Institutional Effectiveness Plan: Taxidermy

Mission:

The goal of the Taxidermy Program is to provide students with the technical, business, and artistic skills needed to successfully hold employment in the taxidermy industry.

2009-2010 Assessment Outcomes & Use of Results

College Goal: Maintain an on-going program that insures continual improvement and a high standard of institutional effectiveness, consistent with the expectations of governing and accrediting agencies.

Division Goal: Provide facilities, staffing, and services that support educational program delivery.

Program Goal: Implement soft tanning into Mammal Curriculum

Objectives: Soft tan rugs is a quickly growing part of the taxidermy industry. This should give our students another service they can offer in their shops.

Action Plan: Add instruction to existing Mammal curriculum

Assessment Strategy: Evaluate student work

Assessment Outcomes: Successfully implemented without taking too much time from established curriculum. Students plan to offer services in personal shops

Use of Results: Continue offering instruction as part of mammal curriculum

College Goal: Maintain an on-going program that insures continual improvement and a high standard of institutional effectiveness, consistent with the expectations of governing and accrediting agencies.

Division Goal: Provide facilities, staffing, and services that support educational program delivery.

Program Goal: Because of increased enrollment and the anticipated influx of applicants due to job loss, bring on 4 hour a day (Day class) assistant (permanent/part time) to help maintain high level of instruction

Objectives: Reduce wait time for students needing assistance while instructor is engrossed with other students

Action Plan: Retain assistant (Bob Lee) at zero pay increase (will work extra hours for insurance benefits)

Assessment Strategy: Student survey

Assessment Outcomes: State hiring freeze would not allow implementation

Use of Results: Resubmit for 2010/2011

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Institutional Effectiveness Plan
2010-2011

College Goal: Maintain an on-going program that insures continual improvement and a high standard of institutional effectiveness, consistent with the expectations of governing and accrediting agencies.

Division Goal: Provide facilities, staffing, and services that support educational program delivery.

Program Goal: Reduce Day/night class max. capacity from 15 to 12*

Objectives: Cut operation costs, class size fits the available facilities, provide more time for individual instruction/help

Action Plan: Assess the loss of FTE to class operation cost reduction Operate at reduced capacity for 2 years

Person(s) Responsible: Taxidermy instructors

Anticipated Date for Achieving Objective: May 2012

Assessment Strategy: Reassess FTE loss to Operation cost reduction at end of 2nd year and student survey

Budget Needs: $0

Assessment Outcomes: Will be completed in May 2011

Use of Results: Will be completed in May 2011

College Goal: Maintain an on-going program that insures continual improvement and a high standard of institutional effectiveness, consistent with the expectations of governing and accrediting agencies.

Division Goal: Provide facilities, staffing, and services that support educational program delivery.

Program Goal: Add snake taxidermy to fish semester

Objectives: Teach tanning and mounting of reptiles

Action Plan: Look into legality (protected NC species) Cost assessment

Person(s) Responsible: Taxidermy instructors

Anticipated Date for Achieving Objective: May 2011

Assessment Strategy: Evaluate student work, and amount of time taken away from fish instruction

Budget Needs: $0-100

Assessment Outcomes: Will be completed in May 2011

Use of Results: Will be completed in May 2011

*Rationale for class size reduction: Due to budget cuts at the state level, it has become impossible to adequately supply the day and night taxidermy programs with the class capacities at 15. With the prediction of bigger cuts coming, a waiting list for enrollment, and the danger of student/staff injury (facilities have proven to be too small for current numbers), we have suggested to reduce the class cap. to 12 as a preventive measure.