1	Up-date on Co-op Activities Integration of Academic and Workplace Outcomes CCIS Co-op Team
2	The CCIS Co-op Team Mark Erickson, Co-op Coordinator/Advising Coordinator Nora Jemison, Co-op Coordinator/Advising Coordinator Mel Simms, Co-op Coordinator John Spadaccini, Co-op Counselor Aileen Yates, Employer Relations Coordinator
3	Today’s Update Resent findings from student co-op evaluations Issues of concern and your support The on-line E-portfolio project Discussion
4	Student/Employer Evaluations
5	Continue to Collect Skills Outcomes
6	A Successful College Program Assumption: If quality co-op assignments are available, than student satisfaction with the integration of their co-op experiences and their academic program will be positive. The co-op component 18 months of full-time co-op (3 co-ops, 6 months each)
7	Towards POE Quality Co-op Positions: Each student co-op experience has learning objectives which are progressively more challenging as they move through the program. In a comprehensive survey of students returning from Spr/Su1 co-op and Su2/Fall 2004, students rated their assignments according to quality as defined by: “Challenging with positive supervision and mentoring which attempts to match the student’s technical, developmental and professional abilities”
8	Quality of Assignment – Sp/Sm1 2004
9	Quality of Assignment – Sm2/Fl 2004
10	Quality of Assignment - 2004
11	Employers Meeting Student Expectations
12	Co-op Observations IS Majors the Growth Implications CS & IS Student Expectations and Impact Employer Relationships and the Future
13	IS Majors & Growth Erickson: Having enough quality assignments. Having difficulty maintaining assignments with single divisions.
14	CS & IS – Student Expectations Jemison Emphasis on programming Co-op Assignments – market driven Adjusting the expectations Projects in class
15	Employer Relationships Aileen Employers, students and people for the future Strengthening employer relationships Activities Faculty involvement
16	E-portfolios Received three year NSF curriculum assessment grant to develop on-line electronic portfolio Nearing the end of the second year of the grant Completed initial student pilot and moving forward with Designing of the rubrics Re-evaluation of learning goals Creation of database and structure To build structures and multiple views of data
17	E-portfolios On-line portfolios are HOT, everyone seems to be building a system Way to document and share various types of skills or achievements Ability to upload “artifacts” or samples of work that demonstrate abilities Many are limited in scope I.e. program certification goals Showcase work Moderate objectives
18	Discussion