Teacher Education Department Teacher Performance Assessment System TPAS

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WASC Educational Effectiveness Report Town Hall
Meeting
Caron Mellblom, Shirley Lal, Jamie Dote-Kwan
August 29, 2007
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CSUDH WASC Self-Study Educational Effectiveness
Report
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Four Core Issues for the WASC Self-Study

• Core Issue 1 Academic Quality
• Improving and
• enhancing student
  outcomes

Core Issue 3 Diversity Facilitating meaningful
Interactions among Members of our Learning
community
Core Issue 2 Campus Change Building
sustainable structures and processes
for educational effectiveness
Core Issue 4 Civic Engagement Integrating
campus and community initiatives
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The Educational Effectiveness Report http//www.
csudh.edu/wasc/Default.htm
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Core Issue 1
Academic Quality Improving and Enhancing
Student Outcomes
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Researchable Questions

• How do we as a campus community work with
  students to improve their critical skills for
  increased educational success?
• How do we as a campus community promote student
  progress toward degree completion?
• What is the impact of faculty development
  activities on faculty attitudes, perceptions, and
  teaching strategies, and how do such activities
  relate to student success?
• How is student achievement affected by
  opportunities for involvement in research,
  presentations, and publications?

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Corresponding Data Sources
? Minor eliminated as a graduation requirement ?
First-Year Experience - UNV 101 satisfies Area E
requirement ? Campus-wide Undergraduate and
Graduate goals implemented ? Writing intensive
course requirement implementation fall 2008 ?
Enhancing Critical Literacy Project (ECLP) ?
First-Year Experience - UNV 101 ? Graduate
Writing Exam (GWE) ? Center for Learning
Academic Support Services (CLASS) workshops ?
Enhanced Writing Tutoring in CLASS ? National
Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) ? Graduate
Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR) ? Embedded
assessment of student writing skills 2007 ? ECLP
Faculty Survey ? Faculty Survey of Student
Engagement (FSSE) ? Undergraduate Learning
Outcomes ? Graduate Learning Outcomes ? CTL
Seminar Surveys
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Corresponding Data Sources cont
? Educational Opportunity Program, (EOP) ?
Student Support Services, (SSS) ? Students
Preparing for Academic Rigor and Knowledge
(SPARK) ? Office of Student Development. ?
Associated Students Adopt-a-Freshman ? CSU
Dominguez Hills Library ? CSUDH Student Research
Day ? CSU System-wide Student Research
Competition ? Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate
Achievement program ? Outstanding Project/Thesis
Awards ? Minority Biomedical Research Support
Research for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) ?
NBS Student Testimonials ? Department of
Education, Title V, Hispanic Serving
institutions Opening Academic Gateways
to Science and Technical Professions for Hispanic
Students Project (Gateways).
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Core Issue 2
Campus Change Building Sustainable Structures
and Processes for Educational Effectiveness
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Researchable Questions

• The campus has built an integrated set of
  structures and processes that align assessment,
  planning, and resource allocation. What is the
  relationship of these structures to enhanced
  educational effectiveness?
• How are institutional data used to address
  faculty transition, program viability, and new
  program development?

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Corresponding Data Sources
? University Mission Statement ? University
Strategic Plan ? Academic Master Plan ? The
University Planning Council (UPC) ? University
Strategic Plan ? Enrollment Management Policy
Council (EMPC) ? Enrollment Management Plan ?
Relevant Information posted on CSUDH Website ?
Affirmative Action Report ? Program Review
Process ? Program Effectiveness Assessment Tool
(PEAT) ? University Student Learning Outcomes
Assessment (USLOA) Process ? Program
Self-Studies ? Enrollment Data/History
Enrollment Status by Applications, Admission
Status, Enrollment Yields
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Corresponding Data Sources cont
? Degrees Conferred by College ? Facilitation to
Graduation ? NSSE ? FESSE ? Results of Program
Review ? Program Self-Study Results ?
College/Program Accreditation Results ?
University Curriculum Committee (Curriculum
review) ? Review of USLOA ? University Outreach
Efforts ? Day at Dominguez ? Day with
Dominguez ? Evening with Dominquez ? College
Academic Master Plans ? Faculty Search process ?
Retention, Tenure, and Promotion process
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Corresponding Data Sources cont
? Retention, Tenure, and Promotion process ?
Program Review process ? Funded research projects
(WASC/RSCAAP) ? Center for Teaching and Learning
(CTL) ? Results of Program Effectiveness Review
? PEAT PEAT Plus ? Retention, Tenure, and
Promotion process ? University Strategic Plan ?
Academic Master Plan ? Program Review process ?
Campus Enrollment Data ? Demographics of new
faculty hires
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Core Issue 3
Diversity Facilitating Meaningful Interactions
Among Members of our Learning Community
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• How does interactional diversity at CSUDH lead
  to enhanced appreciation of multicultural
  perspectives and an enriched academic experience
  of intellectual engagement?

