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 redesign      BIOL 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