Progress 09/01/05 to 08/31/09
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The products that are essential to Project OTC-FCS have and continue to be disseminated through a myriad of ways: telephone conversations, emails to teachers, department web page, and presentations at conferences. A presentation was made to the South Carolina Association of Family and Consumer Sciences to an audience of 40 professionals and students.Brochures were developed and disseminated at the FCS teacher educators meeting at Association of Career and Technical Education Conference. PARTICIPANTS: The South Carolina State Department of Education, conference attendees, FCS High School teachers, South Carolina schools and district administrators, alumni, Office of Sponsored Programs, Office of Continuing/Distance Education, Family and Consumer Sciences Faculty from SC State University and the University of Georgia, Program Coordinator and Undergraduate Students were all parties who worked on this project. TARGET AUDIENCES: FCS and other professionals with Baccalaureate Degrees who are not currently in the State's PACE (Program of Alternative Certification for Educators) program. Other audiences included working professionals needing certificate renewal credit. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.
Impacts
Ten online courses were developed and now being offered through or current Masters Degree program in Individual and Family Development and Nutritional Sciences via Blackboard. The demand for online content courses continues to be popular for working professionals. After making a presentation to 50 Family and Consumer Sciences Education professionals across the nation, additional information about our content online courses are being requested. Six hundred people were contacted via US mail, email, and telephone. As a result of, there have been students from many different departments signing up to take the courses developed online with the courses not even being in their major. Teachers in the Program of Alternative Certification for Educators (PACE) program have inquired about the content courses and will be taking the courses as needed. Other requests came from other professionals inquring A Masters Degree in Family and Consumer Sciences Education. The president and board of trustees requested that the unit explore the options of enhancing online courses.
Publications
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Progress 09/01/07 to 08/31/08
Outputs
Obj1:Identify and recruit cohort of FCS professional with Baccalaureate Degrees who are not currently in the State's PACE (Program of Alternative Certification for Educator's). Received and responded to over 20 inquiries for Project OTC-FCS online courses as well as the procedures for applying to graduate school at South Carolina State University. FCS507 Apparel and Textiles and FCS599 Special Problems in Family and Consumer Sciences offered in the summer 2008 were advertised at the South Carolina Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (SCAFCS) meeting. The teachers and other professionals across the state of South Carolina were given 50 brochures at the meeting. Obj2:Develop 10 graduate level online FCS subject-matter courses. Completed the four objectives. Project Coordinator was added as a Teacher Assistant for the online courses (i.e.,FCS507 Apparel and Textiles and FCS599 Special Problems in Family and Consumer Sciences offered in the summer 2008) to be developed on Black Board. Obj3:Implement selected courses throughout the year. 5 courses are currently being piloted, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, and Summer 2008 which include FCS507 Apparel and Textiles, FCS514 Marriage and Family Relationship, FCS520 Occupational Education in Family and Consumer Sciences, and FCS599 Special Problems in Family and Consumer Sciences. FCS514 Marriage and Family Relationship, FCS520 Occupational Education in Family and Consumer Sciences have been piloted on blackboard. Sent out the post assessment survey December 12, 2007 to 17graduate students to receive feedback within a few days on their online course experience. Tallied up the results and developed a table for the results collected from the Black Board Post Assessment completed by the students enrolled in the black board courses. Obj4:Establish and expand agreements/partnerships and collaborations with school districts, technology/career centers, and technical colleges to ensure a continuous pool of outstanding, diverse professional FCS educator's. FCS507 Apparel and Textiles and FCS599 Special Problems in Family and Consumer Sciences offered in the summer 2008 were advertised at the South Carolina Association of Family and Consumer Sciences(SCAFCS) meeting. The teachers and other professionals across the state of South Carolina were given 50brochures at the meeting. An MAT Proposal was approved by the Interim V.P.of Academic Affairs for FCS Education. Attended an Advisory Board Meeting on September 12, 2007, for the Dept.of Family and Consumer Sciences and updated the FCS professors and staff on the advancement of ProjectOTC-FCS. PRODUCTS: Ten online courses have been developed. The proposed project is designed to significantly increase the number of minorities certified in Family and Consumer Sciences. Through the optimal use of online distance education, resources and expanded partnerships, teachers overall competencies will be broadened via cutting-edge technologies. OUTCOMES: Four students responded to the email for the post assessment survey. A follow-up email was sent out for the other students to email their surveys as soon as possible. Tallied up the results from the black board online course post assessment survey from the seven responses received. Developed a table for the results collected from the Black Board Post Assessment completed by the students enrolled in the black board courses. FCS 507 Apparel and Textiles and FCS 599 Special Problems in Family and Consumer Sciences offered in the summer 2008 were advertised at the South Carolina Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (SCAFCS) meeting. The teachers and other professionals across the state of South Carolina were given brochures. 