This is the twelfth in a series of briefings on the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE). As previously reported, CCSSE, through the use of five benchmarks of effective educational practice, measures the level of student engagement in the learning process. The five benchmarks are: active and collaborative learning, student effort, academic challenge, student-faculty interaction, and support for learners.
In this issue we would like to highlight the CCSSE web, introduce the plans for re-administering the CCSSE instrument, and consider options for incorporating student engagement into operational planning in the future.
CCSSE Web
PVCC's CCSSE Web has been reorganized to be more user friendly. Under Action Planning Process, report templates (web forms) have been standardized and previous action plans and reports are available for review. Please check with your Vice President on how your division will be using the Action Planning Process for 2006-2007. The Timeline has been updated for 2006-2007 and all the Previous Updates are posted, as well.
Re-Administer CCSSE Instrument Spring 2007
We are planning to re-administer the CCSSE instrument in spring 2007. A selection of classes (selected by CCSSE) will be given the survey and the results will be posted to the CCSSE web once they have been compiled. When CCSSE was administered in 2005, our scores for the five benchmarks fell below the mean. We hope to meet the mean or exceed it this time.
Future Planning
Since student engagement is a priority for the college, it is assumed that future efforts will be folded into all department/division operational plans. CCSSE is useful in providing hard data to show, from a student's point of view, the effectiveness of these efforts.
Stay tuned for more information about CCSSE and our efforts to increase student engagement. |
