Assessment Plan:

Manufacturing Technologies

 

Who:

Williams, Ribaudo, Kingery, Tennebrock

Assessment Plan Year:

2004-2005

 

The Manufacturing Technology program uses an occupational cluster approach centered around three separate certificate progams:

Welding Technology, Precision Machining, and Heavy Equipment Diesel Maintenance.

The student will select an area of emphasis from the three certificate programs for the first year. Students will return the second year

to complete the general education component of fifteen semester credits and cross train for fifteen semester credits in a series of elective courses

from one or both of the other Manufacturing Technology programs.

TSJC Mission Linkage

Program Goal/Objective

Assessment Instrument, Rubric

Data Collection: Population and Timing

Goals for this assessment

Mechanics and Reporting

2a. To educate and qualify students for careers in technical fields and to assist them in securing employment in these fields. 

Graduates will get jobs in trade and industry related areas

VE-135 survey

Every Spring the previous year's graduates are contacted

70% get jobs in trade and industry related fields within 1 year

Program instructor develops VE-135 data from students.  This data is also sent to the state.

 

 

Available online.

perform specific tasks for specific jobs or for clusters of related jobs

Acquire industry/professional certification

Demonstrate appropriate industry certification skills

Every Spring compile the skill results for all full-time students enrolled in the program

> 70% graduates have or obtain respective certification

Program instructor observes and records total skills and includes results in spring synopsis reports (reported to online form).

 

 

Results

GenEd #2,3, and 4:

Ability to think critically, communicate effectively, and solve problems

Be able to perform a task and skill related project, including a blueprint, or materials list, or service manual,  and explain rationale, method, etc.

Shop Rubric (0-100 pt holistic scale)

All full-time students once per academic year.

4 = good manual or prints, complete materials list, sound rationale, student able to describe methods, etc.
3 = one of the items in 4 inadequate
2 = two or three items in #4 inadequate
1 = four or more items in #4 inadequate

> 80% on all skills

Program instructors will use the common rubric to score his/her class and report each spring using the online form.

 

 

Results