Terra Community College Professional Development

Summer Institute August 2002 Evaluative Summary
 

      Objectives and Scope

The 2002 Summer Institute theme was “Enhancing Instruction Through the Use of Technology.”  The August Summer Institute was aimed at faculty who wanted to learn new technologies and pedagogies to be used to facilitate teaching and learning, in addition to incorporate computer technologies into their teaching. Participants got first-hand experience with new technologies and teaching and learning strategies to use in the classroom.

Attendees

The Summer Institute, held in August of 2002, had 29 participants.

 

Numerical Breakdown of the Attendees

Total number :  29

• Full Time  8
• Adjunct 19
• Staff  2

Format

The two and one-half day schedule started on Wednesday August 14 and ended at noon on Friday, August 16, 2002.  There were 18 training sessions offered providing 15 hours of instruction.  There were 10 presenters for the 18 training sessions. The length of most hands-on training sessions was 90 minutes and the roundtable discussions were 60 minutes. 

Evaluation

The evaluation instrument has three sections.  The first section allows the Summer Institute participants to identify which training sessions were helpful and which were not helpful.  The next section allows the participant to evaluate the overall instruction of the Summer Institute.  The last section of the evaluation instrument contains six open-ended questions.  The purpose of this section is an effort to obtain feedback about the currently offered training opportunity, as well as to solicit suggestions for future training topics.  

Section 1: Evaluation of Session Topics That Were Helpful or Not Helpful

Total of Helpful and Not Helpful Responses: 87

Breakdown:

• Total of Helpful Responses: 85
• Total of Not Helpful Responses: 2

 

98 percent felt that the August 2002 Summer Institute was helpful.

 

Section 2: Evaluation of Summer Institute Instruction

Attendees were asked to rate the overall instruction that they received when attending the August 2002 Summer Institute session(s).  The rating chart as organized with the following headings: Strongly Agree, Agree, Neither Agree or Disagree, Disagree, and Strongly Disagree.  Using a “five point” scale, with five being the highest, these headings were assigned a point value starting with Strongly Agree with a value of 5.

 

Breakdown of Evaluation Ratings

Attendees rated the overall instruction as 4.56.

Highest rated – 4.88:   “The presenters were open to participants’ input and questions.” 
Lowest rated – 4.31:    “ The pacing of instruction was just right.” 

Section 3: Open-Ended Questions

The Open-Ended Questions section provides a place for participant feedback asking

 

• if  attendees learned what they thought they would,
• if participation in this training would enhance one’s teaching over the next academic year,
• if  participation in this training would enable the attendee to integrate technology into instruction,
• if attendees liked the Summer Institute format,
• for any suggestions on other training session topics to offer,
• for an overall evaluation of the training opportunity.

 

This section is an excellent resource for planning future training opportunities.  Changes that resulted from the June 2002 Summer Institute input included increasing the time frames for hands-on training sessions and repeating certain sessions.

 

The suggestions for future training session topics included more advanced uses for the TI-83+, a class that provides ideas on making coursework more relevant to the students, repeating the PowerPoint  session, strategies to open discussion in the classroom, how do we learn, Microsoft Outlook Express, and SAA activities in the curriculum.

Attachments

The following attachments are included:

• Sign-In Sheet Totals For Each Training Session
• Response On Evaluation Of Session Topics That Were Helpful and Not Helpful
• Graph of Rating Results for Overall Instruction
• Open Ended Question Responses
• Did you learn what you thought you would learn?
• Will your participation in this training opportunity enhance your teaching over the next academic year?
• Will your participation in this training opportunity enable you to integrate more technology into your instruction?
• Did you like the training format?
• What other training sessions and roundtable sessions would you like us to offer?
• My overall evaluation of the training opportunity is:
• Copy of A Certificate of Appreciation For Presenters

Last updated October 2002