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 RECOMMENDATIONS Status Progress or Rationale for No Longer Applicable Please see the section on assessment were we It does not appear that the department has fully In progress have reported the progress made during the addressed the recommendations from the last last academic year. Completed Program Review. Those previous recommendations The semester conversion task was huge and are listed below. In addition to prioritizing the No longer we had to reconsider and regroup our course recommendations from the current Program Review, applicable offerings to meet the as well students’ needs priority should also be given to taking action on the as to fulfill the contractual obligations of our previous items which are listed below. faculty. Hence the task of forming an advisory Clarify for the department the steps committee was postponed but is underway as needed to expand and formalize an we speak. assessment plan. Continue development and implementation of the department’s Part time faculty were invited and attended assessment plan, and report on progress some pedagogical discussions during Faculty annually. Make more extensive use of Learning Days. In addition to collecting data to improve assessment. syllabi, we have instituted a new policy of Consider developing a formal advisory requiring them to submit exams and grade mechanism to provide regular feedback distributions so feedback and support can be and assistance to the department. Include regular feedback from area provided as needed. Also, strong mentoring universities as well as Sinclair was provided to new adjunct faculty, their Community College. classrooms were visited and feedback was Continue work to support the provided. We are continuing our efforts in this development and performance of direction and hope to have more to report next faculty. year. Review the curriculum and department’s update as needed. Please note: The curriculum for most of our courses have Many of the existing courses, as
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 RECOMMENDATIONS Status Progress or Rationale for No Longer Applicable It does not appear that the department has fully addressed the recommendations from the last Program Review.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 development and performance of faculty. Review the department’s curriculum and update as needed. Please note: Many of the existing courses, as In progress Completed No longer applicable Please see the section on assessment were we have reported the progress made during the last academic year. The semester conversion task was huge and we had to reconsider and regroup our course offerings to meet the students’ needs as well as to fulfill the contractual obligations of our faculty. Hence the task of forming an advisory committee was postponed but is underway as we speak. Part time faculty were invited and attended some pedagogical discussions during Faculty Learning Days. In addition to collecting syllabi, we have instituted a new policy of requiring them to submit exams and grade distributions so feedback and support can be provided as needed. Also, strong mentoring was provided to new adjunct faculty, their classrooms were visited and feedback was provided. We are continuing our efforts in this direction and hope to have more to report next year. The curriculum for most of our courses have
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