This is the third 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 you will learn how PVCC will use CCSSE to improve student learning.
An ad hoc team has been convened to guide the College from the administration of the instrument through the development of department-level action plans. Patti Marsh, Shelle Witten, Paula Vaughn, Shirley Green, and Paul Marsh have agreed to serve on this team. Based on the findings from CCSSE, the College will identify areas in need of improvement and monitor the effects of improvement initiatives.
Throughout the month of April, CCSSE will be administered in eighty PVCC course sections. These sections were identified based on a sampling strategy determined by CCSSE. The results will be returned to the College in early fall. After analysis by the ad hoc team, the PVCC CCSSE findings will be shared with the College during Fall Learning Week. Most importantly, during fall semester, each department and college division will work to develop action plans to implement initiatives that will further student learning. Christine Johnson, President of the Community College of Denver reports that “…administration of CCSSE has been a springboard to internal change; strengthened student programs; enrollment growth; and internal gratification.”
For more information please visit the CCSSE web site at www.ccsse.org
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