50 were brochures were taken to this meeting. Currently there are not any students enrolled in the Summer 08 courses due to the courses being offered 2nd session. An MAT Proposal was approved by the Interim V.P. of Academic Affairs for FCS Education. The MAT Proposal for FCS Education is also being discussed for the future to have the degree be obtained online. Attended an Advisory Board Meeting on September 12, 2007, for the Dept. of Family and Consumer Sciences and updated the FCS professors and staff on the advancement of Project OTC-FCS. DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES: The products that are essential to Project OTC-FCS have and continue to be disseminated through a myriad of ways: telephone conversations, emails to teachers, university web page, department web page, and presentations at conferences. Joint endeavors with collaborating entities will provide avenues to include workshops, conferences, in-service seminars, newsletters, brochures, and think-share discussion groups. The publics that will receive results of the project include land-grant institutions, USDA/CREES agencies, South Carolina State University Office of Sponsored Programs, State Department of Education, conference attendees, FCS teachers, school and district administrators, alumni, technical institution and on-campus graduate curriculum and recruitment entities. FUTURE INITIATIVES: Another proposal will be submitted to build on the idea that we already are implementing. The goals of this project are directly related to the Universities mission and goals that have propelled us into the third millennium. The Department efforts will continue programmatic partnerships with select school districts would help to ensure a continuous pool of outstanding, diverse FCS professionals. Joint ventures between cooperating entities will improve curricular offerings and instructional delivery strategies to increase the quality of academic programs in FCS. The nature and quality of these joint endeavors lend themselves to continuation beyond the grant period and program viability well into the 21st Century.
Impacts
Six hundred people roughly have been contacted via US mail, email, and telephone. As a result of, there have been students from many different departments signing up to take the courses developed online with the courses not even being in their major. Teachers in the Program of Alternative Certification for Educators (PACE) program have inquired about the content courses and will be taking the courses as needed. The president and board of trustees are now requesting that we explore the options of enhancing online courses.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 09/01/06 to 08/31/07
Outputs
Objective 1:Identify and recruit cohort of FCS professional with Baccalaureate Degrees who are not currently in the State's PACE (Program of Alternative Certification for Educator's). A contact list of about 100 educators' in the state of South Carolina for recruitment purposes was developed. Over the course of the year, received and responded to over 40 inquiries for Project OTC-FCS on the fall, spring, and summer 2007 courses being offered online as well as the procedures for applying to graduate school here at South Carolina State University. FCS 511 Advanced Meal management and FCS 521 Problems in Family Resource Management offered in the summer 2007 were advertised in the April 2007 addition of the SCAFCS Newsletter sent out to 200. Of the 200, 25 of those were given to SCAFCS students and university libraries. Objective 2:Develop 10 graduate level online FCS subject-matter courses. An evaluation of Individual Family Development 506- Human Sexuality was completed
and then sent for review to the McGraw Hill of Higher Education as it relates to textbook used for this course. Project Coordinator was added as a Teacher Assistant for the online courses (i.e., FCS 514 Marriage and Family Relationship and FCS 521 Problems in Family Resource Management) to be developed on Black Board. FCS 502 Curriculum Planning in FCS was reviewed before making it available online and FCS 520 Occupational Education in FCS. Objective 3:Implement selected courses throughout the year. Requested courses for current and future offering of online courses so Project Coordinator can be added as a Teacher Assistant (i.e., FCS 514 marriage and Family Relationship and FCS 521 Problems in Family Resource Management).Five courses are currently being piloted, Fall 2006, Summer 2006, Fall 2007, Spring 2007, and Summer 2007 which include IFD 506 Human Sexuality, NS 516 Nutrition and Health, FCS 511 Advanced Meal Management, FCS 502 Curriculum Planning in FCS, FCS 521 Problems in
Family Resource Management, and FCS 520 Occupational Education in Family and Consumer Sciences. IFD 506 Human Sexuality, NS 516 Nutrition and Health, FCS 511 Advanced Meal Management, FCS 502 Curriculum Planning in FCS, FCS 521 Problems in Family Resource Management, FCS 520 Occupational Education in Family and Consumer Sciences, NS 518 Food Science, and FCS 514 Marriage and Family Relationship have all been piloted on blackboard. Objective 4: Establish and expand agreements/partnerships and collaborations with school districts, technology/career centers, and technical colleges to ensure a continuous pool of outstanding, diverse professional FCS educator's. A phone conference in January of 2007 was held to discuss Project OTC-FCS with the SC Department of Education PACE program, director. Presentations about Project OTC-FCS were presented to about 35 secondary school teachers at the 2006 Education and Business Summit June 25-29, 2006 at the Palmetto Expo Center, Greenville, SC;
Presented to 20 members of the Academic Affairs Sub-Committee September 21, 2006; Presented to 50 teacher educator's at the National Association of Teacher Educators September 24, 2006, Adams Mark Hotel in Indianapolis, Indiana.
