Below are the Recommendations for Action made by the review team. Describe the progress or changes made toward meeting each recommendation over the last year. RECOMMENDATIONS Status Progress or Rationale for No Longer Applicable (1)The department met with Jared Cutler and upon It does not appear that the department has fully addressed In progress his recommendation is in the process of finalizing a set of department outcomes which will be the recommendations from the last Program Review. Completed assessed during Spring 2013. Common Those previous recommendations are listed below. In assessments will be administered to students addition to prioritizing the recommendations from the No longer across different sections of the same course. Once current Program Review, priority should also be given to applicable this effort is in motion, we will commence work taking action on the previous items which are listed below. on drafting an assessment plan to assess course and general education outcomes. Clarify for the department the steps (2)We have an excellent professional relationship needed to expand and formalize an with the Physics Department at Wright State assessment plan. Continue development University and enjoy a similar realtionship with and implementation of the the University of Dayton's Physics Department. department’s We can form an advisory board in conjunction assessment plan, and report on progress with these partners and faculty from Sinclair. annually. Make more extensive use of (3)We offered a workshop on implementing data to improve assessment. inquiry methods and hands-on activitites in the Consider developing a formal advisory classroom to both full and part time faculty. This mechanism to provide regular feedback is a first step towards providing pedagogical and assistance to the department. support for part time faculty. We intend to work Include regular feedback from area closely with them to align the curriculum across universities as well as Sinclair all sections of a course. Once an assessment plan Community College. is in place, we intend to work with them, on a Continue work to support the basis if necessary, to successfully
Below are the Recommendations for Action made by the review team. Describe the progress or changes made toward meeting each recommendation over the last year. RECOMMENDATIONS Status Progress or Rationale for No Longer Applicable It does not appear that the department has fully addressed the recommendations from the last Program Review. Those previous recommendations are listed below. In addition to prioritizing the recommendations from the current Program Review, priority should also be given to taking action on the previous items which are listed below. Clarify for the department the steps needed to expand and formalize an assessment plan. Continue development and implementation of the department’s assessment plan, and report on progress annually. Make more extensive use of data to improve assessment. Consider developing a formal advisory mechanism to provide regular feedback and assistance to the department. Include regular feedback from area universities as well as Sinclair Community College. Continue work to support the In progress Completed No longer applicable (1)The department met with Jared Cutler and upon his recommendation is in the process of finalizing a set of department outcomes which will be assessed during Spring 2013. Common assessments will be administered to students across different sections of the same course. Once this effort is in motion, we will commence work on drafting an assessment plan to assess course and general education outcomes. (2)We have an excellent professional relationship with the Physics Department at Wright State University and enjoy a similar realtionship with the University of Dayton's Physics Department. We can form an advisory board in conjunction with these partners and faculty from Sinclair. (3)We offered a workshop on implementing inquiry methods and hands-on activitites in the classroom to both full and part time faculty. This is a first step towards providing pedagogical support for part time faculty. We intend to work closely with them to align the curriculum across all sections of a course. Once an assessment plan is in place, we intend to work with them, on a basis if necessary, to successfully
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