BCST 160 - College Internship - Stage 5 - Francine Podenski

Assessment

Assessment Methods

Assignments based on rubrics (such as essays, projects, and performances)

Assessment DescriptionAssessment: Industry Resume Completion and Improvement. Students complete and submit resumes and improve the resumes they have submitted targeted to internships they apply for.

I assessed student resumes as they refined them throughout the semester.
Learning OutcomesG. Create a broadcast resume and a cover letter.
Number of Sections6
Number of Instructors1
Number of Students23

Data Analysis

Data Shared With
  • Faculty and staff within our department
  • Faculty and staff from related programs/departments
  • Students
Data Sharing Methods
  • Face-to-face meetings
  • Teleconferencing or skype
  • Email
  • Phone
  • Website review and commentary
Data SummaryThis semester there has been a significant retention problem due to student hardships such as family deaths and illnesses. Many students had to drop the class or were given Ws for lack of participation. Of the more than 50 students originally enrolled in BCST 160 A, B, C and BCST 165A, B 27, 37 students submitted completed resumes and general class assignments. 23 of those students remained fully active and committed to the class and completed all requirements. Of the 23 students who remained in the class, 17 students continued to refine their resumes and targeted their resumes to the internships they applied for and were awarded.
Analysis Summary17 students did continue to work on and refine their resumes with very impressive results. These same students remained fully engaged with all aspects of the course. Six additional students submitted a resume, but didn’t continue to improve the document. These six had excellent internships in which they performed satisfactorily but didn’t fully complete all career related course requirements,

It should be noted semester’s SLO assessment produced some unexpected results. As an instructor, I now see that I need to make it much clearer at the beginning of the semester during orientation sessions and via online discussion boards that full participation in the Internship and Career Related course materials and assignments is essential in order to remain enrolled in the class and in onsite internships. Particularly students who already had arranged internships prior to the first day of class fell behind in assignments, were then dropped from the class. They were notified three times, didn’t respond, ultimately had to leave their internships and admitted they hadn’t been checking in on the courses or related emails. Written materials make this clear (syllabus and other handouts) at the beginning of the semester and this was emphasized during course orientation sessions.
Next Steps PlannedNext semester I will add a written assignment that addresses course requirements early in the semester that includes a contract and discussions re: questions as “What are my plans for regularly checking into this course and completing required assignments?. Online class retention issues will also be added to our first FLEX Fall Department Meeting for further discussion, brainstorming and problem-solving.
Learning OutcomesAll

Tentative Future Plans

TermFall 2013
Activities

Implementation of planned changes and reassessment

More DetailsNext semester I will add a written assignment that addresses course requirements early in the semester that includes a contract and discussions re: questions as “What are my plans for regularly checking into this course and completing required assignments?. Online class retention issues will also be added to our first FLEX Fall Department Meeting for further discussion, brainstorming and problem-solving.

SLO Details Storage Location

HARD COPY - In a department filing system (department office)

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