PRODUCTS: Ten online courses have been developed. The proposed project is designed to significantly increase the number of minorities certified in Family and Consumer Sciences. Through the optimal use of online distance education, resources and expanded partnerships, teachers overall competencies will be broadened via cutting-edge technologies.
OUTCOMES: Presentations about Project OTC-FCS were presented to about 35 secondary school teachers at the 2006 Education and Business Summit June 25-29, 2006 at the Palmetto Expo Center, Greenville, SC; Presented to about 20 members of the Academic Affairs Sub-Committee September 21, 2006; Presented to about 50 teacher educators at the National Association of Teacher Educators September 24, 2006, Adams Mark Hotel in Indianapolis, Indiana. A MAT in Family and Consumer Sciences Education program has been proposed and receptive by the V.P. of Academic Affairs with online possibilities. The V.P. of Academic Affairs has been instrumental in providing resources for online graduate level course critique. The consultants has utilized instructional technology (i.e., blackboard, internet, Microsoft suite, discus, and proquest) to complete the ten graduate online courses.
DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES: The products that are essential to Project OTC-FCS have and continue to be disseminated through a myriad of ways: telephone conversations, emails to teachers, university web page, department web page, presentations at conferences, and sent 400 brochures. Joint endeavors with collaborating entities will provide avenues to include workshops, conferences, in-service seminars, newsletters, brochures, and think-share discussion groups. The publics that will receive results of the project include land-grant institutions, USDA/CREES agencies, South Carolina State University Office of Sponsored Programs, State Department of Education, conference attendees, FCS teachers, school and district administrators, alumni, technical institution and on-campus graduate curriculum and recruitment entities.
FUTURE INITIATIVES: Another proposal will be submitted to build on the idea that we already are implementing. The goals of this project are directly related to the Universities mission and goals that have propelled us into the third millennium. The Department efforts will continue programmatic partnerships with select school districts would help to ensure a continuous pool of outstanding, diverse FCS professionals. Joint ventures between cooperating entities will improve curricular offerings and instructional delivery strategies to increase the quality of academic programs in FCS. The nature and quality of these joint endeavors lend themselves to continuation beyond the grant period and program viability well into the 21st Century. An article is in preparation for a conference proposal and journal publication.
Impacts
Six hundred individuals of interest have been contacted via US mail, email, and telephone. As a result of, there have been students from many different departments signing up to take the courses developed online with the courses not even being in their major. Teachers in the Program of Alternative Certification for Educators (PACE) program have inquired about the content courses and will be taking the courses as needed. The president and board of trustees are in favor of this project as it increases enrollment.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 09/01/05 to 08/31/06
Outputs
Objective 1:Identify and recruit cohort of FCS professional with Baccalaureate Degrees who are not currently in the States PACE(Program of Alternative Certification for Educators).A FCS Graduates follow-up survey was developed, reviewed by the Department Chairperson and sent to the Office of Institutional Research for web posting.Fifty brochures were taken to a South Carolina Association of Family and Consumer Sciences meeting on Feb. 22,2006.75 emails of the brochure was sent to teachers in South Carolina advertising the OTC-FCS Project.The State Department was emailed a copy of the brochure of Project OTC-FCS which was sent out to teachers on the Listserv.A letter of interest was created and then sent out to 127 educators about Project OTC-FCS. Objective 2:Develop 10 graduate level online FCS subject-matter courses. March 6,2006 a meeting was held between VP of Academic Affairs, Principal Investigator and Project Coordinator to discuss Project OTC-FCS. The Summer
Institute was held May 22,2006 and end May 24,2006 in Nance Hall Computer Lab with 7 faculty in attendance. All the contracts were completed for the faculty/ consultants participating in the Blackboard training session.A meeting was held between Project Coordinator, Principal Investigator, Assistant Academic Program Director of Educational Technology Services (ETS), and Resource Consultants for Educational Services Technology discussing blackboard training information for Summer Institute.The Resource Consultant for ETS and the Project Coordinator met and we discussed blackboard expectations and received a Blackboard Tutorial CD.A Blackboard survey was developed to be utilized in this summers institute for a pre and post blackboard survey.The librarian, provided training for the 7 faculty/consultants during the summer institute in the library on utilizing library resources.Each consultant/faculty graduated out of the training course and began developing their online courses and their
