Revised: February 14, 2006
New Expense Categories: P= Personnel, E= Equipment, O = Operating Budget
2006-2007 Annual plan
Madisonville Community College
January 2006
Unit: Engineering Technology
Goals in Priority Order
Link to
College
Goals
New
Expense
E=
Mech. Lab
Demo Wind
Turbine $6-8k
Heat Transfer
Equip $6k
Robotic Lab
Oscilloscopes $5k
Upgrade technology in engineering labs to provide
students with practical applications in using up-todate technology
CAD Lab
12 comp. $12-15k
Printer $10k
CAD site license
$6.5k
1, 8, 10
Electronics
NIDA Stations
$16k
BET
2006 Ed.
Encyclopedia of
Medical Devices &
Instrumentation
$1.7k
Digital Projector
Action Steps
(Briefly list steps you will complete to
accomplish goal)
1. Prepare Perkins Grant requests that justifies
purchase of new equipment
2, Replace existing medical and test equipment
with newer versions through donations to meet
student and employer training expectations
(BET)
3. Replace the outdated 1988 Encyclopedia of
Medical Devices & Instrumentation with the
2006 edition to meet educational objectives
and expectations of employers
3. Purchase equipment that was authorized
4. Create student learning activities including
critical thinking scenarios designed to provide
students with experience in practical
applications
5. Assess student learning and make any needed
adjustments to student learning plans
$5k
Multifunction AllIn-One System
$500
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Assessment
Tool
(Link to PI)
Purchase of
equipment
authorized
Student
demonstrations
determines
student
success in
using
equipment
Revised: February 14, 2006
Goals in Priority Order
New Expense Categories: P= Personnel, E= Equipment, O = Operating Budget
Link to
College
Goals
New
Expense
Action Steps
(Briefly list steps you will complete to
accomplish goal)
1. Ensure NSF students continue to progress in
their program of studies
2. Complete and submit periodic required reports
Continue to manage NSF Scholarships grants until
funding ends.
2, 7,
3. Work with Development Officer to identify
students who are eligible for local scholarship
funds and to raise additional local funds for
scholarships in ET
Assessment
Tool
(Link to PI)
Grant goals
reached
Reports
submitted on
time
Sch. Students
Identified &
funded
1. Design a publicity/advertising campaign for
western Kentucky based on a profile of
potential students and on best practices in
marketing technical education programs such
as engineering
Increase enrollment in ET program through
marketing and recruitment activities.
2. Work with MCC Public Relations
Representative and MCC recruiters to develop
direct sales strategies, and to schedule a
program of visits to local high schools, area
technology centers, and other internal/external
groups to promote program.
5
3. Include Advisory Board Members in
developing effective marketing strategies
Student
Records and
TEDS
Enrollment
Report
4. Request marketing budget for fliers,
advertising, etc.
5. Revise ET brochure to include new program
options and post brochure online
5, 8
Request new funding under NSF Grant programs
for scholarships and equipment
E = To be
determined
O = To be
determined for
scholarships
1. Perform a needs assessment to determine
scholarship needs and equipment needs
2. Develop project budget that matches program
goals.
3. Prepare and submit proposal by submission
deadline
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Grant
submitted by
deadline
Revised: February 14, 2006
Goals in Priority Order
Implement new Work Keys profiling for assessing
graduates/completers in Engineering Program
Options
New Expense Categories: P= Personnel, E= Equipment, O = Operating Budget
Link to
College
Goals
1,4
New
Expense
Action Steps
(Briefly list steps you will complete to
accomplish goal)
1. Select appropriate Work Keys Exams for all
engineering technology options
2. Complete pre-testing and use results to
develop students’ learning plans and activities
that teach the Work Keys competencies
included in each selected exam.
Assessment
Tool
(Link to PI)
Pre-post Work
Keys scores
3. Complete post-testing, evaluate results, and
make needed adjustments to students’ learning
plans
1. Pre-test incoming students using critical
thinking exam chosen by QEP Committee
2. Create critical thinking learning activities and
exercises based on best practices in
engineering education and on practical
applications in the engineering technology field
Improve students critical thinking skills by
developing functionally-contexted learning
activities that can be integrated into any
engineering course curriculum
1,4
3. Facilitate problem-solving exercises and deliver
learning activities in a variety of lab/classroom
settings
4. Evaluate student performance and make any
needed adjustment to learning plan
5. Assist underperforming students in remediate
their critical thinking skills. (These action steps
are steps in the closed loop improvement of
student learning)
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Pre-post CT
testing
Revised: February 14, 2006
Goals in Priority Order
New Expense Categories: P= Personnel, E= Equipment, O = Operating Budget
Link to
College
Goals
New
Expense
Action Steps
(Briefly list steps you will complete to
accomplish goal)
1. Work with CAP Center Counselors to identify
program options prerequisites and engineering
technology transfer requirements
2. Inform students of program requirements
through
Provide incoming program majors and potential
engineering technology with the correct information
about program options prerequisites and transfer
requirements
2
•
Posting all program requirements on line at
ET webpage
•
Discussing program requirements with
advisees
•
Interacting with students in ET core
classes
3. Revise information in ET brochure to include
new program options.
1. Investigate designs for MIT: Engineering
Technology laboratories and classroom by
Participate in activities developed to investigate
best practices facilities design for new Energy and
Advanced Technology Building
•
Visiting model community college facilities
throughout U.S and reporting to design
committee what works and what doesn’t.
•
Assessing space needs of existing
programs and recording needs on posters
provided for instructor input
•
Determining equipment and furniture
needs and preparing budget to be funded
by donations, grants, and other funding
sources
10
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Assessment
Tool
(Link to PI)
Updated
program
options
prerequisites
and transfer
requirements
are available to
students in a
variety of
formats
ET brochure
revised and
posted online
Reports
prepared and
presentations
made to
college design
committee
and/or
architects
based on
research,
needs
assessment,
and
instructional
framework
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