Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education

PROGRAM EVALUATION PROFILE
Instructor: Ryan Copeland PID: 32637
Program: Automotive Service Technology
School Canadian Valley Technology Center, El Reno
Date: November 8, 2007
Team: Jeff Huffman and David Wright
   
*Refer to Specific Recommendations for Improvement

 

Standard
Met

Standard
Not Met*
STANDARD 1 Instructional Planning and Organization X  
STANDARD 2 Instructional Materials Utilization X  
STANDARD 3 Qualified Instructional Personnel **  
STANDARD 4 Enrollment and Student/Teacher Ratio **  
STANDARD 5 Equipment and Supplies **  
STANDARD 6 Instructional Facilities **  
STANDARD 7 Safety Training and Practices X  
STANDARD 8 Program Advisory Committee and Community Relations **  
STANDARD 9 Leadership Development X  
STANDARD 10 Coordination Activities **  
STANDARD 11 Student Accounting and Reports **  

 

PROGRAM EVALUATION SUMMARY
School: Canadian Valley Technology Center, El Reno
Program: Automotive Collision Technology
Chairperson: Jeff Huffman
   
INTRODUCTION

The Automotive Service Technology program at Canadian Valley Technology Center, El Rno campus, is a two-instructor program offering 1050 clock hours of instruction in the basics of automotive service and repair. Instructional delivery is teacher lead throughout using lab demonstration and practice ondonated vehicles and training aids and then live work on vehicles to cover the practical side of instruction. The program consists of a fundamentals section followed by instruction in brakes, steering and suspension, air conditioning, electrical, engine repair, manual drive train, and engine performance. An additional area of instruction includes fundamentals of sutomatic transmissions.

The students served include juniors and seniors from local high schools and half-time as well as full-time adults. Current enrollment is 22 morning students (14 high school students adn 8 adults) and 25 afternoon students (20 high school students and 5 adults). Four of the adult students currently attend full-time.
COMMENDATIONS OR STRENGTHS

The program is well organized and maintained for instruction. The instructors work together to maximize the shop area to best accommodate the instruction of the students. The instructors are Automotive SErvice Excellence (ASE) Certified Technicians and each maintains a high degree of technical expertise through update training. Students in the program were observed working on task and observing all safety rules. The major equipment in the program is of industry quality and in good repair.

SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT
(These recommendations address Standard Not Met and should be implemented so that those program standards can be met.)
The Automotive Collision Technology program has been certified by the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF). For this reason, only Standard 1 (Instructional Planning and Organization), Standard 2 (Instructional Materials Utilization), Standard 7 (Safety Training and Practices), and Standard 9 (Leadership Development) were evaluated. These four program minimum standards were met.
GENERAL SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT
STANDARD 2 Instructional Materials Utilization

The team fells that instruction could be enhanced with the addition of a curriculum based on an online delivery system. This type of curriculum can provide the student with a wider range of options to be able to access the courses at anytime. The instructors can set parameters as to how much access they woul dhave from the outside and whether or not the students can take quizzes or tests while outside of class. There are presently two leaders with automotive service curriculum using this type of instructional delivery: CDX Global and Today's Class from Melior. The instructors should evaluate these two resources and see if the curriculum would enhance what they are currently using.

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STANDARD 6 Instructional Facilities

The handles on the outside doors should have updated flat-style crash bars installed so that blocks of wood do not have to be used to hold the older-style crash bars in the closed position for security purposes. Installing blocks to hold these doors shut could cause an exit problem if the blocks were left in place and a situation, such as a fire, arose and individuals needed to exit the room quickly.

The program would benefit from the addition of an outside, secured storage area. This would allow donated vehicles to be kept outside and secure them from being vandalized.

The team suggest that a security system be installed in the program to monitor activity during the day and at night. The system should be able to be monitored from within the classroom and offices and possibly through an Internet access during the evening hours. The system must have the ability to record for playback documentation.

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