course development was completed on July 31, 2006. Objective 3:Implement selected courses throughout the year.A meeting between the Principal Investigator and the Department Chairperson discuss the rotations of the ten online courses.Two courses are currently being piloted, Fall 2006, which include IFD506 Human Sexuality and NS 516 Nutrition and Health. Objective 4:Establish and expand agreements/partnerships and collaborations with school districts, technology/career centers, and technical colleges to ensure a continuous pool of outstanding, diverse professional FCS educators.A meeting was held to discuss Project OTC-FCS with the SC Department of Education PACE program, director.Presentations about Project OTC-FCS were presented to teachers at the 2006 Education and Business Summit June 25-29,2006 at the Palmetto Expo Center, Greenville, SC; Academic Affairs Sub-Committee September 21, 2006; National Association of Teacher Educators September 24, 2006; Adams Mark Hotel in
Indianapolis, Indiana.
PRODUCTS: Nine online courses have been developed and the tenth online course is in progress of being developed due to one course being already offered that was already on the list in the education department. The proposed project is designed to significantly increase the number of minorities certified in Family and Consumer Sciences. Through the optimal use of online distance education, resources and expanded partnerships, teachers overall competencies will be broadened via cutting-edge technologies.
OUTCOMES: Four marketing presentations of Project OTC-FCS have been made to Teach Educators, South Carolina Teachers, Academic Affairs sub committee, and South Carolina State University Department of Family and Consumer Sciences Faculty members. A Pre-Post Assessment was conducted at the Summer Institute May of 2006 with the online course developers on the use of technology in instructional delivery. The V.P. of Academic Affairs have been instrumental in providing resources for online graduate level course critque. The consultants has utilized instructional technology (i.e., blackboard, internet, microsoft suite, and discus and proquest)to complete nine of the ten graduate online courses. The pre-test has already been completed of students knowledge of Nutrition and Health.
DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES: The products that are essential to Project OTC-FCS has and continues to be disseminated through a myrad of ways: telephone conversations, emails to teachers, university web page, department web page, presentations at conferences, sent 400 brochures, did think share discussion groups with educational testing services, V.P. of Academic Affairs, faculty, alumni, and NTE (National Teacher Educators).Joint endeavors with collaborating entities will provide avenues to include workshops, conferences, in-service seminars, newsletters, brochures, and think-share discussion groups. The publics that will receive results of the project include land-grant institutions, USDA/CSREES agencies, South Carolina State University Office of Sponsored Programs, State Department of Education, conference attendees, FCS teachers, school and district administrators, alumni, technical institution and on-campus graduate curriculum and recruitment entities.
FUTURE INITIATIVES: Another proposal will be submitted to build on the idea that we already are implementing. The goals of this project are directly related to the Universitys mission and goals that have propelled us into the third millennium.The Department efforts will continue programmatic partnerships with select school districts would help to ensure a continuous pool of outstanding, diverse FCS professionals. Joint ventures between cooperating entities will improve curricular offerings and instructional delivery strategies to increase the quality of academic programs in FCS. The nature and quality of these joint endeavors lend themselves to continuation beyond the grant period and program viability well into the 21st Century.
Impacts
The Summer Institute that took place on May 22-24, 2006 opened up a lot of questions of Project OTC-FCS.Six hundred people roughly have been contacted via US mail, email, and telephone.As a result of, there have been students from many different departments signing up to take the courses developed online with the courses not even being in their major. Teachers in the Program of Alternative Certification for Educators (PACE) program have inquired about the content courses and will be taking the courses as needed.South Carolina State University has been asked to join the consortium (Great Plain-Interactive Distance Education Alliance)with twelve other midwestern states.The president and board of trustees is now requesting that we explore the options of enhancing online courses.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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