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Quality Enhancement Plan

Timeline

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Based on the detailed timetable below, ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥ is confident that the QEP can be completed and evaluated for success within a five-year period. The actions necessary to ensure this are specified below.

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Implementation and Assessment Timeline

Fall 2018

  • QEP Coordinator hired and starts

Spring 2019

  • Submit QEP to SACSCOC
  • Collect Baseline data of Diagnostic Assessment for each class
  • Prepare materials (active learning, case studies, tutorials) for FOCUS sessions in 1014 and 1020
  • Work with lecture instructors in BIOL 1014 and 1020
  • Submit University Curriculum Committee paperwork to redesignÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýBIOL 1014 and 1020 to include the 1 hour FOCUS session
  • Development of a critical thinking assessment test

Summer 2019

  • Analyze Spring baseline data, including Spring 2018 NSSE
  • Prepare first annual progress report on implementation progress, assessment results, and continued directions
  • Send QEP coordinator/faculty to Case Study Conference

Fall 2019

  • Collect Baseline data in all sections of BIOL 1014 and 1020 by administering CAT before the implementation of FOCUS sessions
  • Collect Baseline data of Diagnostic Assessment for each class
  • Continue to prepare materials (active learning, case studies, tutorials) for FOCUS sessions in 1014 and 1020
  • Work with lecture instructors in BIOL 1014 and 1020

Spring 2020

  • Train FOCUS session GAs during University Week
  • Implement FOCUS sessions in 1020
  • Collect Diagnostic Assessment for each class
  • Administer CAT at end of semester for BIOL 1020 sections
  • Administer NSSE 2020
  • Conduct Post-Mortem Focus Group

Summer 2020

  • Analyze and evaluate assessment data
  • Prepare second annual progress report on implementation progress, assessment results, and continued directions
  • Share results with university community
  • Develop any course improvements based on results
  • Conduct budget analysis

Fall 2020

  • Train FOCUS session GAs during University Week
  • Implement FOCUS sessions in 1014
  • Collect Diagnostic Assessment for each class
  • Administer CAT at end of semester for BIOL 1014 sections
  • Continue implementation and data collection in BIOL 1020
  • Collect success rates in BIOL 1014 and 1020 and subsequent classes for previous cohort
  • Conduct Post-Mortem Focus Group

Spring 2020 – Summer 2024

  • Continue with implementation, data collection, and analysis of FOCUS sessions in both BIOL 1014 and BIOL 1020 each semester
  • Administer NSSE 2022
  • Conduct budget analysis