Fayetteville State University
Operational Plan and Assessment Record
For
Performing & Fine Arts
(Name of Unit or Academic Department)
Fall 2008 – Spring 2009
(Academic Year)
Dr. Harmon Watson, Chair
(Name and Title of Person Responsible for the Unit)
Part I: Profile of instructional programs and/or administrative
services within unit:
(Summary of data from most recent university-wide assessment measures, external evaluation measures and unit specific evaluation measures)
Performing & Fine Arts Department Mission Statement (See FSU Catalog)
The mission of the Department of the Performing and Fine Arts is to provide effective educational
programs and courses in interdisciplinary humanities, music, speech, theater, and the visual arts in the
University College and upper division at the undergraduate level.
Key Positions in Department (Indicate the number of faculty and staff and status in chart form)
Faculty Member
Status
Highest
Courses Taught Student Credit Hours
(tenured,
Degree
(complete in
(complete in Spring)
tenure
(specialty
Spring)
track, fixed
areas)
term, parttime)
Harmon Watson
Tenured
Doctorate
1
0.220
Tim Chambers
Fixed Term
Masters
8
0.359
Diane Phoenix-Neal TenureDoctorate
7
2.013
Track
Robert Williams
Tenured
Doctorate
7
0.796
Don Parker
Tenured
Doctorate
8
0.388
Denise Payton
Fixed Term
Masters
9
1.007
Lester Knibbs
Part-Time
Doctorate
1
0.391
Neal Finn
TenureDoctorate
8
0.561
Track
Sheryl Linch-Parker Tenured
Doctorate
6
0.103
Howard Kim
TenureDoctorate
6
0.393
Track
Eugenia Almeida
Tenured
Doctorate
5
0.880
Todd Frobish
Tenured
Doctorate
4
0.753
# of Advisees
(complete in
Spring)
0
0
6
7
13
6
10
20
7
30
35
Raphael Babatunde
Oyinade
Omoviekovwa A.
Nakireru
Joseph Ross
Marc Ruiz
William Thomas
Phoebe Hall
Dave Griffie
Susan Paschal
Stan Waring
Avis Hatcher-Puzzo
Sondra Martin
Socorro
Hernandez-Hinek
Shane Booth
Rollinda Thomas
Jonathan Chestnut
Dwight Smith
TenureTrack
Fixed Term
Doctorate
7
1.007
Doctorate
3
0.668
Fixed Term
TenureTrack
TenureTrack
Tenured
TenureTrack
TenureTrack
TenureTrack
TenureTrack
Tenured
TenureTrack
TenureTrack
TenureTrack
TenureTrack
Fixed Term
Doctorate
M.F.A.
4
4
0.838
0.829
Doctorate
4
0.474
M.F.A.
M.F.A.
4
3
0.399
0.886
19
M.F.A.
3
0.482
5
M.F.A.
4
1.574
9
M.F.A.
5
0.273
2
M.F.A.
M.F.A.
4
4
0.502
0.841
12
10
M.F.A.
5
0.950
13
Doctorate
4
0.750
20
M.F.A.
4
0.974
35
Masters
4
0.694
0
Number of Graduates/Completions over the past three years by program
Program (degree or licensure2008 - 2009
2007 - 2008
only)
Communication
9
Visual Arts
2
Art Education
2
General Music
2
Music Education
2
Speech/Theatre
25
23
30
2006 - 2007
4
12
N/A
1
3
8
Persistence
Number of Declared Majors in Fall 2007: 220
Percent of Declared Majors from Fall 2007 enrolled in fall 2008: 72.27 (Retention Rate)
Percent of Declared Majors from Fall 2007 who graduated in December 2007 or May 2008: 8.18
Persistence Rate: (retention and graduation rates combined): 80.45%
Persistence Rate – Mean for all FSU Declared Majors: 67%
Advisement Survey Results
Department: Fall 2008: Percent who responded “Strongly Agree” or “Agree” to the item: “I am satisfied
with the quality of academic advisement.” 80.95
Fall 2008: Advisement results – Mean for all students: 61.2%
Performing & Fine Arts Department: Spring 2009: Percent who responded “Strongly Agree” or “Agree”
to the item: “I am satisfied with the quality of academic advisement.” 91.67
Spring 2009: Advisement results – Mean for all students: 85%
DFW Rates
Performing & Fine Arts Department: Percent of students in classes taught by your department that
earned final grade of D, F, or W: 18.1
Percent of all students who earned final grade of D, F, W: 21.7
Measures of Student Engagement – National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)
Performing & Fine Arts Department: Level of Academic Challenge (LAC): 50.95
Number of Respondents: 17
FSU LAC Average (Seniors): 54.9
All Universities: 56.5
Carnegie Institutions: 58.2
HBCU Average: 56.7
Performing & Fine Arts Department: Active and Collaborative Learning (ACL): 53.87
Number of Respondents: 16
FSU ACL Average (Seniors): 52.9
All Universities: 50.8
Carnegie Institutions: 52.8
HBCU Average: 54.3
Faculty Teaching Load – Ratio of Actual Positions to Funded Positions
Generated Positions: 23.77
Actual Positions: 27
Difference: -3.23
Student Learning Outcomes – Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA)
Forth coming CLA data.
