Building a Culture of Continual ImprovementWith Students as Partners

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Building a Culture of Continual
ImprovementWith Students as Partners

• Sherra Kerns, VP for Innovation Research
• Ann Schaffner, Coordinator for Institutional
  Research Improvement
• Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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What is Olin College?
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Mission

• Olin College prepares future leaders through an
  innovative engineering education that bridges
  science and technology, enterprise, and society.
  Skilled in independent learning and the art of
  design, our graduates will seek opportunities and
  take initiative to make a positive difference in
  the world.

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Engineering Education for a Changing World A
joint project by the Engineering Deans Council
and Corporate Roundtable of the American Society
for Engineering Education.1994
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Invention 2000

• Discovery
• Invention
• Development
• Test

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The Olin Dilemma

• How can we make the most of the tremendous
  advantages of starting from scratch AND serve as
  an example to others?

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What is Continual Improvement?

• Search continually for problems in order to
  improve any activity.
• Deming

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Shewart Cycle

• Innovation Idea
• Study Results Implement Change
• Observe Effects

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What is Organizational Culture?

• The way we do things around here

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Does Olin have a culture of continual improvement?
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Olin Core Values

• Institutional
• Quality Continuous Improvement
• Student Learning Development
• Institutional Integrity Community
• Agility Entrepreneurship
• Stewardship Service

• Personal
• Integrity
• Respect
• Passion for the Welfare of the College
• Patience Understanding
• Openness to Change

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Olin Organizational Health Survey

• Annual survey for entire community centered on
  core values.

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CapstoneBrainstorming Welcome to the AHS Capstone
Brainstorming page. We hope you will help us
rethink the AHS Capstone by including feedback
(signed or anonymous, we do not care) below.
Please do not erase anything on this page and add
as much as you like. Why are we doing this?
After running the current incarnation of the AHS
Capstone for two semesters we believe it reveals
several flaws. It is Frustrating for many
students. In particular Some students,
particularly those with smaller AHS
concentrations, are unprepared for advanced work
in a specific AHS discipline and therefore have
trouble meeting deadlines because they need to
educate themselves on basic concepts. Many
students are unfamiliar with the methods of
advanced AHS work and challenge whether
contextual research or intensive revisions are
necessary. Frustrating for some faculty. In
particular This activity is extremely labor
intensive, often taking as much or more work as a
full-sized AHS course even though it is
considered a half-course workload at most. We
want to know what we can do -- on any scale -- to
make the capstone experience more valuable and
less painful. Is the AHS capstone important to
you? Is the structure fundamentally flawed? Would
a small change make life easier?
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Shewart Cycle

• Innovation Idea
• Study Results Implement Change
• Observe Effects

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The Bullets

• Desired Outcome
• Create an institution that continues to improve,
  innovate and take appropriate risks
• Critical Success Factors/Lessons Learned
• Motivating event
• Leadership supporttalk and practice
• Institutional Values
• Hiring the Right People
• Students as Partners

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The Presenters

• Dr. Sherra Kerns
• Vice President for Innovation Research
• Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
• Sherra.kerns_at_olin.edu
• Ann Schaffner
• Coordinator for Institutional Research
  Improvement
• Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
• Ann.schaffner_at_olin.edu