strengthening Learning Outcomes Assessment - Standard 14
SLOA’s
• Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment (SLOA)• Tied to Academic Outcomes or
Program Goals.
• Evidence that assessment information is shared and used to improve teaching and learning
End of Year Reports/ Updates
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Rebound! Strengthening Learning Outcomes Assessment - Standard 14
Program Reviews
• Program reviews are completed in a 5 year cycle.
• Assessment processes are ongoing, systematic and sustainable.
• Course, certificate or program creation or modification.
Curriculum Work
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Strategic Plan, Academic Outcomes,
Program GoalsAssessment
Plan
Faculty Professional
Development
SLOA’sEnd of Year
Reports/ Updates
Curriculum Work
Program Reviews
Rebound! Strengthening Standards 2 & 7
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Implementation of new Strategic Plan• Approved by Board of Trustees in August 2007• Unveiled at College Convocation in August 2007
All employees received a 3-ring S.P. binderCollege and community received slick S.P.
brochureAll new employees oriented to S.P.
• Strategic Planning Assessment Committee created• Currently in 4th year of 5-year S.P.
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Rebo
und!
Str
engt
heni
ng
Stan
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s 2 &
7
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Rebound! Strengthening Standards 2 & 7 Planning – Budgeting – Assessing – Improving Time Line
Clarity! Writing the Report
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Four main writers:• Instruction – VP and Assistant VP• Institutional Effectiveness – VP and Coord for
Assess
- Coordinated the work- Created outline using MSCHE guidance- Clarified systems/processes- Strengthen systems/processes- Documented system/processes
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Clarity! Writing the ReportInvolved input from many areas:• 27 appendices from Instruction• Strategic Planning Committee, College Advisory
Council, • Finance, Institutional Research, President’s
Executive Staff• Academic Divisions• Administrative and Service Units
Clarity! Writing the Report
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Commendation from MSCHE
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NOVEMBER 2009 – Monitoring Report accepted with commendation for progress:
Middle States Commission on Higher Education acted to accept the monitoring report, to commend the institution for progress to date, and to request that the self-study, in preparation for the 2011-2012 evaluation visit, document
(1) ongoing implementation of a comprehensive institutional strategic plan that links long-range planning to decision-making and budgeting processes (Standard 2) and
(2) ongoing implementation of an organized and sustained process to evaluate and improve student learning and institutional effectiveness (Standards 7 & 14).
Recent Accreditation Actions
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JUNE 2010 – 27 Actions• 6 required no follow-up
1 commended for quality 2 received no comments 3 had specific directions for PRR
78% Required Follow-Up:• 16 required Progress Letters• 5 required Monitoring Reports• Standards 7 & 14 = most of them
Resources
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Assessing Student Learning and Institutional Effectiveness: Understanding Middle States Expectations This brochure clarifies Middle States expectations regarding Standard 7: Institutional Assessment and Standard 14: Assessment of Student Learning in Characteristics of Excellence. (2005, 8 pgs).
Student Learning Assessment: Options and Resources (2nd Edition, 2007)This handbook serves as a resource for institutions seeking a bridge between the Commission’s standards for accreditation and the practical daily challenges of assessment and continuous improvement.
Characteristics of Excellence in Higher Education- 2009 EditionRequirements of Affiliation and Standards of Accreditation [This edition applies to all institutions being evaluated in academic year 2009-10 and thereafter]. This edition contains the new Requirements of Affiliation that became effective March 1, 2009 (pages xii and xiii).
http://www.msche.org/myche/public/publications/publicationorderform.aspx
Presenter Contact
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Lisa RaineyAssistant to the Vice President for InstructionHarford Community [email protected] 443-412-2158
Deborah Cruise, Ph.D.Vice President for Student Development and Institutional EffectivenessHarford Community [email protected]