Multiple Drafts of Assignments
Seniors in the Department of Performing & Fine Arts indicated that they sometimes (2.81) prepared two
or more drafts of a paper or assignment before turning it in.
FSU Average (Seniors): 2.84
All Universities: 2.47
Carnegie Institutions: 2.6
HBCU Average: 2.66
Integrating Ideas from Various Sources
Seniors in the Department of Performing & Fine Arts indicated that they often (3.31) worked on a paper
or project that required integrating ideas or information from various sources.
FSU Average (Seniors): 3.22
All Universities: 3.3
Carnegie Institutions: 2.6
HBCU Average: 3.33
Preparation for Class
Seniors in the Department of Performing & Fine Arts report that they spend 6 to 10 hours (3.69)
preparing for class.
FSU Average (Seniors): 4.05
All Universities: 4.14
Carnegie Institutions: 4.14
HBCU Average: 4.02
Thinking Critically and Analytically
Seniors in the Department of Performing & Fine Arts indicate that their experience at FSU has
contributed quite a bit (3.27) to their development in thinking critically and analytically.
FSU Average (Seniors): 3.23
All Universities: 3.36
Carnegie Institutions: 3.42
HBCU Average: 3.33
Part II: Operational Plan for
Performing & Fine Arts
Dr. H. Watson, Chair
(Instructional Degree Program or Sub-unit)
(Program/Sub-unit Head)
Fall 2008 – Spring 2009
August 2008
(Period Covered)
(Date Submitted)
Unit/Institutional Purpose Linkage
UNC-Tomorrow Reference: (number and Title from UNCT (response))
4.1 Our Global Readiness
4.2 Our Citizens and Our Future
4.7 Outreach and Engagement
FSU Mission Reference: (portion of FSU mission statement the unit supports)
The primary mission of FSU is to provide students with the highest quality learning experiences
that will produce global citizens and leaders as change agents for shaping the future of the state.
Committed to excellence in teaching, research, scholarship, and service, the university extends
its services and program to the community, including the military and other educational
institutions throughout North Carolina, the nation and the world. Awarding degrees the
baccalaureate, masters’ and doctoral levels, FSU offers programs in teacher education, business
and economics, and unique and emerging fields.
FSU Priority Reference: (FSU Strategic Planning Priority Statement the program/unit supports)
Increased retention and graduation rates
Intellectual and Cultural Center
Leadership and Global Citizens
Collaboration and Partnerships
Unit Goals: (Unit’s versions of the FSU initiatives supported and goals identified by the unit)
1. Increase student satisfaction with advisement in the Department of Performing & Fine Arts
2. Facilitate Performing and Fine Arts students’ efficient progress toward graduation.
3. Improve the pedagogical skills of Performing and Fine Arts faculty to facilitate students’
successful completion of courses.
4. Improve pedagogical skills of Performing and Fine Arts faculty to cultivate the use of
critical inquiry, analysis, and reflection essential to professional performers, artists,
musicians, and/or arts educators.
5. Facilitate the efficient distribution of courses to ensure that the student credit hours
(SCH) generated by Performing and Fine Arts faculty are sufficient to support their
positions.
Intended Outcomes and Strategies to Achieve Them:
(Outcomes based on FSU strategic planning
accountability indicators, unit profile data, professional organization standards, and student learning outcomes)
Intended Outcome
1. Increase the percentage of
students satisfied with
advisement from 91.67% to
94%.
2. Increase the persistence
(retention and graduation) rate
for Performing and Fine Arts
from 80.45% to 90%.
