Assessment of Employee Learning Action Team Project Fall 2006

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Assessment of Employee LearningAction Team
Project Fall 2006
McHenry County College

• Presented by Paul Hamill, Team Leader
• Elaine Whalen-Pedersen, Team Scribe
• Kathleen Plinske, Team Digital Illustrator
• Sandra Moll Phyllis Holdaway, Team Members
• Pat Stejskal Mary Harreld, Steering Committee
  Sponsors
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Project Statement / Rationale Assessment
of Employee Learning

• To improve the assessment of employee learning
  at Professional Development Workshops through the
  development and implementation of a process where
  employees demonstrate achievement of measurable
  workshop objectives.

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Overview

• Background/Current Process
• Analyze current process
• Improvement Theory/Implementation Plan
• Recommendations
• Assessment Plan

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Current Process

• An evaluation form is currently provided to all
  workshop attendees which asks for their opinions
  about the workshop.
• No process currently exists to measure learning
  outcomes at Professional Development workshops.
• Workshop attendees may earn clock hours simply by
  signing the workshop attendance sheet.

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Pareto Chart Analysis
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Control Chart Analysis
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Control Chart Analysis
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Control Chart Analysis
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Control Chart Analysis
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Control Chart Analysis
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Control Chart Analysis
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Improvement Theory and Implementation Plan

• Measurable objectives will be developed for each
  Professional Development workshop.
• An assessment tool will be developed to measure
  workshop learning outcomes.
• Employees must complete the assessment in order
  to earn clock hours for a given workshop.
  (Awarding of clock hours is not based upon
  employee performance on the assessment and the
  results will remain anonymous).

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Force Field Analysis
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• Consultation with Faculty Association and Staff
  Council presidents
• Initial plan was slightly modified based on
  discussions

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Recommendations

• Presenters will
• Establish measurable objectives for assessing
  employee learning at PD Workshops.
• Develop a tool to assess workshop objectives.
• Review results of workshop assessment and shares
  data with Professional Development.
• Keep track of participants who complete
  assessment assessment results will remain
  anonymous.
• Professional Development will
• Review workshop assessment data on a quarterly
  basis and make recommendations for
  transformations.
• Develop several models for creation of objectives
  and assessment tools.
• Workshop participants will
• Complete the workshop assessment in order to be
  eligible to earn clock hours for the workshop
  (assuming that Salary Adjustment Advancement
  procedures are followed).
• Arrive on time to hands-on computer-based
  workshops, and will be encouraged to arrive five
  minutes early. The door will be closed at the
  start of the workshop and participants will not
  be allowed to enter late.

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Gantt Chart Discussion

• Phase 1 January 2007 March 2007
• Develop objectives, assessment tool, and pilot
  four workshops.
• Professional Development, presenters, and action
  team members review assessment data.
• Professional Development will develop model
  objectives and assessment tools.
• Phase 2 April 2007 July 2007
• Develop objectives, assessment tool, and pilot
  four more workshops.
• Professional Development, presenters, and action
  team members review assessment data.
• Phase 3 August 2007 and continuing
• This improvement will be engrafted as a college
  process.

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Assessment Plan / Objectives

• By August 2007, all workshops will have
  objectives and a corresponding assessment tool.
• Transformations will be made based on the data
  collected from workshop assessments.
• 95 of workshop attendees will complete the
  assessment tool.

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Questions.