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Corresponding Data Sources
? WASC website ? Inventory Results ?
Interviews-Key Campus Personnel ?
Division/College Meetings ? Town Halls Panel
Responses ? Poster Sessions Abstracts ? New
Teacher Orientation Meetings ? Speaker Series
surveys ? Faculty Forum surveys ? MCC Retreats ?
NSSE, FSSE, and CSEQ data ? BEAMS 5-Year
Initiative ? Alumni Survey ? UNV 101-Diversity
Survey ? Cross Cultural Retreat Surveys
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Corresponding Data Sources cont
? Strategic Plan ? Mission Statement ?
Undergraduate/Graduate Outcomes ? College
Academic Master Plans ? College Academic Master
Plans ? Town Hall Panel Responses ? Poster
Session Abstracts ? Conference Presentation
Summaries ? CTL Presentations ? Diversity
Inventory ? Town Hall Meetings ? Poster Sessions
? Conferences ? University/Division/College
Surveys ? WASC/RCAAP Research Projects
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Corresponding Data Sources
? WASC website ? Inventory Results ?
Interviews-Key Campus Personnel ?
Division/College Meetings ? Town Halls Panel
Responses ? Poster Sessions Abstracts ? New
Teacher Orientation Meetings ? Speaker Series ?
Faculty Forum surveys ? MCC Retreats ? NSSE,
FSSE, and CSEQ data ? BEAMS 5-Year Initiative ?
Alumni Survey ? UNV 101-Diversity Survey ? Cross
Cultural Retreat Surveys ? Strategic Plan ?
Mission Statement ? Undergraduate/Graduate
Outcomes ? College Academic Master Plans
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Core Issue 4
Civic Engagement Integrating Campus and
Community Initiatives
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• What is the impact of community-based learning
  and Communiversity-based (Civic Engagement)
  activities on our students and the communities
  that we serve?

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Corresponding Data Sources cont
? Interviews-Key Campus Personnel ?
Division/College Meetings ? NSSE, FSSE, CSEQ ?
BEAMS 5-Year Initiative ? Alumni Survey ? College
Level Surveys ? Economic Impact Report ?
Strategic Plan ? Mission Statement ?
Undergraduate/Graduate Outcomes ? Program Student
Learning Outcomes ? Strategic Plan ? Mission
Statement ? Undergraduate/Graduate Outcomes
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Corresponding Data Sources cont

• ? Division Master Plans
• ? Civic Engagement Inventory
• ? Town Hall Panel Responses
• ? Poster Session Abstract
• ? Conference Presentations
• ? Service Learning Annual Report
• ? University Advancement Activities
• ? Chancellors Office Outreach
• ? Activities report
• ? SG-4 Community Survey

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• How can I become involved in the WASC process?
• Review the EER on the WASC website send your
  comments
• Attend/submit to the Friends of the Library and
  WASC sponsored Scholarly and Creative activity
  directory and reception
• Attend the Spring 2008 Unit meetings
  (Division/College/Program)
• Attend and/or present at, the Spring 2008 Poster
  Session
• You may be called to one of WASC Visit Interview
  sessions

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Upcoming Events
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Questions and Answers

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