3. Reduce DFW (Drop, Fail,
Withdraw) rates for courses
taught by Performing and Fine
Arts faculty from 18.1% to
15%.
Strategies
1. Require all students to see
their advisors to receive their
PINs for Spring registration.
Cost
None. Faculty will issue
the PINs during office
hours.
Increase faculty contact with
advisees. Encourage student
participation in academic
support services (tutoring, etc.).
Increase consistency in
evaluation of Humanities
courses and MUSI 210, which
had the highest DFW rates.
None. Faculty will
document contact as part of
advising responsibilities.
4. Cultivate the use of critical
inquiry, analysis, and reflection
in classroom instruction.
5. Facilitate efficient
distribution of student credit
hours (SCH) for Performing
and Fine Arts faculty.
Use instructional strategies
designed to stimulate critical
thinking and analysis.
Distribute course offerings
among faculty in an effort to
ensure that student credit hours
(SCH) will be sufficient to fund
faculty positions.
None. Faculty will
collaborate to revise course
objectives and assessment
methods as part of normal
instructional
responsibilities.
None. Instructors will use
critical inquiry strategies as
a part of instruction.
None. Course offerings will
be allocated as a part of the
normal duties of the Dept.
Chair and Area
Coordinators.
Part III: Assessment Plan
Performing & Fine Arts
Dr. H. Watson, Chair
(Instructional Degree Program or Sub-unit)
(Program/Sub-unit Head)
Fall 2008 – Spring 2009
August 2008
(Period Covered)
(Date Submitted)
Intended Outcome (Note: There should be an assessment plan for each intended outcome listed in Part II.)
1. Increase the percentage of students satisfied with advisement from 91.67% to 94%.
1.1 First Means of Assessment for Outcome Indentified Above (align with strategic plan
accountability measures)
1.1.1 Means of Assessment & Criteria for Success
University will administer the Academic Advisement Survey and supply the department
with results. The criteria for success will be 100% of students selecting Agree or
Strongly Agree in response to the item: “I am satisfied with the quality of academic
advisement.”
1.1.2 Summary of Assessment Data Collected (to be completed in the Spring)
During registration for Spring 2009, 91.67% responded “Strongly Agree” or “Agree” to
the item: “I am satisfied with the quality of academic advisement.” The mean for all
students was 85%.
1.1.3 Use of Results to Improve (to be completed in the Spring)
The Performing & Fine Arts Department will continue to require the students to see a
faculty advisor to receive the PINs. Staff will be discouraged from providing PINs to
students. A department meeting agenda item for the Fall semester will be faculty
members sharing successful ways to manage student visits (collecting needed
information and providing needed information) effectively and efficiently.
1.2 Second Means of Assessment for Outcome Indentified Above
1.2.1 Means of Assessment & Criteria for Success
NSSE Item 12 – Overall Academic Advising – score will exceed the university
average for seniors (2.81) in 2007.
1.2.2 Summary of Assessment Data Collected
Data will be collected in the Spring, 2009 and will not be available until November,
2009.
1.2.3 Use of Results to Improve (cannot be completed until mid-year)
Part III: Assessment Plan (continued)
Intended Outcome (Note: There should be an assessment plan for each intended outcome listed in Part II.)
2. Increase the persistence (retention and graduation) rate for Performing and Fine Arts from
80.45% to 90%.
2.1 First Means of Assessment for Outcome Indentified Above (align with strategic plan
accountability measures)
2.1.1 Means of Assessment & Criteria for Success
Review reports from the FSU Registrar or Dept. of Institutional Research to determine
the retention rate for Performing and Fine Arts. The criterion for success is the
achievement of a persistence rate of 90%.
2.1.2 Summary of Assessment Data Collected
The Department is currently awaiting the results of a report from the Registrar regarding
the retention rate.
2.1.3
Use of Results to Improve
Results will be reported upon receipt of the data from the Registrar.
2.2 Second Means of Assessment for Outcome Indentified Above
2.2.1 Means of Assessment & Criteria for Success
Review reports from the FSU Registrar or Dept. of Institutional Research to
determine the graduation rate for Performing and Fine Arts. The criterion for success
is the achievement of a persistence rate of 90%.
2.2.2 Summary of Assessment Data Collected
The Department is currently awaiting the results of a report from the Registrar regarding
the graduation rate.
