Program goal: “During their coursework, students will develop the technical, communication, critical thinking skills necessary for retraining, personal growth, and lifelong learning.
Descriptor: Environmental Technology provides instruction and training that prepares current city/county/private industry employees for initial certification/licensure, advanced certification licensure, and occupational advancement throughout the state. Most of the credit instruction is on site at the facility throughout the state, customized for the facility employee(s).
Area: Environmental Technology |
Responsibility: Dale Vanderhoof |
Timelines: Yellow - September 15; Green - May 31; Purple - May 31, 2011 |
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Note: Due to the unique nature of the Environmental Technology program, it does not have competency profile that is a summary of all individual classes in the program. Each class has its own, individual, detailed competency profile. |
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Explain how you plan on measuring learning? |
As much of our curriculum is delivered to a small number of students in a specialized environment, our competency profiles are by the class. Therefore, we assesses students technical, communication, and critical thinking skills in each class using a variety of instructional strategies, including tests, projects, quizzes, homework, hands-on demonstrations, etc. Student mastery of these skills is documented in the competency profile. Competency profiles are stored in the registrar’s office. Also, this program does not assess workplace skills/interpersonal communication. |
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What were the end of year results? Any other “indirect” measures of student learning? Graduate and job placement data? Student survey data? NOCTI scores? % of students meeting graduation requirements? |
See the Competency Profiles and the Grades. 100% of students graduated. |
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What changes need to be made in teaching or the curriculum?
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A new 18-week class (“Wastewater Collection Systems”) will be created, to give more choices available. |
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| Follow Up | The new Collection class was taught for the first time in Newton, KS, the spring semester. Four students attended. Of the four students, three of them had taken a KDHE certification exam previously (this is offered by KDHE), and all three had failed. Some of them had taken it more than once, with none passing. After taking the Collections class, all four of the students passed their certification exams. |
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