CBE Business DTA Pilot

October 2014

Competency-Based Program

• Students must demonstrate mastery of

explicit competencies to receive credit

• Students receive constant support

based on their individual learning needs

• Learning, not time, is the determining

factor

(Adapted from Christensen Institute)

The Goal

• A Business Transfer Degree– Competency based

– Completely online

– Openly licensed

– Six-month term with multiple start dates

– Full time equivalent tuition ($2667 plus fees)

– Students work at their own pace, completing as

many credits as they are able during each term

– Available January 2015

Pilot Colleges

• Columbia Basin—lead

• Bellevue

• Centralia

• Everett

• Green River

• Olympic

• Pierce Colleges (2)

• Tacoma

Why?

• Reduced population growth in 15-19 year

olds in the next 10 years

• Increased growth in 20-44 year olds

• Almost 1 million Washingtonians have some

college, no degree

SBCTC Legislative Presentation, Jan. 2014 https://app.leg.wa.gov/CMD/Handler.ashx?MethodName=getdocu

mentcontent&documentId=EDi-X3rydFI&att=false

The History

Western Governors University supported

colleges in developing CBE certificate programs

• Spokane Falls

• Edmonds

• Columbia Basin

• Bellevue

• System work group developed a plan endorsed by

WACTC (system presidents) March 2014

The Elements

• Students with some college or work

experience

• “Intrusive” advisors at each college

• Completion coaches

– Hired by Columbia Basin for the pilot

consortium

• Disciplinary faculty who teach and assess

– Hired by Columbia Basin for the pilot

consortium

First Faculty Cohort

• Four full-time faculty

– English

– Math

– Accounting

– Economics and Business Law

First Faculty Cohort

• Six adjunct faculty

– Sociology

– Political Science

– Geology

– Biology

– Public Speaking

– Art

18 Courses

• Work group chose high-enrollment

courses that meet the distribution

requirements

• Courses will be transcribed as regular

credits and use open content

• Curriculum and competencies will be

mapped by system faculty

The Business DTA● ENGL& 101 (English Composition I)

● ENGL& 102 (Composition II)

● MATH 147 (Finite Math)

● MATH& 148 (Business Calculus)

● CMST& 220 (Public Speaking)

● ENGL& 244 (American Literature I)

● ART&100 (Art Appreciation)

● ECON& 201 (Micro Economics)

● ECON& 202 (Macro Economics)

● SOC& 101 (Intro to Sociology)

● POLS& 202 (American Government)

● MATH& 146 (Introduction to Stats)

● BIOL& 100 (Survey of Biology)

● GEOL& 101 (Intro Physical Geology)

● ACCT& 201 (Principles of Accounting I)

● ACCTt&202 (Principles of Accounting II)

● ACCT& 203 (Principles of Accounting III)

● BUS& 201 (Business Law )

Business DTA

ENGL& 101 (English Composition I)

ENGL& 102 (Composition II)

MATH 147 (Finite Math)

MATH& 148 (Business Calculus)

CMST& 220 (Public Speaking)

ENGL& 244 (American Literature I)

ART&100 (Art Appreciation)

ECON& 201 (Micro Economics)

ECON& 202 (Macro Economics)

SOC& 101 (Intro to Sociology)

POLS& 202 (American

Government)

MATH& 146 (Introduction to Stats)

BIOL& 100 (Survey of Biology)

GEOL& 101 (Intro Physical

Geology)

ACCT& 201 (Principles of

Accounting I)

ACCTt&202 (Principles of

Accounting II)

ACCT& 203 (Principles of

Accounting III)

BUS& 201 (Business Law )

Lumen Learning

• Leaders in open educational resources

and in CBE

– Worked with system colleges in the past

• Building openly licensed courses and

adaptive assessments

• http://lumenlearning.com

System Assets

• Strong transfer agreements

• Shared course system (WAOL)

• Shared learning management system

(Canvas)

• Common elearning tools

• Western eTutoring Consortium

• AskWA

Student Experience

• Application process

• Orientation

• Completion coach

• Faculty engagement

• Adaptive testing

• Authentic assessment

– Grades: A, B, and Incomplete

Why pilot as a system?

• Share initial development costs

• Share staffing to support students who

work at their own pace

• Students belong to the college where

they enroll

• All faculty for the pilot will be hired at

Columbia Basin College

Resources on CBE

• Bloom, Benjamin (1984). “The 2 Sigma Problem: The

Search for Methods of Group Instruction as Effective

as One-to-One Tutoring.” Educational Researcher,

13:6 (4-16)

• CBEN http://www.cbenetwork.org/competency-

based-education/

• CAEL http://www.cael.org/what-we-do/competency-

based-education

• U of Wisconsin: http://flex.wisconsin.edu/

Columbia Basin College Employees

• Cathy Clary, CBE Student Services Coordinator

cclary@columbiabasin.edu 509-542-5509

• Erica Jesberger Program Support Supervisor (Course Building)

ejesberger@columbiabasin.edu 509-544-5916

• Janet Hovland Assistant Registrar

jhovland@columbiabasin.edu 509-544-2030

• Brett Riley Director-Business Office Services

briley@columbiabasin.edu 509-542-4763

• Jennifer Brady Fiscal Specialist

jbrady@columbiabasin.edu 509-542-4509

• Melanie Casciato Assistant Director, Financial Aid

mcasciato@columbiabasin.edu 509-542-4593

• Jason Schlegel, Director, Veterans Services

jschlegel@columbiabasin.edu 509-542-4390

• Lane Schumacher, Associate Dean, Counseling/Advising

lschumacher@columbiabasin.edu 509-5424595

SMS Class Schedule Screen – Jan. 5 Start Date

FEE Code Screen

SMS Course Schedule Screen

SMS Class Schedule Screen – Feb. 2 Start Date

SMS Class Schedule Screen – March 2 Start Date

Student Type Code

Student – Unusual Action Code

Financial Aid

• Melanie Casiato, Assistant Director of

Financial Aid has been assigned to

assist with the CBE Business Program

• Report to date

Columbia Basin College CBE Business Program: Student Process

for Enrolled Student – Business Transfer Major

Find Out More

• Blog: http://cbewa.org

• Listserv:

http://lists.ctc.edu/mailman/listinfo/cbe

Questions?

Connie Broughton

cbroughton@sbctc.edu

Cathy Clary

cclary@columbiabasin.edu