OTC Core Experiences: OTC’s Quality Initiative for the HLC

Creating, implementing, and sustaining the CORE Experiences project is OTC’s Quality Initiative Project for our ongoing accreditation with the Higher Learning Commission.  We are happy to share the details and progress of this project with you here:

Initial Proposal & Approval

• QI Proposal Ozarks Technical Community College MO
• HLC Approval of OTC’s Proposal

Deliverables accomplished:

Fall 2018

• Assessment of Student Learning Committee (now called General Education Assessment Committee) established
• Initial Competency Assessment Plan created for all Competencies
  • step of adding an initial introduction and pre-survey to OTC 101 course added to plan
• review and refinement of Initial Competency Assessment Plan by Dean’s Council and General Education Department Chairs 

Spring 2019

• Assessment Tools created for 2 of the 4 Competencies
• Pilot of Assessment Tool for 2 of the 4 Competencies – results available here
• CORE Experiences introduced to full-time faculty
• CORE competencies defined and aligned to curriculum by all General Education departments
• CORE Experiences artwork created
• CORE Experiences project selected as the Divisional Annual Strategic Planning Goal for General Education Division

Summer 2019

• Pre-survey tool developed for OTC 101 courses
  • template of email to students from teacher
  • email to students from Research Office
  • OTC 101 intro survey draft
• CORE Experiences website created

Fall 2019

• official introduction of CORE Experiences process to adjunct faculty
• 1st PD related to CORE Experiences available for faculty
• 1st implementation of 2 of 4 CORE Experiences into CORE classes and OTC 101
• Pre- or Baseline survey given to OTC 101 students between weeks 2 & 3 of 16 week term – results available here