Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)

THE VIKING EXPERIENCE: CORE TO CAREER

St. Johns River State College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) and must reaffirm this accreditation every 10 years. Part of the reaffirmation process includes developing a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), a five-year action and implementation plan. The QEP is designed to enhance student learning outcomes and/or student success while further strengthening St. Johns River State College’s educational mission.

To further its mission of promoting excellence in teaching and learning, enriching the lives of its students, and strengthening its community, St. Johns River State College has developed a comprehensive QEP and identified Experiential Learning as the primary focus. The development process involved extensive conversations with a broad range of constituencies and a comprehensive review and analysis of data on student learning and success. Through this process, the College community identified Experiential Learning as the focus of the QEP.

The goal of the College’s QEP, The Viking Experience: Core to Career, is to improve student learning and student success in the development of career awareness and career skills by providing every degree-seeking student access to experiential learning via instruction in Core General Education courses.

The objectives of the project include supporting student persistence and completion as well as fostering seamless college to career transitions by:

• Engaging students in high-impact experiential learning opportunities in Core General Education courses.
• Preparing students to utilize digital tools to capture evidence of student learning.
• Increasing students’ career soft-skills competencies.
• Increasing students’ career awareness and exploration.

To address these objectives, the following Student Learning Outcomes (SLO’s) will be achieved:

• SLO 1: Students will develop experience-based knowledge of their Core General Education Courses that will enhance their awareness of the relationship between core curriculum and career competencies.
• SLO 2: Students will engage in reflection of Experiential Learning Activities and demonstrate the ability to critically examine their experiences and create connections between those experiences and Core General Education knowledge.
• SLO 3: Students will demonstrate that learning occurs in context by visibly accumulating evidence of career development accomplishments.
• SLO 4: Students will demonstrate confidence in their ability to achieve career preparation skills.