Coordinators: Alan Bardwick, Management & Marketing Adjunct Faculty

Lewis Schlossinger, Management & Marketing Coordinator

During the Fall 05 and Spring 06 terms we will concentrate on improving the following:

1. Learning Outcomes/Benchmarks:

· Learning outcomes for one or more of the Lifelong Skills stated as measurable objectives: (occupational programs only)

Currently, we have benchmarks set for 2005 – 2006 that 70% of our students completing their studies should achieve a score of at least a 60% average on the post test.

· The results of the pre-test and post-test will be analyzed in detail on a question by

question basis to determine the effectiveness of each weighted question. The test will be reviewed and was revised by Lewis Schlossinger, Alan Bardwick and Karl Van Etten and other faculty members and reviewed by the Management & Marketing Advisory Committee members.

The pre & post-tests will be given in Introduction to Business (BUS 115) classrooms and will be given in the Capstone course (MAN 244) and in MAN 286 (Directed Studies)

2. Measures of Student Learning

A. Direct measures

A pre-test and post-test, will be conducted every semester to analyze in detail on a question by question basis to determine the effectiveness of each weighted question.

A revised test will be written by Lewis Schlossinger, Alan Bardwick other faculty and reviewed by the Management & Marketing Advisory Committee members. In the revised test, some of the questions will remain the same as last year. Last year’s test focused on occupational skills or knowledge. This year we again will broaden the knowledge aspect and better evaluate the Life Long Skills aspect. Primarily, this will focus on Critical Thinking and Quantitative Reasoning; but some measure of other Life Long Skills may be included. The test may be broken down into 2 parts as opposed to a single test; we will know better as we proceed with it.

The revised Pre-test / Post-Test will be again administered in sample sections of BUS 115, MAN 286 and MAN 244. Specific populations will not be tracked; however, averages will be trended and compared. The test questions and outcomes are selected from each of the above classes and intended to assess general management and marketing skills applicable to the degree

Pre-test / Post-Test questions will be weighted to indicate scores for Lifelong Skills achievement – specifically Critical Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning, and better measure specific Business knowledge retained by students.

We anticipate that 70% of our students completing their studies should achieve a score of at least a 60% average on the post test. of our students will show proficiency in the Life Long Skills tested in the post-test.

Capstone course work will be assessed by instructor regarding all of the Life Long Skills. As this course again will include group projects and company visits and presentations, it will be able to exhibit all of all of the Life Long Skills . Students will be judged on how they present themselves, how well they work together and with people outside of their group, how well they communicate both orally and in writing, how well they use technology in evaluation and presentations, the aesthetic nature of their presentations, and how well they use their knowledge to evaluate problems and recommend solutions.

B. Indirect measures:

The student evaluation of instruction will be analyzed to determine the student’s option and will be used to seek improvements.

If Possible for 2005 – 2006 other Direct and Indirect Measures may be included

Direct:

Capstone Project Rubric

Capstone Assessment excel workbook

Pre-Post Test Lifelong Skill Indicators

Questions identified as indicators of Lifelong Skills

Indirect:

Student Evaluations

Questions identified as indicators of Lifelong Skills

Student Self-Assessment

Online survey for students to self assess

3. Data Collection

Early in the semester year and at the end of the semester a pre and post test developed by Lewis Schlossinger and Alan Bardwick will be given to students in BUS115, Introduction to Business. The same test will be given late in the year to students taking MAN289, Management Information Systems, which is the Capstone Course. These tests were administered in the Fall 04 and Spring 05 semesters.

Data for the Capstone Course will be largely subjective and will be administered by the Course Instructor.

The Assessment Test was administered to students in Lewis Schlosinger’s Introduction to Business class during the Fall term and has also been administered to his Spring term students. This is the base to determine the level of students as they begin the Management and Marketing Program. The test will be administered at the end of the Spring term to students taking the Capstone course to measure improvement during a student’s time at CCA.

This will be conducted on a Scantron format.

The data will be reviewed by Lewis Schlossinger and Alan Bardwick to, subjectively, determine the initial proficiency of students in this program.

When results of the Capstone students are complete, we will compare results and measure improvement.

4. Data Recording and Storage

Data will be kept by the Management Marketing Department Chair.

The results are being stored electronically in order to be analyzed later to determine improvement of students while at CCA.

5. Data Analysis and Reporting

The results of the initial tests will be evaluated manually, subjectively and we are attempting and proceeded in part to put these results into a excel grid spread sheet in two groups: Fall 05 and Spring 06.. As the Pre-Test is given before students had completed any courses the results should be understandably poor – barely better than random answers. The students completing their studies should do much better.

Data will be collected by Lewis Schlossinger and evaluated by both, Alan Bardwick, The Advisory Committee members and faculty members. We will look for patterns and trends, look at areas for improvement, things we could do differently. We will report the analyzed data via email, to the department, division and at faculty meetings. Lewis Schlossinger will be responsible for reporting the data to the program’s faculty and staff.

6. Decision Making and Program Change Based on Data

As a result of the PreTest and PostTest administered last year, we have determined that our students should improve their LifeLong skills in the areas of Critical Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning.

Results of these tests will be shared with faculty at the Spring faculty meeting. Follow up meetings and general e-mails with faculty and some students every semester to get feed back and review any changes we find. Also will try to do one on our all faculty fall meeting as well as to share the information with our Marketing and Management Advisory committee 9 with student representation.

Recommended changes will be to focus on improving Critical Thinking skills by emphasizing applications of management theory by the use of more case studies. To improve quantitative Reasoning skills instructors will emphasize computational and graphing techniques in all courses.

The way the changes will be made are to be discussed with faculty, advisory groups and students.

We will emphasize the Life Long Skills with other faculty during the Spring faculty meeting. There may be some changes to our Syllabi as a result of these discussions. We anticipate that the major changes will be to emphasize Critical Thinking and Teamwork (Intra Personal Relations)

Currently, we do not have sufficient data as yet to determine specific changes. The results have not yet been fully evaluated. This will be undertaken during this term and the Spring 06 term.

7. Adjunct Faculty Involvement

. Results will be shared on an ongoing basis with faculty via postings on the department web-site, e-mail and discussion during faculty meetings. Currently the changes will be determined later through the Faculty Spring meeting and further group discussions.