Increase IND mentorship professional Diana Leakas, interior design faculty, continues to establish the In progress x mentorship program for the non-residential course for fall semester. Fall base 2014, we had 14 mentors; fall 2015, we had 13 mentors. Completed No longer applicable Below are the Recommendations for Action made by the review team.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. Responses from the previous year’s Annual Update are included, if there have been no changes to report then no changes to the response are necessary. RECOMMENDATIONS Status Progress or Rationale for No Longer Applicable The strong assessment practices of the department were noted in the In progress x Through the Department’s Annual Portfolio Show (spring term), we Commendations the department’s continue to capture and track assessment data in order to assist in – assessment work is truly a strength, Completed reviewing and improving the VIS and IND curriculum. Currently, we and something to be emulated by other assess the following general education outcomes during the event: departments. However, it was noted No longer applicable Computer Literacy by the Review Team that assessment Information Literacy data was not provided for some of the Oral Communication program outcomes, and while the Written Communication Review Team has no doubt that Critical Thinking assessment of these program A review of the current first and second year assessment/rubric is outcomes is occurring, would just being completed Spring 2016. remind the department to report these results fully in the next Program Through class projects, the following courses assess mastery in Review. Also, many of Sinclair’s cultural diversity: General Education outcomes are VIS 1100: Design Basics assessed in the Annual Portfolio Show IND 1180: History of Interior Design and the First and Second Year IND 1230: Residential Design Assessments can this be expanded IND 2130: Non-resident Design – to include all General Education IND 2140: Sustainable Design outcomes? In making this We are in the process of developing a format to track and report the recommendation, the Review Team data for this general education outcome. wants to again emphasize that these suggestions represent small tweaks to We are also in the process of developing a way to collect data from the impressive and robust assessment students’ capstone/service learning projects that include many of the practices that the department currently general education outcomes. We are currently working with David
Increase IND mentorship professional base In progress x Completed No longer applicable Diana Leakas, interior design faculty, continues to establish the mentorship program for the non-residential course for fall semester. Fall 2014, we had 14 mentors; fall 2015, we had 13 mentors. 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. Responses from the previous year’s Annual Update are included, if there have been no changes to report then no changes to the response are necessary. RECOMMENDATIONS Status Progress or Rationale for No Longer Applicable The strong assessment practices of the department were noted in the Commendations – the department’s assessment work is truly a strength, and something to be emulated by other departments. However, it was noted by the Review Team that assessment data was not provided for some of the program outcomes, and while the Review Team has no doubt that assessment of these program outcomes is occurring, would just remind the department to report these results fully in the next Program Review. Also, many of Sinclair’s General Education outcomes are assessed in the Annual Portfolio Show and the First and Second Year Assessments – can this be expanded to include all General Education outcomes? In making this recommendation, the Review Team wants to again emphasize that these suggestions represent small tweaks to the impressive and robust assessment practices that the department currently In progress x Completed No longer applicable Through the Department’s Annual Portfolio Show (spring term), we continue to capture and track assessment data in order to assist in reviewing and improving the VIS and IND curriculum. Currently, we assess the following general education outcomes during the event: Computer Literacy Information Literacy Oral Communication Written Communication Critical Thinking A review of the current first and second year assessment/rubric is being completed Spring 2016. Through class projects, the following courses assess mastery in cultural diversity: VIS 1100: Design Basics IND 1180: History of Interior Design IND 1230: Residential Design IND 2130: Non-resident Design IND 2140: Sustainable Design We are in the process of developing a format to track and report the data for this general education outcome. We are also in the process of developing a way to collect data from students’ capstone/service learning projects that include many of the general education outcomes. We are currently working with David
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