ANNUAL PROGRAMASSESSMENT & EFFECTIVENESS REPORT –FY14 – Dental Assisting

PROGRAM FACULTY: Jennifer Dumdei & Karen Metz

College Mission:

South Central College provides accessible higher education to promote student growth and regional economic development.

Institutional Goals (Supported):Institutional Core Competencies Supported:

1.Appreciative Inquiry Culture1.Civic knowledge and engagement

2.Quality Education2.Intercultural knowledge and competence

3.Partnerships & Collaboration3.Ethical reasoning and action

4.Marketing & Branding4.Foundations and skills for lifelong learning

5.Holistic Learner Services5.Teamwork and problem-solving

6.Analysis and inquiry

7.Critical and creative thinking

8.Written and oral communication

DEPARTMENT MISSION:

The Dental Assisting curriculum is designed to provide opportunities for the learner to develop a sound fundamental background for the practice of dental assisting. The specialized knowledge in the field of dental assisting prepares the learner and graduate to contribute to the world of dentistry for today's changing environment.

Learning Outcomes / Means of Assessment / Criteria for Success / Assessment Results / Use of Results
1.Students will demonstrate practical application of infection control, biohazards/quality assurance procedures, and treatment area maintenance. / What are the findings (data here) / How will interpretations of the data (from your bi-annual discussions) be used to change pedagogy, course mapping, curriculum, etc.
2. Students will demonstrate skills in patient preparation, including health data and charting, accurate patient records, tray setups, unit preparation and medical emergency situations
3. Students will apply current dental assisting concepts and techniques through competency skill levels and clinical/laboratory dental assisting, radiology, expanded functions, general and specialty dental procedures.
4. Students will demonstrate competency / skill in business office procedures and equipment, dental practice management systems, and financial transactions including oral /written communication
5. (SCC Outcome) Civic Knowledge & Engagement: understand the richness and challenge of local and world cultures and the effects of globalization, and will develop the skills and attitudes to function as “global citizens”
6. Operational Goals
Persistence: Maintain student persistence at or above the college desired targets.
Graduate Placement: Maintain graduate placement at or above college target levels.
Student Satisfaction Level: Maintain student, employer, and graduate satisfaction at appropriate levels.
Collegiate Core Competencies: Support SCC Core Competencies through pedagogy and curriculum.
Collegiate and/or External Engagement Initiatives. Program and/or course support allows students to participate in service and engagement activities across campus and/or within the external communities / 6a. Review annual program student persistence
6b. Review Graduate Placement rates
6c.Review results of annual college-wide surveys
6d.Review summary of course instructor evaluations (average of all course instructor evaluations – not individual results) – will be available for FY15.
6e. Review employer survey of graduates and/or internships.
6f. Review alumni survey results. Data for this metric will begin to be collected for programs during program review in FY15.
6g. Review and identify areas where SCC core competencies are supported within the program.
6h. Review program/course supported engagement in campus and external community initiatives and activities and survey of students attending events (e.g. diversity initiatives, global conference/global committee activities, special conferences, campus speakers, classroom guest speakers, etc.). / 6a. Persistence at or above 66.2%.
6b. 87.9% of graduates will be employed in their field of study within twelve months of graduation.
6c. Student satisfaction with will average 5.5 or higher on SSI scales ‘Instructional Effectiveness’ and ‘Concern for the Individual’. CCSSE benchmark scores for ‘Active/Collaborative Learning (AL)’, ‘Student Effort (SE)’, ‘Academic Challenge (AC)’, and ‘Student-Faculty Interaction (SFI)’ will be greater than 50.
6d. Student evaluation will rate average course organization and management, and average instructor performance as 5 or greater. Not available until FY15.
6e. Employer response to overall satisfaction will average at least a 2.5 on a 1 to 3 Likert scale.
6f. Graduate scores for ‘Overall my education prepared me for employment in my field’ will average at least a 2.5 on a 1 to 3 Likert scale.
6g. 100% of SCC core competencies are supported through pedagogy and/or curriculum within the program.
6h. xx% of students attending program/course supported engagement initiatives indicate value/benefit gained through attendance of the event/activity/speaker/ conference/etc. / 6a. Goal met. Persistence rate for Fall 2011 cohort was 86% and 67% for full and part-time students, respectively.

6b. Goal met. Placement rate for FY13 graduates was 100%

6c. Goal partially met. 2012 Student satisfaction for SSI IE and CI was 4.33 and 4.26, respectively. 2011 CCSSE scores for AL, SE, AC and SFI were 59.6, 51.0, 59.1, and 60.6, respectively.


6d. Tabled for FY15 report.
6e. Not available
6f. Tabled for FY15 report.
6g. Institutional core competencies are assessed across the college on a rotation. The current Dental Assistingcurriculum supports 100% of SCC core competencies.
6h.

SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS:

Initiatives for next cycle with budgetary implications:

Item / Cost ($) / Justification (you may copy/past from the “Use of Results Column” above)
Total Assessment Request / See Annual Program Assessment & Effectiveness Report

DATE COMPLETED:

Note: Attach all standardized testing reports, if applicable, to this document.

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