visual arts program review debriefing presentation
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Overview
Visual Arts A.A.S.
Students/Program
Strengths
Challenges/Actions
Digital Art Certificate
Students/Program
Strengths
Challenges/Actions
Long lines at NPDA event, Boston, 2011
Must catch up with better prepared High Schools
students + 2 years of intensive training
Erika Mahr (2D/Painting); Nicole Tschampel (Digital Photography/Film + Foundations)
New faculty
Strengths
Strengths
• Preparation for transferPortfolio
Development
• Improve graduation ratesAdvisement
• Confidence buildingPersonal
Development
Visual Art Seminar
Challenge
Contact hours
Action
Investigate standards
Increase contact hours to
meet state and national
standards
Challenge
Inconsistent scoring
Action
Conduct assessment of Fall
2014 Seminar
(in progress)
Refine criteria
(in progress)
Strive for consensus
Challenge
Documentation of work
Action
Embed portfolio
documentation in all
classes
Purchase equipment
Provide technical support
Challenge
Premature assessment
Action
Conduct assessment in
final semester
Acquire software to
facilitate digital storage
and assessment
(Taskstream)
Challenge
Self-Directed/conceptually
developed work
Action
Streamline electives
Create advanced “Studio
Practicum”
(in progress)
Require at least one level 2
elective
(in progress)
Challenge
Weak painting curriculum
Action
Revise curriculum
(accomplished)
Set new benchmarks
(in progress)
Challenge
Verbal skills/articulate
about work
Action
Conduct professional
development workshops
on structuring and
assessing the critique
(in progress)
Create a departmental
“core vocabulary”
(in progress)
Challenge
Under-prepared students
Action
Create a Freshman
Seminar
(accomplished)
Early intervention strategies
Program benchmarks (?)
Challenge
Advisement
Action
Create a Freshman
Seminar
(accomplished)
Work more closely with
Admissions and Counseling
Challenge
Dedicated painting studio
and open studio access
Action
Reconfigure AAB 4th floor
studios (professional
consultant)
Challenge
Digital technology
Action
Create a dedicated Mac
lab on the Valhalla
campus
Provide technical support
Challenge
Inconsistent scoring
Action
Assemble an Advisory
Committee to set
standards
Enlist help from Assessment
Committee
Challenge
Incomplete/unprofessional
portfolios
Action
Comprehensive course
portfolio
Technical support
(Taskstream)
Challenges
•Workforce Development
•Adult ProfessionalsGoal
•Transfer to A.A.S. or other school
•High School StudentsGoal
Conflicting Goals
Data indicates the
most successful
students require more
training than a
certificate (previous
degree, or continued
on to A.A.S.)
Incorrect data is
skewing graduation
rates
Year #Majors Graduates
2001 100 13
2002 98 15
2003 90 12
2004 73 15
2005 68 13
2006 53 10
2007-2008 53 9
2008-2009 50 4
2009-2010 60 4
2010-2011 50 5
2011-2012 50 6
2012-2013 53 4
Declining enrollments
make it difficult to
sustain advanced level
classes
Year #Majors Graduates
2001 100 13
2002 98 15
2003 90 12
2004 73 15
2005 68 13
2006 53 10
2007-2008 53 9
2008-2009 50 4
2009-2010 60 4
2010-2011 50 5
2011-2012 50 6
2012-2013 53 4
Actions
Assess the sustainability and benefits of maintaining a
professional certificate program
Assemble a strong Advisory Committee to help re-design
curriculum
Consider a post-baccalaureate certificate