A Tour of CCSSE and

SENSE Tools

2012 CCCSE Workshop

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Courtney Adkins, Survey Operations Coordinator512-475-6142adkins@ccsse.org

Meagan Cusack, College Liaison512-232-8431cusack@ccsse.org

Adrienne Dellinger, College Liaison512-232-6454dellinger@ccsse.org

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Center Surveys: Collecting Data from a Variety of SourcesSurvey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE)• Administered during the 4th and 5th

weeks of the fall term• Focuses on students’ experiences from

the time they decide to attend through the end of the first three weeks of the term

Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE)• Administered in the spring term • Gathers information from students about

their overall experiences at the college

Community College Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (CCFSSE) • Administered in conjunction with CCSSE

to all faculty teaching credit courses• Gathers information on instructors’

perceptions of student experiences and about teaching practices and use of professional time

Community College Institutional Survey (CCIS) • Collects information on identifying and

promoting high-impact educational practices in community colleges

• Gathers information about whether and how colleges implement a variety of promising practices

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Designed to help colleges:

Assess the quality of their work

Identify and grow educational practices

Identify areas in which to improve

Provide context: a data-derived picture of institution

Shift the focus to an institutional locus of control

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Center Tools

High levels of student engagement are the product of an institution-wide commitment, not discrete initiatives. In other words, quality education is not an event — it’s a culture.

The Center is committed to helping you build that culture at your college, and we provide CCSSE and SENSE Tools as a key resource for those efforts.

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Faculty Predictions: An Exercise

65%

29%

62%

13%

48%

57%

52%

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Student Services Staff Predictions: An Exercise

29% 16% 52%

28% 19% 41%

40% 23 % 46%

27% 15% 51%

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One College’s Approach

North Hennepin Community College (MN) translated the Faculty Predictions exercise into an electronic format and used personal response "clickers.” The format provided immediate feedback after each survey response percentage was predicted.

After an initial discussion of the data, everyone was divided randomly into benchmark groups and asked to identify two priorities for change at the college in that area. These priorities for change are now worked into the college’s assessment plan initiatives.

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Tools Web Pages

CCSSE

http://www.ccsse.org/tools/

SENSE

http://www.ccsse.org/sense/tools/

Tools are organized based on survey participation timeline

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Preparing for Administration

Communicate, communicate, communicate

CCSSE Administration Guide: Tips for Success

CCSSE Talking Points

CCSSE Participant News Release

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Working with and Sharing Results

Engage, engage, engage

Faculty Predictions Exercise

Student Services Staff Predictions Exercise

College Connections Inventory

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Drop-In Overview Templates

Drop-In Overview Report Template

Drop-In Overview Presentation Template

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Data Narrative Exercise

Data Narrative Exercise

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Data Narrative Exercise

• Choose a scribe to take notes.

• Designate a reader at your table.

• Read through each survey item out loud, examining the percentage responses.

• Frame the data.

• Ask questions, speculate.

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Data Narrative Exercise

Step One: Open Envelope #1

• Look at the information inside. Do these data surprise you? What factors do you think are driving these data?

Step Two: Open Envelope #2

• Look at the information inside. How are these data related to the data in Envelope #1?

Step Three: Open Envelope #3

• Look at the information inside. How are these data related to the data in Envelopes #1 and #2?

Step Four: Conclusion

• What story do the data in these three envelopes tell?

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Please provide feedback on this

session in the workshop evaluation.

Thank you!