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Q.1 Start Date:
Q.2 Completion Date:
- Q.3 Describe this project's goal in 100 words or fewer:
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The goal of this project is that cooperative education and other experiential learning
opportunities be expanded in all areas of the college curriculum.
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Q.4 Describe briefly your institution's reasons for taking on this Action Project
now - why the project and its goals are high among your current priorities:
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There is an increasing need for students to engage in reality-based education working
with mentors on real-world application of the concepts they learn in classes. Combining
classroom and world-of-work learning will help our students and graduates to be more
competitive in a tight labor market. This will also increase the visibility of MCC students,
faculty and our programs to the community.
In addition, Jobs for the Future and the National Council on Workforce Education have
identified four high leverage strategies to increase access and success: 1) Integrated
institutional services 2) Accelerated learning 3) Labor Market payoff 4) Comprehensive
supports. Besides being advantageous for any student, this project links very nicely to
developmental curricular initiatives and service learning that are already in place at
MCC.
Q.5 List the organizational areas (programs, departments, divisions etc.) most
affected by and/or involved in this project:
- Programs that are NOT already tied to structure outside learning such as
clinicals for nursing will be most affected
- Vice President, Academic Affairs
- Vice President, Student & Administrative Services
- College Professional Study Committee (CPSC)
- Curriculum Office
- Program Coordinators
- Workforce Development Office
- Career/Job Placement Office
- Service Learning Office
- Continuing Education/Corporate Services
- Marketing
- Outreach/Collaboration by College Employees
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Mott Community College
Academic Quality
Improvement Program
(AQIP)
Experiential Education
Action Project
Sponsor(s):
Scott Jenkins
Amy Fugate
Team Leaders:
Cindy McDaniel
Carlos Cisneros
Carol Nielsen
Tom Crampton
Additional Team Members:
Lillie McCain
Paul Rozycki
Laurie LaCross-Wright
Paul Londrigan
Chuck Thiel
Pit Crew:
Steve Robinson
Gail Ives
Mike Cieslinski
Contact Us:
AQIP Team Member
Contact Information
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Q.6 Name and briefly describe the key organizational process(es) that you expect
this Action Project to change or improve:
- Program and Discipline review processes
- Curriculum development (new and revised courses involving experiential
education components
- Processes for placing/monitoring students in off-campus sites
- Assessment processes for evaluating experiences and learning outcomes
- Faculty load assignments
- Degree structure and guidance and communication of requirements.
- This goal will necessitate adopting the ideas of content linking and closer
contact between the community and their college.
- This may lead to re-thinking General Education requirements.
Q.7 Explain the rationale for the length of time planned for this Action Project
(from kickoff to target completion):
- Research of other Community Colleges
- Research and/or consultation with MCC faculty already engaged in
experiential learning, service learning, community development, etc.
- Identify motivating factors for employers, agencies and organizations
- Develop a common understanding of key terms and concepts (i.e. “service
learning,” co-op,” “experiential,” “intern,” “extern,” “credit for prior learning,”
“credit for life experience,” “field experience,” etc.)
- Potential for degree and program revisions
- Need for increased guidance and implementation plans.
- Prototype period
- Course changes and connections to initiatives that are already underway
Q.8 Describe how you plan to monitor how successfully your efforts on the
Action Project are progressing:
- Establish timeline and document progress/completion for actions
- Monitor how many and to what extent faculty are involved in
reviewing/revising existing courses and/or creating new courses
- Documenting the number of relationships and levels of involvement
- Enrollments
- Establish a central repository of information concerning experiential credit and
non-credit activity
Q.9 Describe the overall outcomes; measures or indicators that will tell you
whether this Action Project has been a success or failure in achieving its goals:
- Establishing baseline numbers of courses with experiential components, and
then measure increases – at a particular rate such as “increase of 5%”?
- Identify means to assess student learning outcomes in experiential situations
- Measure how many employers we have formal and informal agreements with
- Surveys of student/faculty/employer satisfaction rates
- Establish baseline numbers for service learning experiences
- Where appropriate, measures of student and/or participant employment
Q.10 Provide additional information such as publicity efforts, key people who can
support the project's outcomes, and specific impacts on students and/or the
community:
- Employer contacts
- Increased documentation and publication of student’s success
- Idea for a promotional campaign: student profiles of those who've used such a
program and how, as well as employers and/or community groups
- Program Advisory Committees
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