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WTCS Curriculum Strategies and Tools
This lesson is perfect for faculty who are new to the WTCS curriculum design. It creates a foundation for all WTCS curriculum projects.
Competency: Use WTCS strategies and tools in course and program projects
Criteria:
- Articulate the performance-based learning model used in the WTCS
- Login to your college WIDS site
- Access the WTCS Repository
- Use the WIDS search feature to locate programs and courses
- Print a WIDS report
Technical Skill Attainment
Use this lesson if you are new to Technical Skill Attainment (TSA) projects, or haven't worked on one in a long time
Competency: Prepare to participate in a systemwide Technical Skill Attainment (TSA) project
Criteria:
- Examine the importance of TSA assessment to your program
- Determine valid assessments that meet TSA guidelines
- Evaluate program outcome statements according to WTCS quality criteria
- Evaluate program outcome performance standards according to WTCS quality criteria
- Use TSA-related documents on the WTCS Repository
- Summarize key steps in the WTCS TSA process
Aligned Course Review
Use this lesson to prepare for a systemwide course review or learn about how they are conducted.
Competency: Prepare to participate in a systemwide aligned course review project.
What you'll learn:
- Explain the importance of aligned course reviews
- Evaluate course competencies according to WTCS quality criteria
- Evaluate course performance standards according to WTCS quality criteria
- Summarize the key steps in the course review process
- Locate a course outcome summary on the WTCS Repository
Aligned Program Review
Use this lesson to prepare for a systemwide program review to learn about how they are conducted.
Competency: Prepare to participate in a systemwide aligned program review project.
What you'll learn:
- Explain the importance of aligned program reviews
- Identify aligned components in a program
- Summarize the key steps in the program review process
- Locate current published curriculum on the WTCS Repository