Archived Assessment Report
| Program | Automotive Technology Certificate |
| Assessment Reporter | [email protected] |
| Theme | Practicing Community |
| Review Year | 2024-2025 - Final Report |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Focus Area |
|---|---|
| 5. Work safely and in an environmentally responsible manner. | How well does the student perform in the internship related to soft skills? |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population or Courses Assessed | Hypothetical Analysis/Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5. Work safely and in an environmentally responsible manner. | Rubric | Automotive internship (rubric) for all courses in the certificate | Expert to accomplished range is the goal for all students |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Summary of Results | Reflection on Focus Area | Intepretation of Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5. Work safely and in an environmentally responsible manner. | For the fall 2023 term the results from the internship show that 89% of total responses had our students performing in the highest level or expert range. 7% of the responses have our students performing in the accomplished range and only 2% of responses fell below the accomplished range. In spring of 2024 the results from the internship showed that 90% of the responses had our students performing in the expert range. 10% of the responses had our students performing in the accomplished range and none of the responses had our student performing below the accomplished range. | The graduating students are doing well for the most part and our industry partners are happy with the skill, knowledge and professionalism they exhibit during their internship week. They have also expressed interest in taking on more of our graduates in the future and would like to hire more students from our program. As with anything there is room for improvement but overall this indicates the state of our program is strong. | This shows us that the Automotive program is doing well and our industry partners are very supportive. The students do very well getting and maintaining employment. Their professionalism and environmental adherence is evident and strongly prevalent. |
| 5. Work safely and in an environmentally responsible manner. | |
|---|---|
| Describe the change that was implemented. | Using updated rubric to assess third term students during internship using an external assessment from the shops where they performed their internships. |
| Type of Change |
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| Change in Assessment Approach or Tools? | No changes necessary. |
| What data motivated the change? | Wanted to add environmental component to work ethic rubric. |
| Hypothesis about the effect the change will have? | It will provide a more complete picture of all of the data encompassed in the SLOs. |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population of Courses Assessed |
|---|---|---|
| 5. Work safely and in an environmentally responsible manner. | The same tool is being used with a new rubric. | AUTC 2198 |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Summary of Second Round Results | Intepretation of Results, Pre- and Post-Change | Follow up questions, possible next steps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5. Work safely and in an environmentally responsible manner. | Of 14 students assessed on a 1 to 4 scale, 13 received 4s and 1 received a three. | Continue on current trajectory as results are very strong. |
Describe any change in student achievement observed as part of this assessment process, and what led to those changes.
We found that first and second results were comparable. The second round of assessment collected more data, these results were strong as well. No changes to curriculum were deemed necessary.
Describe long-term changes in the program(s) that the assessment process led to, and what motivated those changes?
No changes, as we found none were necessary.
What did you learn about the teaching and learning of "Practicing Community" in your programs?
Overall, our students met and exceeded expectations. We're meeting this SLO very well.
Describe any external factors affecting the program or affecting assessment of the program.
Multiple new faculty, upcoming move of the program and CBE discussions influenced the program during the current cycle.