2.2.3 Use of Results to Improve
Results will be reported upon receipt of the data from the Registrar.
Part III: Assessment Plan (continued)
Intended Outcome (Note: There should be an assessment plan for each intended outcome listed in Part II.)
3. Reduce DFW (Drop, Fail, Withdraw) rates for courses taught by Performing and Fine Arts
faculty from 18.1% to 15%.
3.1 First Means of Assessment for Outcome Identified Above (align with strategic plan accountability
measures)
3.1.2 Means of Assessment & Criteria for Success
Review reports from the FSU Registrar or Dept. of Institutional Research to determine
the DFW rates for courses taught by Performing and Fine Arts Faculty. The criterion for
success is the achievement of a DFW rate of 15%.
3.1.3 Summary of Assessment Data Collected
The Department is currently awaiting the results of a report from the Registrar regarding
the DFW rate for spring 2009.
3.1.4
Use of Results to Improve
Results will be reported upon receipt of the data from the Registrar.
3.2 Second Means of Assessment for Outcome Identified Above
3.2.1 Means of Assessment & Criteria for Success
Review curricular requirements (course objectives, assessment methods, artifacts) that
will indicate consistency in the evaluation of Humanities courses and MUSI 210. The
criterion for success is the reduction of overall DFW rates for courses taught by
Performing and Fine Arts faculty.
3.2.2 Summary of Assessment Data Collected
The Department is awaiting the grades for the spring 2009 semester to determine DFW
rates.
3.2.3 Use of Results to Improve
Performing and Fine Arts faculty will engage in workshops during the fall semester to
encourage collaboration and consistency in course objectives and evaluation.
Part III: Assessment Plan (continued)
Intended Outcome (Note: There should be an assessment plan for each intended outcome listed in Part II.)
4. Cultivate the use of critical inquiry, analysis, and reflection in classroom instruction.
4.1 First Means of Assessment for Outcome Identified Above (align with strategic plan accountability
measures)
4.1.2 Means of Assessment & Criteria for Success
Review reports from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) to determine
their perceptions of the critical inquiry strategies used by Performing and Fine Arts
faculty.
4.1.3 Summary of Assessment Data Collected
The Department is awaiting the results of the 2009 administration of the NSSE.
2.1.4
Use of Results to Improve
The Dept. of Performing and Fine Arts will attempt to use instructional strategies that
address any specific deficiencies revealed by the results of the NSSE.
4.2 Second Means of Assessment for Outcome Identified Above
4.2.1 Means of Assessment & Criteria for Success
Review instructional strategy reports from Performing and Fine Arts faculty to
determine their use of critical inquiry strategies. The criterion for success is 90%
participation by the faculty in the use of critical inquiry strategies.
4.2.2 Summary of Assessment Data Collected
The instructional strategy reports show significantly less than 90% participation in
critical inquiry strategies by PFA faculty. However, this likely represents a failure to turn
in instructional strategy reports (which were only recently assigned) than non-use of
critical inquiry.
4.2.3 Use of Results to Improve
Performing and Fine Arts faculty will engage in workshops in the fall (during department
meetings) to encourage the use of critical inquiry strategies.
Part III: Assessment Plan (continued)
Intended Outcome (Note: There should be an assessment plan for each intended outcome listed in Part II.)
5. Facilitate efficient distribution of student credit hours (SCH) for Performing and Fine Arts
faculty.
5.1 First Means of Assessment for Outcome Identified Above (align with strategic plan accountability
measures)
5.1.2 Means of Assessment & Criteria for Success
Reports from the FSU Registrar and the Dept. of Institutional Research regarding the
student credit hours generated by Performing and Fine Arts faculty. The criterion for
success is an average SCH of 1.0, the rate necessary to fund faculty positions.
5.1.3 Summary of Assessment Data Collected
Review of the report of student credit hours reveals that only 3 out of 28 faculty
members have the desired SCH of 1.0 or above. Only 5 of 28 (17.85%) faculty have 0.9
or above. 10 (30%) had an SCH of 0.5 or below. The generated positions were 23.488
while the number of actual positions was 27. This creates a difference of -3. The
criterion for success (1.0) has not been met.
5.1.4
Use of Results to Improve
The Chairperson and area coordinators for Performing and Fine Arts will determine a
strategy to present course offerings and distribution of faculty in an efficient manner
beginning in the fall 2009 semester.