SUMMER 2009: PRE-BASIC COURSES

“VERANEA PREPARÁNDOTE PARA TU ÉXITO EN LA UPRH”UPRH Summer Pre-Basic Courses Coordinator: Dr. Giovanna Balaguer & UPRH-English Department Summer Pre-Basic (INGL 0080) Coordinator

 

Summer 2009• Pre-Basic courses

– 3 offerings• ESPA 3005= course reactivated due to its 10yrs. “moratorium”

status • INGL 0080= summer offerings since 1995• MATE 3001= course reactivated by Math Dept’s faculty

– TOTAL ENROLLMENT

– according to recommendations of UPRH-Academic Senate Rules & Regulations Sub-committee’s April 2009 Report &…in compliance with standing certification #1980-81-07

• mandated by Dr. José M. Encarnación González, Interim Dean of Academic Affairs

• logistics– Promotion, orientation sessions,

meetings with UPRH offices and programs’ Directors, letters, email communication, Day 1 Welcoming session, among others

Summer 2009: INGL 0080• Assessment

3 instruments: (pre & post)

1. ALCPT2. Oral skills

• assessment rubric designed & developed by Dr. Michelle Nieves

3. Writing skills• assessment rubric designed & developed by Prof.

Dagmar Alicea

In- progress: statistical analysis conducted by UPRH-ODU

Administered according to calendar To provide uniformity in data obtained ensuring its

validity & reliability Future challenge: ontimely administration & collection

of assessment data

Summer 2009: INGL 0080• Outcomes

– Collaborated with Ramón Rivera, Coordinador Educativo, Programa PREM-UPRH

• Master’s Degree Thesis, Faculty of Education, Graduate Studies Program, UPR-Río Piedras

• Titled: “Valor agregado: aprovechamiento estudiantil en los cursos de Inglés general de la UPRH”

– Constituted “Summer INGL 0080 AdHoc Committee• Constituted in August 2009• Presided by: Dr. Giovanna Balaguer• Members:

– Prof. Ramón Rivera– Prof. Artemio Peñalbert– Dr. Michelle Nieves– Prof. Aníbal Muñoz

• Aim– 2009-2010 academic year

» To construct a pre & post test aligned with course objectives, institutional assessment mandates/priorities and summer 2009 redesigned curriculum based on Prof. Aníbal Muñoz’ short stories

Summer 2009: 3 Pre-Basic Courses

• Outcomes– Summer Pre-Basic Courses (ESPA 3005, INGL

0080 & MATE 3001) Ad Hoc Committee• Constituted in May 2009• Presided by: Dr. Giovanna Balaguer• Committee members:

1. Dr. José M. Encarnación- Interim Dean of Academic Affairs2. Prof. Luis R. Rodríguez- Director ODU3. Prof. Ramonita Reyes- Coordinator ESPA 3005/summer

sessions4. Prof. Marilu Lebrón-Director Mathematics Dept. &

Coordinator MATE 3001 Summer 20095. Mrs. Milagros Alvarez- Director Admissions Office

• Online documentation– Link in UPRH’s Dean of Academic Affairs home page &– Links in web pages of academic departments offering

summer prebasic courses

Summer 2009: 3 Pre-Basic Courses

• Outcomes• Aims

– To comply with Academic Senate April 2009 Report’s recommendations

– To submit in Sept. 2009 compliance reports and Summer Pre-Basic Courses Proposal to Academic Senate

• Student Learning Experiences Assessment Survey– Designed & developed by Dr. Giovanna Balaguer in June

2009– Administered online by UPRH-Summer 2009 Math Dept.

teaching personnel (Moodle platform)

• Summer 2009 Teaching Staff Focus Groups: conducted by ODU

– MATE 3001= during July 2009– ESPA 3005 & INGL 0080 to be conducted in August 2009– Summer 2009 Coordinators (3) to be conducted in August

2009

FUTURE CHALLENGES!!!

• TO OFFER UNIVERSITY LIFE IMMERSION SEMINARS TO THIS STUDENT POPULATION– Based on needs assessment

• ONTIMELY ADMINISTRATION & COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENT DATA– To ensure validity & reliability of research results

• TO OBTAIN EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION FROM UPRH SERVICE OFFICES & PROGRAMS

• TO GUARANTEE FUTURE SUMMER PROGRAM REGISTRATION AT AN EARLIER DATE